Tim McKeithan vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Tim McKeithan
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tim McKeithan 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 7.36 and 1.909 for Tim McKeithan. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tim McKeithan and Harry Staley

Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Tim McKeithan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Tim McKeithan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
7.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.68
6.68
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Tim McKeithan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
12.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.27
12.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Tim McKeithan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.7
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Tim McKeithan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Tim McKeithan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.91
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
2.97
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Tim McKeithan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.662
0.662
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Tim McKeithan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Tim McKeithan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
43.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Tim McKeithan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
7.71
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.909
1.909
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
38.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Tim McKeithan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Tim McKeithan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.13
43.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Tim McKeithan and Harry Staley

Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Tim McKeithan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Tim McKeithan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tim McKeithan and Harry Staley

Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
666.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
7
466.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Tim McKeithan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
30.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
141.86
Tim McKeithan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.476
0.476
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Tim McKeithan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Tim McKeithan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Tim McKeithan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
52.91
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
41.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim McKeithan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
200
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Tim McKeithan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Tim McKeithan
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100