Jack Richardson vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Jack Richardson
Lost GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jack Richardson 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. Jack Richardson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.65 and WHIP 1.541 compared to 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. By the career numbers, Jack Richardson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Richardson and Harry Staley

Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Jack Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jack Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.65
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Jack Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Jack Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Jack Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
8.39
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Jack Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.39
8.39
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Jack Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Jack Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Jack Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jack Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
5.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
4.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Jack Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Jack Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Jack Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.095
1.095
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Jack Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Jack Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
37.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Jack Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
5.84
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Jack Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.84
5.84
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.541
1.541
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
31.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Jack Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.22
37.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Jack Richardson and Harry Staley

Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Jack Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Richardson and Harry Staley

Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
300
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.86
-64.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
450
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jack Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100