Fred Sherry vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Fred Sherry
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Sherry 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 4.3 and 1.567 for Fred Sherry. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Sherry and Harry Staley

Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Fred Sherry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.69
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Fred Sherry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
4.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Fred Sherry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Fred Sherry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
10.83
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.83
10.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Fred Sherry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Fred Sherry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Fred Sherry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Fred Sherry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
3.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
3.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Fred Sherry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Fred Sherry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.745
0.745
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Fred Sherry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Fred Sherry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
38.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Fred Sherry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
6.88
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.88
6.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
34.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Fred Sherry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.341
0.341
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.18
38.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Fred Sherry and Harry Staley

Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Fred Sherry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Fred Sherry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Sherry and Harry Staley

Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
300
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
570
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
3
90
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Fred Sherry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.85
25.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
4
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
4
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.411
0.411
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.59
17.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Sherry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Fred Sherry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.67
6.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
6.45
6.45
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Fred Sherry
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100