Steve Dunning vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Steve Dunning
Baby BoomersColoradoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Steve Dunning built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Staley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Staley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.81 and WHIP 1.354 compared to 4.56 and 1.551 for Steve Dunning. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Dunning and Harry Staley

Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.94
35.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.76
61.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
311
4.56
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1841
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
613.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
8.86
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.86
8.86
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
1.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
4.74
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
5.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.72
5.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.162
1.162
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2699
39.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
5.02
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.511
1.511
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2312
33.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.58
39.58
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Steve Dunning and Harry Staley

Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1840
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
613.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
1.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
2.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.41
92.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.074
1.074
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.76
61.76
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Dunning and Harry Staley

Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
537.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
162
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
134
496.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
26
96.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
20
74.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
22.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11.37
42.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.78
35.34
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
148.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
36
133.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.547
0.547
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.463
0.463
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
11
40.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
12
44.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
19
70.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11.27
41.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
10
37.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
181.48
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
3.31
3.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
62.96
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100