Bob Muncrief vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Bob Muncrief
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bob Muncrief 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. Bob Muncrief posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.8 and WHIP 1.352 compared to 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. By the career numbers, Bob Muncrief had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Muncrief and Harry Staley

Bob Muncrief
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bob Muncrief
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.85
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
1.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Bob Muncrief
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.38
49.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.29
57.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Bob Muncrief
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Bob Muncrief
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bob Muncrief
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
3.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Bob Muncrief
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
4204
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
1401.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Bob Muncrief
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1503
9.65
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Bob Muncrief
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.65
9.65
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Bob Muncrief
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392
2.52
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
525
3.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Bob Muncrief
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.82
1.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Bob Muncrief
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.654
0.654
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Bob Muncrief
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Bob Muncrief
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
5968
38.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Bob Muncrief
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.46
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Bob Muncrief
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
4.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Bob Muncrief
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Muncrief
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.352
1.352
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
5561
35.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Bob Muncrief
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Bob Muncrief
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.33
38.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Bob Muncrief and Harry Staley

Bob Muncrief
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
288
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Bob Muncrief
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Bob Muncrief
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Bob Muncrief
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.049
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Muncrief and Harry Staley

Bob Muncrief
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PAverified
289
348.19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
498
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
438
527.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
0.442
0.442
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
68
81.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
59
71.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
5
6.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
9
10.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
13.61
16.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
81
97.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
89
107.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
0.379
0.379
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
27
32.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
25
30.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
52
62.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
8.01
9.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
21
25.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Muncrief
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
128.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
4.65
4.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Bob Muncrief
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
46.99
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
13
15.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bob Muncrief
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bob Muncrief
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100