Steve Gerkin vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Steve Gerkin
Greatest GenerationWest VirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Steve Gerkin 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. Steve Gerkin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.62 and WHIP 1.363 compared to 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. By the career numbers, Steve Gerkin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Gerkin and Harry Staley

Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.85
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Steve Gerkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Steve Gerkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
3.62
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Steve Gerkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
306
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Steve Gerkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
9.88
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.88
9.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Steve Gerkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Steve Gerkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Steve Gerkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Steve Gerkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
604
2.39
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Gerkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
2.97
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.595
0.595
Steve Gerkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Steve Gerkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
433
38.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Steve Gerkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
4.32
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Steve Gerkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.363
1.363
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
403
35.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Steve Gerkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.21
38.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Steve Gerkin and Harry Staley

Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Steve Gerkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.381
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Gerkin and Harry Staley

Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
360
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
35
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
582.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
34.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
34.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
1.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
34.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
34.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
34.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
34.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.09
-35.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Gerkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
120
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Gerkin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100