Harry Staley vs. Bob Tewksbury — Career Comparison

Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bob Tewksbury
Baby BoomersNew HampshireThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Bob Tewksbury 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 3.92 and 1.304 for Bob Tewksbury. 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 Bob Tewksbury

Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
1.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
1.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.55
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
0.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.89
51.89
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.85
90.85
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.72
91.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
787
3.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5421
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1807
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2043
10.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.18
10.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
0.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
604
2.39
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
1.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
812
4.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.611
0.611
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
7623
37.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
4.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.37
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
0.85
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.292
1.292
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
7122
35.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.97
37.97

Fielding Stats for Harry Staley and Bob Tewksbury

Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
1.5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
1.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5421
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1807
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
344
1.71
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
2.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
2.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.97
97.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.596
1.596
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.05
92.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Staley and Bob Tewksbury

Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
304
412.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
442
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
380
515.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.406
0.406
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
50
67.87
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
43
58.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
9.38
12.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
57
77.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
71
96.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.327
0.327
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.018
0.018
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
27.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
19
25.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
39
52.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
1.78
2.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
21
28.51
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
148
200.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2.99
2.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Bob Tewksbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
55.66
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
6
8.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bob Tewksbury
Career
Per 600 PA