Brett Myers vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Brett Myers
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Brett Myers 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 4.25 and 1.355 for Brett Myers. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brett Myers and Harry Staley

Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
2.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
1.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
0.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.26
50.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.14
66.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
807
4.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5130
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1710
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1725
9.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.08
9.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
247
1.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
2.93
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1379
7.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.26
7.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.22
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7307
38.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
864
4.55
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.74
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.334
1.334
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6597
34.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Brett Myers and Harry Staley

Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
2.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
1.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5130
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1710
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
0.83
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
224
1.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
391
2.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
381
2.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.14
66.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brett Myers and Harry Staley

Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
383
412.57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
557
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
471
507.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.423
0.423
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
63
67.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
52
56.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
11.85
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11.85
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
11.88
12.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
74
79.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
88
94.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.334
0.334
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
22
23.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
34
36.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
2.59
2.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
25
26.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
161
173.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
3.46
3.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
64.63
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Brett Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Brett Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100