Steve Gromek vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Steve Gromek
Greatest GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Steve Gromek 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 Gromek posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.41 and WHIP 1.252 compared to 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. By the career numbers, Steve Gromek had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Gromek and Harry Staley

Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
1.95
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
0.98
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
0.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
0.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.25
53.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.34
50.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
782
3.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
6194
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
2064.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1940
8.46
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.46
8.46
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
630
2.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
904
3.94
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.02
2.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.743
0.743
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
8676
37.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.48
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
893
3.89
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
7978
34.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.82
37.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Steve Gromek and Harry Staley

Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
6.73
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
598
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
3.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
5.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
5.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.64
96.64
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.837
0.837
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.88
15.88
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Gromek and Harry Staley

Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
470
380.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PA
742
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PA
630
509.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.553
0.553
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PA
124
100.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
113
91.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PA
9
7.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PA
11
8.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PA
38.33
30.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PA
137
110.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
196
158.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
141.86
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.497
0.497
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.407
0.407
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PA
58
46.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PA
40
32.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PA
98
79.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45.09
36.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
57.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
118.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PA
5.08
5.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Steve Gromek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
32.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Gromek
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100