Alex Meyer vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Alex Meyer
MillenialIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Alex Meyer 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 4.63 and 1.458 for Alex Meyer. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Meyer and Harry Staley

Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.76
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.36
86.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
4.63
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.218
0.218
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
7.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.27
7.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
5.85
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
10.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.1
10.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.773
1.773
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.76
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
40.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
4.81
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.458
1.458
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
353
33.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.03
40.03
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Alex Meyer and Harry Staley

Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.79
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.85
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.546
0.546
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.36
86.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Meyer and Harry Staley

Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
6600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.78
35.34
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
141.86
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100