Pat McLaughlin vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Pat McLaughlin
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Pat McLaughlin 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 6.88 and 1.755 for Pat McLaughlin. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pat McLaughlin and Harry Staley

Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Pat McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Pat McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.88
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.88
6.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.46
5.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Pat McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
11.46
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.46
11.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Pat McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.02
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Pat McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
4.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
2.97
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Pat McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.708
0.708
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Pat McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Pat McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
42.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Pat McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
7.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.13
7.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.755
1.755
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
37.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Pat McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Pat McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.03
42.03
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Pat McLaughlin and Harry Staley

Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Pat McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.417
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pat McLaughlin and Harry Staley

Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
709.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
10
545.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
10.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
109.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
109.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
5.5
5.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Pat McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Pat McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100