Greg Harris vs. Al Spalding — Career Comparison

Greg Harris
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Al Spalding
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red StockingsUnknownHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Al Spalding built a career as a starting pitcher and Greg Harris as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Al Spalding posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.13 and WHIP 1.193 compared to 3.69 and 1.409 for Greg Harris. By the career numbers, Al Spalding had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Greg Harris and Al Spalding

Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
4.31
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
1.08
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.6
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
1.01
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.45
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
0.78
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.55
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.2
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.12
45.12
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.43
79.43
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.94
13.94
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.66
93.66
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
0.87
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.07
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.33
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
601
3.69
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
684
2.13
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4401
27
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8659
27
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1467
9
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2886.1
9
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
8.15
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
3280
10.23
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.15
8.15
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.23
10.23
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
0.79
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.05
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
652
4
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.51
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.53
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1141
7
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
0.77
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.62
1.62
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.44
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.32
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.33
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
6293
38.61
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12724
39.68
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.63
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.1
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
4.23
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
1790
5.58
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.44
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.31
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.81
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.193
1.193
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
5464
33.52
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12560
39.16
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.68
39.68

Fielding Stats for Greg Harris and Al Spalding

Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
4.31
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
1.18
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.6
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
0.37
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4401
27
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11022
27
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1467
9
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3674
9
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.62
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
789
1.93
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
1.4
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
1.78
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.2
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
0.38
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
361
2.21
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1672
4.1
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
2.02
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1515
3.71
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.14
91.14
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.61
90.61
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.468
0.468
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.156
3.156
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.94
13.94
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.25
31.25
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.09
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.14
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Greg Harris and Al Spalding

Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
705
5957.75
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
411
124.04
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1988
600
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
68
574.65
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1959
591.25
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.57
0.57
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
15
126.76
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
613
185.01
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
10
84.51
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
506
152.72
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
25.96
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
5.73
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.6
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
32.29
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
229.38
69.23
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
22
185.92
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
743
224.25
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
16
135.21
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
642
193.76
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.555
0.555
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.702
0.702
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.066
0.066
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.434
0.434
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.584
0.584
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
7
59.15
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
125.86
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
4
33.8
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
338
102.01
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
11
92.96
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
753
227.26
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
5.15
43.55
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
272.01
82.1
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.45
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
8.75
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
29
245.07
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
7.85
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
2.45
2.45
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.46
76.46
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.12
1.12
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
5
1.51
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
5.43
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
0.91
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
6.34
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85.71
85.71