Justin Masterson vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Justin Masterson
MillenialJamaicaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Justin Masterson 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 4.31 and 1.412 for Justin Masterson. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Justin Masterson and Harry Staley

Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Justin Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.55
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.38
46.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.32
71.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Justin Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
575
4.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Justin Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3603
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1201
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Justin Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1181
8.85
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Justin Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.85
8.85
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Justin Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
3.73
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Justin Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1004
7.52
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Justin Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Justin Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Justin Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.251
1.251
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Justin Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5217
39.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Justin Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
4.68
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Justin Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Justin Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.03
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4554
34.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Justin Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Justin Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.09
39.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Justin Masterson and Harry Staley

Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Justin Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3603
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1201
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Justin Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.77
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
1.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Justin Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
2.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
2.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Justin Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.42
95.42
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.132
1.132
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Justin Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.32
71.32
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Justin Masterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Justin Masterson and Harry Staley

Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
258
4300
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
33
550
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Justin Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.472
0.472
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
116.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
116.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.34
22.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
116.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
116.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.424
0.424
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Justin Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.53
25.52
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Justin Masterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
216.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Justin Masterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100