Sonny Siebert vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Sonny Siebert
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Sonny Siebert 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. Sonny Siebert posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.21 and WHIP 1.239 compared to 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. By the career numbers, Sonny Siebert had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sonny Siebert and Harry Staley

Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
1.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
1.28
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
0.48
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.12
55.12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.94
76.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
767
3.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
6456
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2152
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1919
8.03
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.03
8.03
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
197
0.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
692
2.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1512
6.32
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.32
6.32
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.024
1.024
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
8951
37.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
907
3.79
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.213
1.213
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
8136
34.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Sonny Siebert and Harry Staley

Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
1.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
1.28
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
6454
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2151.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
1.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
2.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
2.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.94
94.94
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.223
1.223
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.94
76.94
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sonny Siebert and Harry Staley

Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
405
335.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
725
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
660
546.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.511
0.511
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
114
94.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
77
63.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
18.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
9.93
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
30.62
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
37.94
31.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
178
147.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
141
116.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.474
0.474
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.362
0.362
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
52
43.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
57
47.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
97
80.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
26.73
22.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
7.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
18
14.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
182
150.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
3.98
3.98
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
28.97
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.48
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
20
16.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100