Greg Harris vs. Bill Steele — Career Comparison

Greg Harris
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Steele
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Steele 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 4.02 and 1.431 for Bill Steele. 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 Steele

Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
4.31
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.72
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.6
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.05
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.45
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.49
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.55
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.57
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.12
45.12
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.25
46.25
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.94
13.94
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.24
61.24
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.53
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.33
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
3.69
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
4.02
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4401
27
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
2030
27
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1467
9
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
676.2
9
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
8.15
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
733
9.75
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.15
8.15
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.75
9.75
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
0.79
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.28
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
652
4
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
3.13
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.53
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1141
7
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
3.14
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.62
1.62
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.696
0.696
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.44
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.23
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.33
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.39
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6293
38.61
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
2881
38.32
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.63
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.43
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
4.23
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
5.43
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.44
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.31
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.81
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.431
1.431
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5464
33.52
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2617
34.81
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.61
38.61
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.32
38.32

Fielding Stats for Greg Harris and Bill Steele

Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
703
4.31
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
16.13
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.6
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4401
27
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
27
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1467
9
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
9
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
0.62
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
4
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
1.4
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
26.38
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.2
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.75
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
2.21
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
31.13
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
2.02
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
30.38
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.14
91.14
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.59
97.59
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.468
0.468
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.884
1.884
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.94
13.94
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
6.2
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.09
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.13
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Greg Harris and Bill Steele

Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
705
5957.75
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
130
296.58
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
263
600
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
68
574.65
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
231
527
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.57
0.57
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
126.76
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
107.22
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
84.51
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
79.85
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
18.25
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
9.13
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
27.38
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.58
44.68
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
185.92
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
143.73
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
16
135.21
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
164.26
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.555
0.555
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0.554
0.554
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.434
0.434
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.478
0.478
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
59.15
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
45.63
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
4
33.8
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
68.44
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
11
92.96
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
114.07
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
5.15
43.55
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.92
47.73
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.28
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.45
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
54.75
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
245.07
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
107.22
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
2.45
2.45
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.6
5.6
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
15.97
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA