Tom Sheehan vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Tom Sheehan
Lost GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tom Sheehan 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 and 1.514 for Tom Sheehan. 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 Sheehan and Harry Staley

Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
2.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Tom Sheehan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.58
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.36
30.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.99
36.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Tom Sheehan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Tom Sheehan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
270
4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1821
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
607
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Tom Sheehan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
677
10.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.04
10.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Tom Sheehan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Tom Sheehan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Tom Sheehan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Tom Sheehan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
3.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
2.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
2.97
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Tom Sheehan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.677
0.677
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Tom Sheehan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Tom Sheehan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2589
38.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Tom Sheehan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.95
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Tom Sheehan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
359
5.32
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Tom Sheehan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.514
1.514
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2340
34.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Tom Sheehan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Tom Sheehan and Harry Staley

Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Tom Sheehan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
211
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Tom Sheehan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.363
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Sheehan and Harry Staley

Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
149
429.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PA
208
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PA
190
548.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Tom Sheehan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Tom Sheehan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
112.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
95.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PA
6
17.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PA
10.98
31.68
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PA
46
132.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PA
48
138.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Tom Sheehan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Tom Sheehan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Tom Sheehan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.483
0.483
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Tom Sheehan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.362
0.362
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Tom Sheehan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PA
13
37.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PA
19
54.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PA
32
92.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PA
11.67
33.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PA
9
25.96
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sheehan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
155.77
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PA
3.85
3.85
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Tom Sheehan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
25.96
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Tom Sheehan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.88
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Tom Sheehan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100