Harry Staley vs. Frank Stevens — Career Comparison

Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Frank Stevens
UnknownThrows LeftIndianapolis ABCsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Frank Stevens 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 5.84 and 1.587 for Frank Stevens. 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 Frank Stevens

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.68
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.65
32.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.98
60.98
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
5.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.376
0.376
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1308
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
436
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
508
10.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.49
10.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
3.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
3.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.805
0.805
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1604
33.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
6.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.587
1.587
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1351
27.89
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.418
0.418
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.11
33.11

Fielding Stats for Harry Staley and Frank Stevens

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.89
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
2015
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
671.2
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
1.58
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
3.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
3.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.08
95.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.645
1.645
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.28
60.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Staley and Frank Stevens

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
162
238.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
408
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
364
535.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.79
0.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
104
152.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
101.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
35.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.82
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
51.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.78
35.34
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54.98
80.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
156
229.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
141.86
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
135
198.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.77
0.77
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.735
0.735
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
52.91
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
58
85.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
63.37
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
67.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
193
112.21
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
144.12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.3
87.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
25
36.76
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
6.45
6.45
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
408
408
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Frank Stevens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
19.12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.88
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.88
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Frank Stevens
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100