Sidney Ponson vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Sidney Ponson
Gen XArubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Sidney Ponson 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 5.03 and 1.495 for Sidney Ponson. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sidney Ponson and Harry Staley

Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
1.52
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
1.42
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
0.58
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.61
44.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.29
93.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.85
90.85
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
983
5.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5281
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1760.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2004
10.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.25
10.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
1.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
609
3.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1031
5.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.932
0.932
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7676
39.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1051
5.37
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.37
5.37
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.484
1.484
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6936
35.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.24
39.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Sidney Ponson and Harry Staley

Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
1.52
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
1.42
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5281
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1760.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
1.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
376
1.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
363
1.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.54
96.54
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.218
1.218
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.29
93.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sidney Ponson and Harry Staley

Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
298
2235
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
80
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
65
487.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.463
0.463
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
67.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
22.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
22.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.9
14.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
90
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
90
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
30
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.51
3.85
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
22.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
165
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.64
3.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
90
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100