Harry Staley vs. Sam Thompson — Career Comparison

Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sam Thompson
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Sam Thompson 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 4.41 and 1.403 for Sam Thompson. 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 Sam Thompson

Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.64
44.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
67.06
67.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
4.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1422
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
474
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
528
10.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.03
10.03
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
2.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
4.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.745
0.745
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2101
39.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
5.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.6
5.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.84
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.403
1.403
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1910
36.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.89
39.89

Fielding Stats for Harry Staley and Sam Thompson

Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.63
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1425
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
475
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
3.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
3.03
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.67
94.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.796
1.796
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.861
1.861
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.28
66.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Staley and Sam Thompson

Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
90
268.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
201
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
180
537.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
104.48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
86.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
17.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
10.96
32.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
128.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
45
134.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.476
0.476
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
52.91
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
53.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
38.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
30
89.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
11.49
34.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
23.88
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.99
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.99
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
6.45
6.45
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201
201
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Sam Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
32.84
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.99
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.99
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Sam Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100