Harry Staley vs. Rick Sutcliffe — Career Comparison

Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rick Sutcliffe
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardRookie of the YearAll-Star

Rick Sutcliffe 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 4.08 and 1.415 for Rick Sutcliffe. 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 Rick Sutcliffe

Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
457
1.52
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
392
1.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
0.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.46
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.16
55.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.78
85.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1223
4.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8093
27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2697.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2662
8.88
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.88
8.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
0.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1081
3.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1679
5.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.6
5.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.023
1.023
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11548
38.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1324
4.42
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
0.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
0.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.388
1.388
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10222
34.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.53
38.53

Fielding Stats for Harry Staley and Rick Sutcliffe

Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
457
1.52
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
392
1.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8093
27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2697.2
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
0.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
404
1.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
632
2.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
615
2.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.31
97.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.346
1.346
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.78
85.78
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Staley and Rick Sutcliffe

Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
466
425.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
657
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
562
513.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.542
0.542
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
102
93.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
75
68.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
20.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
4
3.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
24.66
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
31.93
29.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
138
126.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
138
126.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
42
38.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
55
50.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
93
84.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
28.36
25.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
34
31.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
143
130.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
4.59
4.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
49.32
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
15
13.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
4
3.65
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
4
3.65
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100