Hal Goldsmith vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Hal Goldsmith
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Hal Goldsmith 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 1.573 for Hal Goldsmith. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Hal Goldsmith and Harry Staley

Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Hal Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.55
42.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Hal Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
4.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
555
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Hal Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
11.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Hal Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Hal Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Hal Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
2.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
2.97
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.465
0.465
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.595
0.595
Hal Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Hal Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
826
40.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Hal Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
5.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Hal Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.573
1.573
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
769
37.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Hal Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Hal Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.18
40.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Hal Goldsmith and Harry Staley

Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Hal Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Hal Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.298
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Hal Goldsmith and Harry Staley

Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
427.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
66
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
62
563.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Hal Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Hal Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
118.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
90.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
27.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
27.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Hal Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
3.74
34.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
145.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
15
136.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Hal Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Hal Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Hal Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Hal Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
72.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
52.91
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
63.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
63.37
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
136.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
193
112.21
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.86
35.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
18.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Goldsmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Hal Goldsmith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100