Harry Staley vs. Suds Sutherland — Career Comparison

Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Suds Sutherland
Lost GenerationOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Suds Sutherland 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 4.97 and 1.690 for Suds Sutherland. 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 Suds Sutherland

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.93
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Suds Sutherland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Suds Sutherland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.54
61.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Suds Sutherland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
4.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Suds Sutherland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Suds Sutherland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
12.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.41
12.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Suds Sutherland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Suds Sutherland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Suds Sutherland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Suds Sutherland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
2.79
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
2.97
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Suds Sutherland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.621
0.621
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Suds Sutherland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Suds Sutherland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
42.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.62
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Suds Sutherland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
6.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.67
6.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
39.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Suds Sutherland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03
Suds Sutherland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.05
42.05

Fielding Stats for Harry Staley and Suds Sutherland

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Suds Sutherland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Suds Sutherland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Suds Sutherland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.857
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Staley and Suds Sutherland

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
351.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
558.62
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Suds Sutherland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.407
0.407
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Suds Sutherland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.897
0.897
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
227.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
206.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.78
35.34
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.42
112.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
248.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
141.86
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
268.97
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Suds Sutherland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Suds Sutherland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Suds Sutherland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.893
0.893
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Suds Sutherland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Suds Sutherland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Suds Sutherland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.478
0.478
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
52.91
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
63.37
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
144.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
193
112.21
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
227.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.06
125.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Suds Sutherland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
6.45
6.45
Suds Sutherland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.25
7.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Suds Sutherland
Career
Per 600 PA