Chris Gardner vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Chris Gardner
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chris Gardner 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 4.01 and 1.378 for Chris Gardner. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chris Gardner and Harry Staley

Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Chris Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.73
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Chris Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
4.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.36
6.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Chris Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.218
0.218
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Chris Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
6.93
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Chris Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.93
6.93
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Chris Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.82
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.82
1.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Chris Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
4.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Chris Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Chris Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.054
1.054
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Chris Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Chris Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
37.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Chris Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
4.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Chris Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.73
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.338
1.338
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
31.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Chris Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Chris Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.58
37.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Chris Gardner and Harry Staley

Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Chris Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.46
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Chris Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Chris Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.796
1.796
Chris Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chris Gardner and Harry Staley

Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
500
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
2.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-19.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Chris Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Chris Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100