Gil Meche vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Gil Meche
Gen XLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Gil Meche 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 4.49 and 1.430 for Gil Meche. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gil Meche and Harry Staley

Gil Meche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
1.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Gil Meche
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.52
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.3
50.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Gil Meche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.19
94.19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.85
90.85
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Gil Meche
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
714
4.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Gil Meche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
4297
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
1432.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Gil Meche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1441
9.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Gil Meche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.05
9.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
1.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Gil Meche
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
594
3.73
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Gil Meche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1050
6.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Gil Meche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.6
6.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Gil Meche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Gil Meche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.148
1.148
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Gil Meche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Gil Meche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
6191
38.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Gil Meche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
772
4.85
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Gil Meche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gil Meche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.421
1.421
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
5492
34.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Gil Meche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.9
38.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Gil Meche and Harry Staley

Gil Meche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Gil Meche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
1.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
4297
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
1432.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Gil Meche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
0.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Gil Meche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
263
1.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
1.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Gil Meche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.44
95.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.973
0.973
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Gil Meche
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.19
94.19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Meche
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gil Meche and Harry Staley

Gil Meche
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PAverified
258
6730.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
3
78.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
3
78.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
9.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
3
78.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
3
78.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Gil Meche
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
3
78.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.35
-9.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Meche
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
234.78
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
2.56
2.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Gil Meche
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100