Deacon Meyers vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Deacon Meyers
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Deacon Meyers 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 4.75 and 1.422 for Deacon Meyers. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Deacon Meyers and Harry Staley

Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.49
53.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.75
58.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
4.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1312
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
437.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
9.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
2.88
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
3.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.764
0.764
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1734
35.68
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
292
6.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.422
1.422
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1525
31.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.68
35.68
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Deacon Meyers and Harry Staley

Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1333
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
444.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.32
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.03
95.03
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.977
1.977
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.796
1.796
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.92
60.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Deacon Meyers and Harry Staley

Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
97
271.96
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
214
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
190
532.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.487
0.487
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
29
81.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
21
58.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
10.77
30.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
41
114.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
47
131.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.442
0.442
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
52.91
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
13
36.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
40
112.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
9.51
26.68
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
39.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16.82
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100