Frank Riccelli vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Frank Riccelli
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Frank Riccelli 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 4.39 and 1.512 for Frank Riccelli. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Frank Riccelli and Harry Staley

Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.66
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.41
29.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
4.39
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
8.56
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.56
8.56
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
7.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.02
7.02
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.342
1.342
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
39.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
4.61
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.512
1.512
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
34.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.24
1.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.73
39.73
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Frank Riccelli and Harry Staley

Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.412
0.412
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.41
29.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Frank Riccelli and Harry Staley

Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
850
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
47.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.78
35.34
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
141.86
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
63.37
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
193
112.21
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.99
49.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Riccelli
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
200
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Frank Riccelli
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100