Bob Hendley vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Bob Hendley
Silent GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bob Hendley 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 3.97 and 1.390 for Bob Hendley. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Hendley and Harry Staley

Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
2.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Bob Hendley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.33
58.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Bob Hendley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bob Hendley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
3.97
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bob Hendley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2638
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
879.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Bob Hendley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
864
8.84
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Bob Hendley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.84
8.84
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
1.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Bob Hendley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
3.37
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
5.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Bob Hendley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.34
5.34
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Bob Hendley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.968
0.968
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Bob Hendley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Bob Hendley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3765
38.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Bob Hendley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Bob Hendley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
4.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Bob Hendley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.357
1.357
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3430
35.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Bob Hendley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Bob Hendley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.53
38.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Bob Hendley and Harry Staley

Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
2.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Bob Hendley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2638
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
879.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
1.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Bob Hendley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
2.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
197
2.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Bob Hendley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.71
94.71
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.912
0.912
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Bob Hendley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Hendley and Harry Staley

Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
222
470.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
283
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
243
515.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
23
48.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
20
42.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bob Hendley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
5
10.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
28
59.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
41
86.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
21
44.52
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
12
25.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
32
67.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.84
-6.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
16
33.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hendley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
209.89
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
2.86
2.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Bob Hendley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
46.64
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bob Hendley
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100