Brad Hennessey vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Brad Hennessey
Gen XOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Brad Hennessey 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 4.69 and 1.508 for Brad Hennessey. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brad Hennessey and Harry Staley

Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
3.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.5
42.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.73
29.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
4.69
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1082
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
360.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
9.73
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.73
9.73
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
1.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
3.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
4.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1595
39.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
5.02
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.489
1.489
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1404
35.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.36
1.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.8
39.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Brad Hennessey and Harry Staley

Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
3.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1082
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
360.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.85
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
1.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
2.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.77
98.77
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.541
0.541
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.73
29.73
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Hennessey and Harry Staley

Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
151
934.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
97
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
88
544.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
123.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
92.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
18.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
30.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.25
44.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.78
35.34
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
179.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
21
129.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.102
0.102
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.456
0.456
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
6
37.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
8
49.48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
12
74.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.45
46.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
167.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
3.59
3.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
43.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Brad Hennessey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Brad Hennessey
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100