Frank Seminara vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Frank Seminara
Gen XNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Frank Seminara 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 4.12 and 1.540 for Frank Seminara. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Frank Seminara and Harry Staley

Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Frank Seminara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Frank Seminara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.32
55.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Frank Seminara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
4.12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
491
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
163.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Frank Seminara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
9.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Frank Seminara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.4
9.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Frank Seminara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.66
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Frank Seminara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Frank Seminara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
4.12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
4.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Frank Seminara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.91
1.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Frank Seminara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Frank Seminara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Frank Seminara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
722
39.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Frank Seminara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
4.84
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Frank Seminara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.84
4.84
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Seminara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.93
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.503
1.503
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
627
34.48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Frank Seminara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.87
1.87
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Frank Seminara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.7
39.7
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Frank Seminara and Harry Staley

Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Frank Seminara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
491
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
163.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Frank Seminara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.021
1.021
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Frank Seminara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.32
55.32
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Frank Seminara and Harry Staley

Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
552.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
51
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
47
552.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
6
70.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
6
70.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
0.81
9.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
6
70.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
7
82.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.28
-3.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Seminara
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
129.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
4.64
4.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
35.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Frank Seminara
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100