Harry Staley vs. Denny Stark — Career Comparison

Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Denny Stark
Gen XOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Denny Stark 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 5.81 and 1.679 for Denny Stark. By the career numbers, Harry Staley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Staley and Denny Stark

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.72
51.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.53
57.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
5.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.12
6.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.24
6.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
795
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
10.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.29
10.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
4.52
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
4.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.981
0.981
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1223
41.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
6.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.83
6.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.58
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.645
1.645
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1057
35.9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.54
41.54

Fielding Stats for Harry Staley and Denny Stark

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.48
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
795
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.02
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
1.56
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.87
97.87
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.53
57.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Staley and Denny Stark

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
541.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
71
519.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.409
0.409
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
7
51.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
29.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
19.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
13
95.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
12
87.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.337
0.337
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
12
87.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.08
-0.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
204.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
2.93
2.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
29.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA