Brian Fisher vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Brian Fisher
Baby BoomersHawaiiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Brian Fisher 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 4.39 and 1.423 for Brian Fisher. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brian Fisher and Harry Staley

Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
3.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.48
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.43
51.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.28
29.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.32
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
312
4.39
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1920
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
638
8.97
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.97
8.97
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.98
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
3.54
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
5.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.2
5.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.972
0.972
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2758
38.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.86
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
4.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.66
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.391
1.391
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2448
34.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.78
38.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Brian Fisher and Harry Staley

Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
3.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.91
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1920
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
1.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
1.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.69
93.69
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.469
0.469
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.28
29.28
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Fisher and Harry Staley

Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
222
1091.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
122
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
105
516.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.452
0.452
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
13
63.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
4
19.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
5.1
25.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
21
103.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
23
113.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
7
34.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
10
49.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
15
73.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
11.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
39.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
265.57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
2.26
2.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.84
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100