Billy Muffett vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Billy Muffett
Silent GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Billy Muffett 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 4.33 and 1.480 for Billy Muffett. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Billy Muffett and Harry Staley

Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
2.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.55
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.03
41.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.6
25.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
4.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1129
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
376.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
9.73
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.73
9.73
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.91
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
3.16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
4.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1653
39.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
5.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.09
5.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.432
1.432
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1509
36.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Billy Muffett and Harry Staley

Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
2.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.77
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1128
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
376
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.1
96.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.592
0.592
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.6
25.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Billy Muffett and Harry Staley

Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
728.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PA
103
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PA
92
535.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.578
0.578
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
116.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
99.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PA
3
17.48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.43
37.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.78
35.34
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
145.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
157.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
141.86
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.427
0.427
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.322
0.322
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
64.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
52.91
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PA
7
40.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PA
17
99.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.79
39.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
40.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Muffett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
186.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
3.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PA
3
17.48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Billy Muffett
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100