Jerry Robertson vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Jerry Robertson
Silent GenerationKansasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jerry Robertson 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 1.559 for Jerry Robertson. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jerry Robertson and Harry Staley

Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
2.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Jerry Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.74
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.81
23.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.1
55.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jerry Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
3.94
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Jerry Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
583
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
194.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Jerry Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
9.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Jerry Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.49
9.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Jerry Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.83
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Jerry Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
3.98
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
6.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Jerry Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.67
6.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Jerry Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Jerry Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.184
1.184
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Jerry Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.32
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Jerry Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
39.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Jerry Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
4.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Jerry Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.497
1.497
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
765
35.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Jerry Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Jerry Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.69
39.69
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Jerry Robertson and Harry Staley

Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
2.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Jerry Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
194.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Jerry Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Jerry Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.59
92.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Jerry Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.1
55.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jerry Robertson and Harry Staley

Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
490
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
60
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
560
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.58
5.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
70
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Jerry Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
30
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
40
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.86
-18.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
340
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.76
1.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
20
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jerry Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100