Greg Harris vs. Bill Stearns — Career Comparison

Greg Harris
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Stearns
Pre-GenerationalDistrict of ColumbiaThrows RightNorth AmericaHartford Dark BluesUnknownStarting Pitcher

Bill Stearns 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. Greg Harris posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.69 and WHIP 1.409 compared to 4.28 and 1.734 for Bill Stearns. By the career numbers, Greg Harris had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Greg Harris and Bill Stearns

Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
4.31
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
1.08
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.6
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.02
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.45
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.17
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.55
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.82
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.12
45.12
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.88
16.88
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.94
13.94
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.05
94.05
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.94
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.33
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
3.69
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
333
4.28
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4401
27
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2099
27
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1467
9
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
699.2
9
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
8.15
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1167
15.01
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.15
8.15
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.01
15.01
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
0.79
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.17
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
652
4
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.59
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.53
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1141
7
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.31
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.62
1.62
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.44
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.27
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.33
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6293
38.61
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3668
47.18
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.63
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
4.23
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1001
12.88
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.88
12.88
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.44
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.31
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.81
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.734
1.734
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5464
33.52
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3622
46.59
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.92
11.92
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.18
47.18

Fielding Stats for Greg Harris and Bill Stearns

Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
4.31
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
1.16
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.6
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.46
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4401
27
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2562
27
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1467
9
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
854
9
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
0.62
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.78
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
1.4
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.89
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.2
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.77
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
2.21
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
2.43
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
2.02
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
1.67
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.14
91.14
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.4
68.4
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.468
0.468
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.436
1.436
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.94
13.94
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Greg Harris and Bill Stearns

Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
705
5957.75
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
99
144.53
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
411
600
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
68
574.65
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
397
579.56
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.427
0.427
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
126.76
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
110.95
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
10
84.51
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
108.03
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.92
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.92
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.9
23.21
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
185.92
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
113.87
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
135.21
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
131.39
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.555
0.555
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.416
0.416
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.434
0.434
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
7
59.15
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
81.75
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
4
33.8
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
45.26
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
11
92.96
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
127.01
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.15
43.55
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.75
24.46
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.45
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
20.44
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
29
245.07
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
36.5
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
2.45
2.45
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.44
16.44
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
0.56
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Stearns
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.92
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.46
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.46
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.92
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Stearns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50