Ray Robinson vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Ray Robinson
UnknownThrows LeftCincinnati-Cleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ray Robinson 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 7.76 and 1.765 for Ray Robinson. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ray Robinson and Harry Staley

Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Ray Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.62
84.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Ray Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
7.76
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.76
7.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Ray Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Ray Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
13.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.06
13.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Ray Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Ray Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Ray Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ray Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
2.82
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
5.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Ray Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.47
5.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.38
2.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Ray Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.922
0.922
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Ray Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Ray Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
43.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Ray Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.765
1.765
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
38.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Ray Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.387
0.387
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Ray Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.41
43.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Ray Robinson and Harry Staley

Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Ray Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.94
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Ray Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
4.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
4.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Ray Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.59
92.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Ray Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.923
1.923
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.796
1.796
Ray Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Robinson and Harry Staley

Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
433.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
15
500
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Ray Robinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.19
39.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.78
35.34
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
166.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
141.86
Ray Robinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.411
0.411
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ray Robinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.539
0.539
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
52.91
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
193
112.21
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.16
38.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Robinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Ray Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100