Robbie Ray vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Robbie Ray
MillenialTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Robbie 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 3.94 and 1.303 for Robbie 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 Robbie Ray and Harry Staley

Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
265
1.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.63
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
0.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.07
52.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.49
98.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.85
90.85
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
631
3.94
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4323
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1441
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1250
7.81
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
1.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
608
3.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1734
10.83
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.83
10.83
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.54
6.54
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.625
1.625
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.37
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6097
38.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
674
4.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.289
1.289
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5379
33.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Robbie Ray and Harry Staley

Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
265
1.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.63
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4323
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1441
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
1.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
1.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.95
95.95
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.626
0.626
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.49
98.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Robbie Ray and Harry Staley

Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
267
597.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
268
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
237
530.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
34
76.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
27
60.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
13.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
7
15.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
6.76
15.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
43
96.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
38
85.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
11
24.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
9
20.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
19
42.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
1.01
2.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.96
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
116
259.7
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
58.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Robbie Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Robbie Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100