Bud Podbielan vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Bud Podbielan
Greatest GenerationWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bud Podbielan 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 4.49 and 1.463 for Bud Podbielan. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Podbielan and Harry Staley

Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.31
37.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.19
44.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320
4.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1923
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
641
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
693
9.73
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.73
9.73
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
245
3.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
3.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2792
39.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
5.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.08
5.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.463
1.463
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2530
35.52
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.2
39.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Bud Podbielan and Harry Staley

Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
7.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
604
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
4.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
6.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
6.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.96
97.96
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.837
0.837
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16.86
16.86
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Podbielan and Harry Staley

Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
173
499.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
208
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
188
542.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.406
0.406
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
29
83.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
28
80.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
5.83
16.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
30
86.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
40
115.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
7
20.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
9
25.96
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
16
46.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
4.57
13.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
11
31.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
92.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
6.45
6.45
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Bud Podbielan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
25.96
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bud Podbielan
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100