Bill Posedel vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Bill Posedel
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Posedel 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 4.56 and 1.479 for Bill Posedel. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Posedel and Harry Staley

Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Bill Posedel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.81
48.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.04
63.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Bill Posedel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bill Posedel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
344
4.56
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2038
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
679.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Bill Posedel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
757
10.03
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.03
10.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Bill Posedel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.64
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Bill Posedel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
3.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
3.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Bill Posedel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Bill Posedel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.699
0.699
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Bill Posedel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Bill Posedel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2944
39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Bill Posedel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Bill Posedel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
4.99
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Bill Posedel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.479
1.479
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2693
35.68
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Bill Posedel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Bill Posedel and Harry Staley

Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Bill Posedel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Bill Posedel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.98
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Posedel and Harry Staley

Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
138
329.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
251
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
227
542.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
40
95.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
32
76.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
19.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
8
19.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Bill Posedel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
9.24
22.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
48
114.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
52
124.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
13
31.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
21
50.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
34
81.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
7.49
17.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
12
28.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Posedel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
90.84
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Bill Posedel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.61
6.61
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
6.45
6.45
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Bill Posedel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
28.69
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
7
16.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Posedel
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100