Verdell Mathis vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Verdell Mathis
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Verdell Mathis 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. Verdell Mathis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.75 and WHIP 1.335 compared to 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. By the career numbers, Verdell Mathis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Verdell Mathis and Harry Staley

Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.94
52.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
3.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1261
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
420.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
9.42
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.42
9.42
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
2.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
5.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.871
0.871
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1814
38.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
4.65
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.335
1.335
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1649
35.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.84
38.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Verdell Mathis and Harry Staley

Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
1.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2994
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
998
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
2.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
1.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
3.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
386
3.48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.07
95.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.428
2.428
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.796
1.796
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.33
72.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Verdell Mathis and Harry Staley

Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
163
200.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
487
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
437
538.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.664
0.664
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
116
142.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
104
128.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
12.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
12
14.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47.29
58.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.78
35.34
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
131
161.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
159
195.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
141.86
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.331
0.331
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.034
0.034
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.561
0.561
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
81.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
52.91
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
39
48.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
104
128.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
193
112.21
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56.44
69.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
52.98
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.7
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162.33
162.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
6.45
6.45
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.33
14.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.62
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100