Jim McCloskey vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Jim McCloskey
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim McCloskey 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 11.25 and 2.125 for Jim McCloskey. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim McCloskey and Harry Staley

Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Jim McCloskey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jim McCloskey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
11.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.24
9.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.368
0.368
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Jim McCloskey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
15.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.75
15.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Jim McCloskey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Jim McCloskey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jim McCloskey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
3.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
2.97
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Jim McCloskey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.625
0.625
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Jim McCloskey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Jim McCloskey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
47.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Jim McCloskey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
11.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.125
2.125
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
42.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Jim McCloskey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.371
0.371
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Jim McCloskey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.25
47.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Jim McCloskey and Harry Staley

Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Jim McCloskey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Jim McCloskey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim McCloskey and Harry Staley

Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
2400
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McCloskey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jim McCloskey
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100