Cotton Pippen vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Cotton Pippen
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Cotton Pippen 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 6.38 and 1.811 for Cotton Pippen. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cotton Pippen and Harry Staley

Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Cotton Pippen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.82
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.81
23.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.79
65.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Cotton Pippen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
6.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
525
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Cotton Pippen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253
13.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.01
13.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Cotton Pippen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
1.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Cotton Pippen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
3.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
2.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
2.97
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.83
2.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Cotton Pippen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Cotton Pippen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Cotton Pippen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
842
43.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Cotton Pippen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
7.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.811
1.811
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
774
39.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Cotton Pippen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Cotton Pippen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.3
43.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Cotton Pippen and Harry Staley

Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Cotton Pippen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Cotton Pippen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.55
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.368
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cotton Pippen and Harry Staley

Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
373.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
61
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
54
531.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
6
59.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
49.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.96
9.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
7
68.85
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
10
98.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
19.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
29.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.54
-5.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
39.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cotton Pippen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
68.85
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Cotton Pippen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.71
8.71
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
6.45
6.45
Cotton Pippen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
29.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
19.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Cotton Pippen
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100