Elmer Myers vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Elmer Myers
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Elmer 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 4.06 and 1.441 for Elmer 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 Elmer Myers and Harry Staley

Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
1.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.31
43.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.65
68.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
497
4.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3306
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1102
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1148
9.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.38
9.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
440
3.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
428
3.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.788
0.788
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4747
38.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
5.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.1
5.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.441
1.441
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4256
34.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.77
38.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Elmer Myers and Harry Staley

Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
390
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.108
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Elmer Myers and Harry Staley

Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
194
266.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
436
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
412
566.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.549
0.549
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
93
127.98
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
77
105.96
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
16.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
22.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28.39
39.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.78
35.34
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
113
155.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
106
145.87
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
141.86
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.524
0.524
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.406
0.406
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
37
50.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
37
50.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
74
101.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31.65
43.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
13
17.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
89.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.71
6.71
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
6.45
6.45
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
15.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
80
80
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100