Harry Staley vs. Doc Sykes — Career Comparison

Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Doc Sykes
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore Black SoxNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Doc Sykes 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. Doc Sykes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.61 and WHIP 1.304 compared to 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. By the career numbers, Doc Sykes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Staley and Doc Sykes

Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.48
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.46
47.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.33
89.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
3.61
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1569
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
523
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
8.91
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.91
8.91
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
2.82
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
3.98
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.755
0.755
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.28
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2245
38.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
4.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.69
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.304
1.304
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1989
34.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.63
38.63

Fielding Stats for Harry Staley and Doc Sykes

Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1625
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
541.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
2.87
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
3.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
3.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.79
92.79
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.796
1.796
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.383
2.383
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.68
45.68
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Staley and Doc Sykes

Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
79
207.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
228
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
209
550
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
115.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
86.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
28.95
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.78
35.34
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14.99
39.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
155.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
52
136.84
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.072
0.072
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.424
0.424
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
52.91
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
57.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
15
39.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
36
94.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
42.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
7
18.42
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.79
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
6.45
6.45
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.17
1.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
28.95
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.89
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.89
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100