Bill Harrelson vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Bill Harrelson
Silent GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Harrelson 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 5.08 and 1.604 for Bill Harrelson. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Harrelson and Harry Staley

Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Bill Harrelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Bill Harrelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
5.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bill Harrelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.221
0.221
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Bill Harrelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
7.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Bill Harrelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.49
7.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Bill Harrelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Bill Harrelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
6.95
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.95
6.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
5.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Bill Harrelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.88
5.88
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Bill Harrelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.426
1.426
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Bill Harrelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Bill Harrelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
41.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Bill Harrelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
6.15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.604
1.604
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
33.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Bill Harrelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Bill Harrelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Bill Harrelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.17
41.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Bill Harrelson and Harry Staley

Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Bill Harrelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.34
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Bill Harrelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Bill Harrelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Bill Harrelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Harrelson and Harry Staley

Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
5.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Bill Harrelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-24.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harrelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
480
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.25
1.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Harrelson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100