Cliff Markle vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Cliff Markle
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Cliff Markle 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 4.1 and 1.470 for Cliff Markle. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cliff Markle and Harry Staley

Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Cliff Markle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.65
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.38
41.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Cliff Markle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Cliff Markle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
704
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
234.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Cliff Markle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
9.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Cliff Markle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.01
9.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Cliff Markle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Cliff Markle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Cliff Markle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Cliff Markle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
4.22
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
3.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Cliff Markle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Cliff Markle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.852
0.852
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Cliff Markle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Cliff Markle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1015
38.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Cliff Markle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
5.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Cliff Markle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
901
34.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Cliff Markle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Cliff Markle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.93
38.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Cliff Markle and Harry Staley

Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Cliff Markle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Cliff Markle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.55
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.036
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cliff Markle and Harry Staley

Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
442.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
76
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
69
544.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
6
47.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
4
31.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
2
15.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Cliff Markle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
1.36
10.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
8
63.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
11
86.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
2
15.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
2
15.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
4
31.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.12
-8.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
39.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Markle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
173.68
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
3.45
3.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Cliff Markle
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100