Charlie Gassaway vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Charlie Gassaway
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Charlie Gassaway 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 4.04 and 1.547 for Charlie Gassaway. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Charlie Gassaway and Harry Staley

Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Charlie Gassaway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.71
35.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.72
48.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Charlie Gassaway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
4.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Charlie Gassaway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
541
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
180.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Charlie Gassaway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
9.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Charlie Gassaway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.38
9.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Charlie Gassaway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Charlie Gassaway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Charlie Gassaway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
4.54
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Charlie Gassaway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Charlie Gassaway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.948
0.948
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Charlie Gassaway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Charlie Gassaway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
810
40.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Charlie Gassaway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
4.74
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Charlie Gassaway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.547
1.547
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
713
35.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Charlie Gassaway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Charlie Gassaway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.43
40.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Charlie Gassaway and Harry Staley

Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Charlie Gassaway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.923
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Charlie Gassaway and Harry Staley

Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
383.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
61
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
58
570.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.336
0.336
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
8
78.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
8
78.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.65
6.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
8
78.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
11
108.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Charlie Gassaway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
4
39.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
6
59.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
10
98.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.99
-9.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
3
29.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Gassaway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
226.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
2.65
2.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
4
39.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Charlie Gassaway
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100