Harry Staley vs. Jay Tibbs — Career Comparison

Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jay Tibbs
Baby BoomersAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jay Tibbs 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 4.2 and 1.420 for Jay Tibbs. 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 Jay Tibbs

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
1.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Jay Tibbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.94
41.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.18
84.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Jay Tibbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
4.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2588
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
862.2
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Jay Tibbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
887
9.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Jay Tibbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.25
9.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Jay Tibbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Jay Tibbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
3.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
448
4.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Jay Tibbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Jay Tibbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Jay Tibbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Jay Tibbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.37
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Jay Tibbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3684
38.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Jay Tibbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
452
4.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Jay Tibbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Tibbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3296
34.39
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jay Tibbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.43
38.43

Fielding Stats for Harry Staley and Jay Tibbs

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
1.65
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Tibbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2588
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
862.2
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Jay Tibbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
1.19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Jay Tibbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
1.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
1.93
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Jay Tibbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.88
97.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.171
1.171
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Tibbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.18
84.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Staley and Jay Tibbs

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
477.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
201
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
180
537.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
21
62.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
19
56.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.7
11.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
23
68.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
31
92.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.291
0.291
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Jay Tibbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
10
29.85
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
14
41.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.05
-3.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
10
29.85
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Jay Tibbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
259.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Jay Tibbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
32.84
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.99
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jay Tibbs
Career
Per 600 PA