Rube Marshall vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Rube Marshall
Lost GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rube Marshall 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 4.17 and 1.562 for Rube Marshall. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rube Marshall and Harry Staley

Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Rube Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.37
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.06
39.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Rube Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
4.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
726
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
242
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Rube Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
10.12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.12
10.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Rube Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Rube Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Rube Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Rube Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
3.94
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
3.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Rube Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Rube Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Rube Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Rube Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1078
40.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Rube Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
5.62
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Rube Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.62
5.62
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.562
1.562
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
964
35.85
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Rube Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Rube Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.09
40.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Rube Marshall and Harry Staley

Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Rube Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Rube Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.87
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.156
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rube Marshall and Harry Staley

Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
493.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
79
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
71
539.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.441
0.441
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
12
91.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
91.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2.7
20.52
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
12
91.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
16
121.52
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
15.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
7
53.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2.71
20.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
4
30.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
68.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Rube Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.78
8.78
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
6.45
6.45
Rube Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
30.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Rube Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100