Rob Gardner vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Rob Gardner
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rob 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 4.35 and 1.468 for Rob 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 Rob Gardner and Harry Staley

Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
2.96
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.53
38.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
4.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
993
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
345
9.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.38
9.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.95
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
3.62
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
5.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.77
1.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.985
0.985
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
39.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
4.89
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1303
35.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.4
39.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Rob Gardner and Harry Staley

Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
2.96
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
993
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.48
98.48
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.596
0.596
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.53
38.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rob Gardner and Harry Staley

Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
111
701.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
95
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
87
549.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
12
75.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
10
63.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
2.01
12.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
14
88.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
13
82.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
4
25.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.06
-0.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
233.68
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
44.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100