Roy Mahaffey vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Roy Mahaffey
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Roy Mahaffey 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 5.01 and 1.546 for Roy Mahaffey. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Mahaffey and Harry Staley

Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
1.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
1.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.42
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.76
57.76
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
588
5.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3168
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1056
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1181
10.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.07
10.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
3.85
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
3.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.774
0.774
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4718
40.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
5.74
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.74
5.74
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4242
36.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.21
40.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Roy Mahaffey and Harry Staley

Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
224
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.94
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Mahaffey and Harry Staley

Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
224
321.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
418
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
396
568.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.474
0.474
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
73
104.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
84.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
12.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
20.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
21.77
31.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
96
137.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
87
124.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.455
0.455
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.341
0.341
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
28
40.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
33
47.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
57
81.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
18.88
27.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
14
20.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
199.52
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
3.01
3.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Roy Mahaffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
11.48
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Roy Mahaffey
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100