Jack Russell vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Jack Russell
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jack Russell 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 4.46 and 1.475 for Jack Russell. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Russell and Harry Staley

Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
2.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
0.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.68
32.68
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1017
4.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6152
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2050.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2454
10.77
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.77
10.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
2.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
2.97
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.482
0.482
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.595
0.595
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9020
39.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1187
5.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.475
1.475
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8420
36.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.59
39.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Jack Russell and Harry Staley

Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
557
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
610
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
770
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
742
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.332
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Russell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Russell and Harry Staley

Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
580
510.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
682
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
617
542.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.481
0.481
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
103
90.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
76
66.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
14.96
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
7.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
23.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
31.89
28.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
141
124.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
139
122.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.441
0.441
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.345
0.345
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
57.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
52.91
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
40
35.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
104
91.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
26.98
23.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
36
31.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
213
187.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
3.2
3.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Jack Russell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
25.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jack Russell
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100