Jim Hayes vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Jim Hayes
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Hayes 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 8.36 and 2.179 for Jim Hayes. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Hayes and Harry Staley

Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
8.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.36
8.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.03
7.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
12.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
7.39
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.39
7.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
2.97
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
45.96
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.179
2.179
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
38.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.342
0.342
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.96
45.96
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Jim Hayes and Harry Staley

Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Hayes and Harry Staley

Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
420
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
8
480
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
27.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
39.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Jim Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
6.45
6.45
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jim Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100