Harry Staley vs. Bill Swaggerty — Career Comparison

Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Swaggerty
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Swaggerty 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 4.76 and 1.660 for Bill Swaggerty. 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 Bill Swaggerty

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Bill Swaggerty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Bill Swaggerty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Bill Swaggerty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
4.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.1
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Bill Swaggerty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
11.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.07
11.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Bill Swaggerty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bill Swaggerty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Bill Swaggerty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
3.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
3.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Bill Swaggerty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Bill Swaggerty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.713
0.713
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Bill Swaggerty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Bill Swaggerty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
40.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Bill Swaggerty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
5.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Bill Swaggerty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.75
5.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swaggerty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.598
1.598
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
327
36.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Bill Swaggerty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03
Bill Swaggerty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.06
40.06

Fielding Stats for Harry Staley and Bill Swaggerty

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.54
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swaggerty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Bill Swaggerty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swaggerty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Staley and Bill Swaggerty

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
168.02
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1032
600
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Bill Swaggerty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bill Swaggerty
Career
Per 600 PA