Mike Sirotka vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Mike Sirotka
Gen XTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mike Sirotka 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 4.31 and 1.427 for Mike Sirotka. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Sirotka and Harry Staley

Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
1.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
1.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Mike Sirotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.72
51.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.8
88.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Mike Sirotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
340
4.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2131
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
710.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Mike Sirotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
803
10.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.17
10.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Mike Sirotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
1.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Mike Sirotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
2.62
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
5.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Mike Sirotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.51
5.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Mike Sirotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Mike Sirotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.904
0.904
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Mike Sirotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Mike Sirotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3056
38.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Mike Sirotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
5.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Mike Sirotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Sirotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.422
1.422
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2803
35.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Mike Sirotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.72
38.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Mike Sirotka and Harry Staley

Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
1.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Mike Sirotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
1.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2131
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
710.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Mike Sirotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
1.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Mike Sirotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.1
93.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.864
0.864
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Mike Sirotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.8
88.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Sirotka and Harry Staley

Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
3947.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
17
536.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
2
63.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
2
63.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
7.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
2
63.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
4
126.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.328
0.328
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.09
-2.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sirotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
189.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Mike Sirotka
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100