Cal McLish vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Cal McLish
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Cal McLish 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 4 and 1.418 for Cal McLish. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cal McLish and Harry Staley

Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
1.97
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
1.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
0.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.38
59.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
4827
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
1609
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1685
9.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
0.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
552
3.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
3.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.03
2.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.786
0.786
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
6938
38.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.39
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
824
4.61
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
6359
35.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Cal McLish and Harry Staley

Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
2.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
1.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
4049
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
1349.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.87
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
2.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
2.96
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
2.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.52
97.52
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cal McLish and Harry Staley

Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
368
391.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
564
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
490
521.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.471
0.471
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
73
77.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
59
62.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
22.4
23.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
95
101.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
118
125.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.414
0.414
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
47
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
30
31.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
74
78.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
16.64
17.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
47.87
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
196
208.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
2.88
2.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
28.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100