Tom Seats vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Tom Seats
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tom Seats 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 4.47 and 1.421 for Tom Seats. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Seats and Harry Staley

Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
2.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Tom Seats
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.46
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Tom Seats
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.09
35.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Tom Seats
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
4.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Tom Seats
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
532
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
177.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Tom Seats
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
9.85
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.85
9.85
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Tom Seats
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.61
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Tom Seats
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Tom Seats
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
2.94
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
3.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Tom Seats
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Tom Seats
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.716
0.716
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Tom Seats
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Tom Seats
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
39.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Tom Seats
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
5.79
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Tom Seats
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.421
1.421
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
725
36.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Tom Seats
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Tom Seats
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Tom Seats
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.99
39.99
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Tom Seats and Harry Staley

Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Tom Seats
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Tom Seats
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.74
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seats
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Seats and Harry Staley

Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
579.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
59
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
559.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
0.441
0.441
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
10
101.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
8
81.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Tom Seats
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
21.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
12
122.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
10
101.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Tom Seats
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
5
50.85
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
4
40.68
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
9
91.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
1.64
16.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seats
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
152.54
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
3.93
3.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
40.68
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Tom Seats
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100