Adam Plutko vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Adam Plutko
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Adam Plutko 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 5.39 and 1.396 for Adam Plutko. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Adam Plutko and Harry Staley

Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Adam Plutko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.46
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.05
42.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Adam Plutko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Adam Plutko
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
5.39
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
821
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
273.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Adam Plutko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
9.64
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Adam Plutko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.64
9.64
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Adam Plutko
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
2.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Adam Plutko
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
2.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
6.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Adam Plutko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.58
6.58
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Adam Plutko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.041
1.041
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Adam Plutko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Adam Plutko
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
1177
38.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Adam Plutko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
5.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Adam Plutko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Adam Plutko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.381
1.381
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
1072
35.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Adam Plutko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Adam Plutko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Adam Plutko and Harry Staley

Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Adam Plutko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.22
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
821
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
273.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Adam Plutko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
1.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Adam Plutko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.409
0.409
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Adam Plutko
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.05
42.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Adam Plutko and Harry Staley

Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PAverified
88
13200
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
2
300
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.15
-22.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Plutko
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Adam Plutko
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100