Rollie Sheldon vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Rollie Sheldon
Silent GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rollie Sheldon 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 4.09 and 1.332 for Rollie Sheldon. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rollie Sheldon and Harry Staley

Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.35
51.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.13
63.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
4.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2174
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
724.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
741
9.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.2
9.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
2.57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
4.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.798
0.798
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3062
38.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
4.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2841
35.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Rollie Sheldon and Harry Staley

Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2174
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
724.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
1.48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
2.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
2.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.24
98.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.044
1.044
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.13
63.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rollie Sheldon and Harry Staley

Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
161
404.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
239
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
209
524.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.315
0.315
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
20
50.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
20
50.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
5.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
20
50.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
31
77.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
7
17.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
10
25.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.03
-15.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
10
25.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
283.68
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
2.12
2.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
47.7
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100