Reggie Patterson vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Reggie Patterson
Baby BoomersAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Reggie Patterson 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 5.2 and 1.437 for Reggie Patterson. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Reggie Patterson and Harry Staley

Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Reggie Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.91
40.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Reggie Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
5.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Reggie Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
9.76
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Reggie Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.76
9.76
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Reggie Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.89
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Reggie Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Reggie Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
3.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
4.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Reggie Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Reggie Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.817
0.817
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Reggie Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Reggie Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
38.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Reggie Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
5.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Reggie Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.45
5.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Reggie Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.89
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.423
1.423
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
275
34.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Reggie Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.66
38.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Reggie Patterson and Harry Staley

Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Reggie Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Reggie Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Reggie Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.773
0.773
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Reggie Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Reggie Patterson and Harry Staley

Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
573.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
18
469.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.326
0.326
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
2.87
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.73
-19.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Reggie Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
156.52
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.83
3.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Reggie Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100