Rafael Medina vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Rafael Medina
Gen XPanamaThrows RightBats RightCentral AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rafael Medina 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 5.96 and 1.908 for Rafael Medina. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rafael Medina and Harry Staley

Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Rafael Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.69
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Rafael Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
5.96
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Rafael Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
9.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Rafael Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.53
9.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Rafael Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Rafael Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
7.15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.15
7.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
6.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Rafael Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.45
6.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.03
2.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Rafael Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.511
1.511
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Rafael Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.69
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Rafael Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
43.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Rafael Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
6.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rafael Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.853
1.853
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
351
34.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Rafael Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Rafael Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.38
43.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Rafael Medina and Harry Staley

Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Rafael Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Rafael Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Rafael Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.344
0.344
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Rafael Medina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rafael Medina and Harry Staley

Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
768
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
25
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
19
456
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
1.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.09
-26.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Medina
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
144
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
4.17
4.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Rafael Medina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
144
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rafael Medina
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100