Harry Kelley vs. Jeff Lahti — Career Comparison

Harry Kelley
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jeff Lahti
Baby BoomersOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Kelley built a career as a starting pitcher and Jeff Lahti as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jeff Lahti posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.12 and WHIP 1.416 compared to 4.86 and 1.561 for Harry Kelley. By the career numbers, Jeff Lahti had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Kelley and Jeff Lahti

Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
1.94
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
6.45
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.04
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.56
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.53
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.63
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.35
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.19
47.19
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.71
60.71
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.42
53.42
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.57
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.63
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
365
4.86
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
3.12
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2029
27
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Innings
858
27
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
676.1
9
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
9
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
812
10.81
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
7.93
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.81
10.81
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.93
7.93
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.68
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.44
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
3.25
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
3.49
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.32
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
230
3.06
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
4.31
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.58
1.58
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.701
0.701
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.867
0.867
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.32
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.22
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.13
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.16
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3037
40.41
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Innings
1192
37.51
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.6
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.3
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
437
5.82
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
3.43
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.57
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.23
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.269
1.269
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2783
37.03
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Innings
1050
33.04
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.41
40.41
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.51
37.51

Fielding Stats for Harry Kelley and Jeff Lahti

Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
6.45
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
27
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
9
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.76
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.67
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
2.52
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.42
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.7
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.25
96.25
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.98
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.376
0.376
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.19
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Kelley and Jeff Lahti

Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
147
354.22
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
3153.85
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
249
600
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
39
600
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
232
559.04
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
584.62
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.518
0.518
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
120.48
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
2
30.77
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
98.8
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
2
30.77
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
21.69
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
21.69
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.39
32.27
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.63
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
142.17
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
2
30.77
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
134.94
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
2
30.77
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
38.55
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
60.24
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
98.8
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.71
35.44
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.98
-45.78
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.41
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
12.05
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
33.73
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
20
307.69
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.79
17.79
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
1.95
1.95
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
26.51
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.41
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Lahti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Harry Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
Jeff Lahti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0