Steve Parris vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Steve Parris
Gen XIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Steve Parris 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 4.75 and 1.535 for Steve Parris. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Parris and Harry Staley

Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Steve Parris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.31
47.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Steve Parris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.81
92.81
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.85
90.85
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Steve Parris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
4.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
2260
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
753.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Steve Parris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
846
10.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.11
10.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
1.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Steve Parris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
3.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
5.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Steve Parris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.72
5.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Steve Parris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Steve Parris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.018
1.018
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Steve Parris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.32
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Steve Parris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.32
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3329
39.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Steve Parris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
425
5.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Steve Parris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.08
5.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Parris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.82
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.505
1.505
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
2962
35.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Steve Parris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Steve Parris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.77
39.77
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Steve Parris and Harry Staley

Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Steve Parris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.54
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
2260
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
753.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
1.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Steve Parris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
1.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
1.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Steve Parris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.96
97.96
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.036
1.036
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Steve Parris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.81
92.81
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Parris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Parris and Harry Staley

Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
141
464.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
182
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
162
534.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.413
0.413
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
25
82.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
21
69.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
13.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
4
13.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
4.65
15.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
29
95.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
28
92.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Steve Parris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
8
26.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
15
49.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
23
75.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
2.16
7.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Parris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
174.73
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
3.43
3.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Steve Parris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
52.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Steve Parris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Parris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Parris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100