Brandon Morrow vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Brandon Morrow
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Brandon Morrow 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 3.96 and 1.327 for Brandon Morrow. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Morrow and Harry Staley

Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
3.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
1.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.26
54.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.83
33.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.42
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
3.96
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
2577
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
859
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
761
7.97
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.97
7.97
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
0.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
368
3.86
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
877
9.19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.19
9.19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.449
1.449
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.42
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.28
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
3653
38.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
4.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.52
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.314
1.314
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
3214
33.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.27
38.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Brandon Morrow and Harry Staley

Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
3.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
1.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
2577
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
859
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
1.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
1.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.19
96.19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.83
33.83
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Morrow and Harry Staley

Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
334
8016
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
25
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
576
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.018
0.018
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.25
-54.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
360
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Brandon Morrow
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100