Bill Parsons vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Bill Parsons
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Parsons 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 3.89 and 1.389 for Bill Parsons. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Parsons and Harry Staley

Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.62
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.62
44.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.17
88.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
3.89
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1561
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
520.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
473
8.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.18
8.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
4.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.986
0.986
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2224
38.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
4.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.353
1.353
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1953
33.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.47
38.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Bill Parsons and Harry Staley

Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.42
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1562
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
520.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
1.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
1.68
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.98
98.98
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.043
1.043
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.17
88.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Parsons and Harry Staley

Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
93
336.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
166
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
139
502.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
23
83.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
18
65.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
5
18.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
7.14
25.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
30
108.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
34
122.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
8
28.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
15
54.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
22
79.52
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
6.05
21.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
39.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
220.48
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
2.72
2.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
50.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Bill Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100