Tom Parsons vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Tom Parsons
Silent GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tom 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 4.72 and 1.417 for Tom 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 Tom Parsons and Harry Staley

Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
3.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Tom Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.02
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Tom Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
4.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
343
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
114.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Tom Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
10.63
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.63
10.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Tom Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
1.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Tom Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.97
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
604
2.39
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.97
1.97
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
5.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Tom Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.51
5.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Tom Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.831
0.831
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Tom Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Tom Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
494
38.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Tom Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
5.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Tom Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.35
5.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.399
1.399
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
36.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Tom Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Tom Parsons and Harry Staley

Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
3.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Tom Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
343
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
114.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Tom Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Tom Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.725
0.725
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Tom Parsons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Parsons and Harry Staley

Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
827.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
558.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
1.52
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.9
-39.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Parsons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
413.79
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
1.45
1.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Tom Parsons
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100