Sam Gray vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Sam Gray
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Sam Gray 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 4.18 and 1.453 for Sam Gray. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sam Gray and Harry Staley

Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
1.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
0.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.12
49.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.95
60.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
907
4.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5854
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1951.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2196
10.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
639
2.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
730
3.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.702
0.702
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8570
39.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.39
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1116
5.15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.15
5.15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.453
1.453
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
7902
36.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Sam Gray and Harry Staley

Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
399
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
518
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.66
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.267
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Gray and Harry Staley

Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
379
315.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
721
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
648
539.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
124
103.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
82.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.64
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
20.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
39.89
33.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
156
129.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
166
138.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.481
0.481
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
49
40.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
49
40.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
96
79.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
40.56
33.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
41
34.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
121.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
4.94
4.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
25.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100