Gaylord Perry vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Gaylord Perry
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Gaylord Perry 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. Gaylord Perry posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.11 and WHIP 1.211 compared to 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. By the career numbers, Gaylord Perry had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gaylord Perry and Harry Staley

Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
777
1.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
690
1.16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
0.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
265
0.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.23
54.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.8
88.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
0.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.02
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1846
3.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16051
27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5350.1
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4938
8.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
399
0.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1379
2.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
604
2.39
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
0.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3534
5.94
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.94
5.94
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.918
0.918
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21953
36.93
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2128
3.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
0.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.181
1.181
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20236
34.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.93
36.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Gaylord Perry and Harry Staley

Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
777
1.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
690
1.16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16052
27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5350.2
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
0.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
877
1.48
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1264
2.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1226
2.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.99
96.99
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.578
1.578
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.8
88.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gaylord Perry and Harry Staley

Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
787
387.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1076
529.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.389
0.389
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
141
69.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
118
58.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
17
8.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
6
2.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
23
11.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
27.03
13.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
176
86.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
169
83.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
48
23.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
47
23.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
89
43.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.54
-1.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
22
10.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
369
181.48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
3.31
3.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
55.57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
20
9.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100