Robert Ray vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Robert Ray
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Robert Ray 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 4.18 and 1.357 for Robert Ray. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Robert Ray and Harry Staley

Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Robert Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Robert Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Robert Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Robert Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
8.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Robert Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.04
8.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Robert Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Robert Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
3.54
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
5.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Robert Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.29
2.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Robert Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.964
0.964
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Robert Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Robert Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
38.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Robert Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
5.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Robert Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Robert Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
33.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Robert Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Robert Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.25
38.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Robert Ray and Harry Staley

Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Robert Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.96
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.96
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Robert Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Robert Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.857
0.857
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Robert Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Robert Ray and Harry Staley

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