Kris Medlen vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Kris Medlen
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kris Medlen 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. Kris Medlen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.33 and WHIP 1.223 compared to 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. By the career numbers, Kris Medlen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kris Medlen and Harry Staley

Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
2.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.39
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.19
61.19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.68
43.68
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
3.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1798
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
599.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
566
8.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.5
8.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
2.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
496
7.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2467
37.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.39
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
3.71
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.81
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.216
1.216
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2256
33.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.05
37.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Kris Medlen and Harry Staley

Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
2.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1798
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
599.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
1.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
1.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
1.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.71
97.71
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.736
0.736
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.68
43.68
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kris Medlen and Harry Staley

Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
177
689.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
154
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
129
502.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.486
0.486
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
70.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
13
50.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
19.48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
6.44
25.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
25
97.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
30
116.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.405
0.405
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
9
35.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
31.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
16
62.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
4.61
17.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
42.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
233.77
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
46.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100