Kid Speer vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Kid Speer
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kid Speer 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. Kid Speer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.83 and WHIP 1.323 compared to 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. By the career numbers, Kid Speer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kid Speer and Harry Staley

Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.83
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
229
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
10.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
604
2.39
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
2.97
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.595
0.595
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
317
37.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
4.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.323
1.323
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
300
35.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.38
37.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Kid Speer and Harry Staley

Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.95
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
4.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
4.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.44
94.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.833
2.833
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.796
1.796
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kid Speer and Harry Staley

Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
288.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
25
555.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.83
18.52
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
111.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.345
0.345
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
5.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
133.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
4.5
4.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100