Jim Hannan vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Jim Hannan
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Hannan 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 3.88 and 1.511 for Jim Hannan. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Hannan and Harry Staley

Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
3.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.07
46.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.59
36.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
3.88
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2466
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
822
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
807
8.84
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.84
8.84
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
0.86
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
4.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
4.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.027
1.027
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3581
39.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.69
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
4.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.476
1.476
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3148
34.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.21
39.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Jim Hannan and Harry Staley

Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
3.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2465
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
821.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
1.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
2.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
1.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.26
96.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.652
0.652
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.59
36.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Hannan and Harry Staley

Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
276
716.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
231
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
209
542.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
19
49.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
19
49.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
2.39
6.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
19
49.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
28
72.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
10
25.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
14
36.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.79
-15.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
8
20.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
277.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
2.16
2.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
31.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Jim Hannan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jim Hannan
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100