Harry Staley vs. Jeff Tesreau — Career Comparison

Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jeff Tesreau
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jeff Tesreau 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. Jeff Tesreau posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.43 and WHIP 1.145 compared to 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. By the career numbers, Jeff Tesreau had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Staley and Jeff Tesreau

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
1.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
1.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.62
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.39
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.5
61.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.4
83.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
0.66
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
2.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.218
0.218
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Innings
5037
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1679
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1350
7.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.24
7.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
572
3.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.07
3.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
4.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.865
0.865
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Innings
6805
36.48
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
3.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.145
1.145
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Innings
6195
33.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.48
36.48

Fielding Stats for Harry Staley and Jeff Tesreau

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Innings
247
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Innings
440
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Innings
515
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Innings
492
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.992
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Staley and Jeff Tesreau

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 600 PAverified
248
243.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 600 PA
611
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 600 PAverified
574
563.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
0.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 600 PAverified
124
121.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 600 PAverified
102
100.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
11.78
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.96
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
21.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.78
35.34
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38.46
37.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 600 PAverified
158
155.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 600 PA
142
139.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 600 PA
40
39.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 600 PA
46
45.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 600 PA
84
82.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42.09
41.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 600 PA
18
17.68
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
78.56
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
6.45
6.45
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.64
7.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
18.66
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.95
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Tesreau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.98
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 600 PA
4
3.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jeff Tesreau
Career
Per 600 PA
75
75