Bruce Hurst vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Bruce Hurst
Baby BoomersUtahThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bruce Hurst 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 3.92 and 1.342 for Bruce Hurst. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bruce Hurst and Harry Staley

Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
1.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
359
1.34
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
0.54
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.42
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.2
56.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.72
94.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.85
90.85
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
1052
3.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7252
27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2417.1
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2463
9.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
0.96
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
740
2.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1689
6.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.29
6.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10204
37.99
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1143
4.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.73
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.325
1.325
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9294
34.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.99
37.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Bruce Hurst and Harry Staley

Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
1.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
359
1.34
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7252
27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2417.1
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
355
1.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
468
1.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
1.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.79
96.79
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.195
1.195
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.72
94.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bruce Hurst and Harry Staley

Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
380
688.82
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
331
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
274
496.68
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0.405
0.405
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
31
56.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
26
47.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
6.59
11.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
36
65.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
51
92.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0.018
0.018
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
11
19.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
8
14.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
19
34.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
20
36.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
255.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
2.35
2.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Bruce Hurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
67.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bruce Hurst
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100