Juan Pizarro vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Juan Pizarro
Silent GenerationP.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Juan Pizarro 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. Juan Pizarro posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.43 and WHIP 1.358 compared to 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. By the career numbers, Juan Pizarro had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Juan Pizarro and Harry Staley

Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
2.16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
1.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.46
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.51
55.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.2
50.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
776
3.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Innings
6103
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Innings
2034.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1807
7.99
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.99
7.99
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Innings
201
0.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Innings
888
3.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1522
6.73
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.73
6.73
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.185
1.185
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Innings
8690
38.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
0.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
890
3.94
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.325
1.325
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Innings
7740
34.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.45
38.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Juan Pizarro and Harry Staley

Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
2.16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
1.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Innings
6102
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Innings
2034
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
1.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Innings
385
1.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Innings
373
1.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.764
0.764
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.2
50.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Juan Pizarro and Harry Staley

Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
496
410.48
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 600 PA
725
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 600 PA
658
544.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 600 PAverified
133
110.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 600 PAverified
105
86.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
14.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
6.62
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
23.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 600 PA
42.66
35.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 600 PAverified
179
148.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 600 PA
166
137.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.509
0.509
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
59.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
52.91
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 600 PA
66
54.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 600 PA
130
107.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 600 PA
40.55
33.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 600 PA
32
26.48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.83
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 600 PA
191
158.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 600 PA
3.8
3.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
19.86
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
8.28
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 600 PA
14
11.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Juan Pizarro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.83
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Juan Pizarro
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100