Wilmer Harris vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Wilmer Harris
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Wilmer Harris 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 5.82 and 1.582 for Wilmer Harris. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wilmer Harris and Harry Staley

Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
2.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Wilmer Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.61
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.06
53.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Wilmer Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
5.82
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Wilmer Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
622
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
207.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Wilmer Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
10.03
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.03
10.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Wilmer Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.22
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Wilmer Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Wilmer Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Wilmer Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
4.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
5.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Wilmer Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.95
5.95
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Wilmer Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Wilmer Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.129
1.129
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Wilmer Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Wilmer Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
955
41.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Wilmer Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
6.77
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilmer Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.56
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.582
1.582
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
830
36.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Wilmer Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Wilmer Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.46
41.46
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Wilmer Harris and Harry Staley

Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
2.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Wilmer Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
622
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
207.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
2.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Wilmer Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.22
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
2.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.07
91.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.041
1.041
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Wilmer Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.06
53.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wilmer Harris and Harry Staley

Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
53
383.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
83
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
72
520.48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Wilmer Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Wilmer Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
0.56
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
108.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
93.98
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.07
36.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.78
35.34
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
17
122.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
159.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
141.86
Wilmer Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Wilmer Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.028
0.028
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Wilmer Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Wilmer Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
65.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
52.91
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
7
50.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
115.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
193
112.21
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.03
43.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
50.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
28.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Wilmer Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100