Bill LeFebvre vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Bill LeFebvre
Greatest GenerationRhode IslandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill LeFebvre 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 5.03 and 1.610 for Bill LeFebvre. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill LeFebvre and Harry Staley

Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.68
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.78
27.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.03
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
397
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
11.02
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.02
11.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.68
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
3.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
2.97
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.657
0.657
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
593
40.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
6.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
540
36.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Bill LeFebvre and Harry Staley

Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.62
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.079
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill LeFebvre and Harry Staley

Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PAverified
75
441.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
102
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
87
511.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.809
0.809
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
141.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
94.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
29.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
47.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14.54
85.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.78
35.34
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
211.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
229.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
141.86
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.796
0.796
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.785
0.785
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
8
47.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
64.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
63.37
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
18
105.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15.07
88.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
88.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
64.71
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.27
9.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
6.45
6.45
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.36
1.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100