Ed Gallagher vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Ed Gallagher
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ed Gallagher 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 12.55 and 2.451 for Ed Gallagher. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Gallagher and Harry Staley

Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Ed Gallagher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Ed Gallagher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
12.55
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.55
12.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.69
7.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Ed Gallagher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
11.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.41
11.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Ed Gallagher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ed Gallagher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
10.65
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.65
10.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
2.97
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.28
2.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Ed Gallagher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.437
1.437
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Ed Gallagher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Ed Gallagher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
47.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.52
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Ed Gallagher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
13.69
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.69
13.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.451
2.451
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
36.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Ed Gallagher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Ed Gallagher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.15
47.15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Ed Gallagher and Harry Staley

Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Ed Gallagher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.778
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Gallagher and Harry Staley

Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
1080
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.53
-63.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gallagher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
360
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Ed Gallagher
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100