Bill Howard vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Bill Howard
UnknownThrows LeftIndianapolis AthleticsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Howard 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. Bill Howard posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.49 and WHIP 1.327 compared to 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. By the career numbers, Bill Howard had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Howard and Harry Staley

Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.55
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.5
62.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.37
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
8.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
3.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
4.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.878
0.878
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
38.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
4.96
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.96
4.96
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.327
1.327
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
34.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Bill Howard and Harry Staley

Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.95
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.44
94.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.7
1.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Howard and Harry Staley

Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
220
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
0.9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
260
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
240
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.63
112.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.78
35.34
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
280
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
260
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
141.86
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
0.9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.312
0.312
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.824
0.824
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
140
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
52.91
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
63.37
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
220
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
193
112.21
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.59
131.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100