Jason Marquis vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Jason Marquis
Gen XNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherSilver SluggerAll-Star
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jason Marquis 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 4.61 and 1.468 for Jason Marquis. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jason Marquis and Harry Staley

Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
1.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
0.54
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.24
51.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.35
84.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1008
4.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5905
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1968.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2079
9.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.51
9.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
1.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
769
3.52
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1174
5.37
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.37
5.37
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.987
0.987
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8623
39.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1114
5.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.09
5.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
0.99
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7611
34.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.43
39.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Jason Marquis and Harry Staley

Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
1.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5905
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1968.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.74
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
288
1.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
471
2.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
450
2.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.194
1.194
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.35
84.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jason Marquis and Harry Staley

Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
448
372.82
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
721
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
663
551.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
130
108.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
88
73.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
29.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
34.95
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
39.53
32.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
184
153.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
145
120.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.491
0.491
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
54.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
52.91
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
57
47.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
118
98.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
35.28
29.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
167
138.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
4.32
4.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
34.95
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.83
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
7
5.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100