Jack Harper vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Jack Harper
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jack Harper 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. Jack Harper posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.55 and WHIP 1.345 compared to 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. By the career numbers, Jack Harper had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Harper and Harry Staley

Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
1.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.67
93.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.85
90.85
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.85
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.55
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3650
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1216.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1198
8.86
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.86
8.86
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
438
3.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
3.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.743
0.743
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.42
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5169
38.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
668
4.94
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.345
1.345
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4675
34.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.24
38.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Jack Harper and Harry Staley

Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
1.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3651
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1217
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
2.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
366
2.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.85
93.85
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.317
2.317
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.796
1.796
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.51
40.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Harper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Harper and Harry Staley

Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
191.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
501
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
451
540.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
84
100.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
67
80.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
9
10.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
20.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30.24
36.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.78
35.34
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
110
131.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
120
143.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
141.86
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.411
0.411
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
61.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
52.91
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
41
49.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
91
108.98
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30.67
36.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
40.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
137.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
4.36
4.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Jack Harper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
16.77
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Jack Harper
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100