Webster McDonald vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Webster McDonald
Lost GenerationDelawareThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Webster McDonald 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. Webster McDonald posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.8 and WHIP 1.247 compared to 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. By the career numbers, Webster McDonald had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Webster McDonald and Harry Staley

Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
1.48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.7
59.7
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.71
69.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
3.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
3799
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1266.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1277
9.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.08
9.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
2.15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
604
2.39
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
3.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.675
0.675
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
4829
34.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
654
4.65
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
1.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.247
1.247
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
4340
30.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.32
34.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Webster McDonald and Harry Staley

Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
1.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
3433
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1144.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
2.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
2.52
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
2.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.64
95.64
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.476
1.476
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.71
69.71
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Webster McDonald and Harry Staley

Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
223
252.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
530
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
473
535.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.568
0.568
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
102
115.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
85
96.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
12.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
17
19.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34.25
38.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.78
35.34
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129
146.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
128
144.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
141.86
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
42
47.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
42
47.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
80
90.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38.76
43.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
26
29.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
265
265
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
6.45
6.45
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Webster McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
35.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Webster McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100