Harry Staley vs. Fred Toney — Career Comparison

Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Toney
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Toney 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. Fred Toney posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.69 and WHIP 1.188 compared to 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. By the career numbers, Fred Toney had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Staley and Fred Toney

Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
1.37
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
1.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.42
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.68
57.68
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.65
80.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
0.64
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
2.69
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6618
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2206
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2037
8.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
604
2.39
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
583
2.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
2.97
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
718
2.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.14
2.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.595
0.595
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.15
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
8988
36.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
835
3.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.188
1.188
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
8359
34.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.67
36.67

Fielding Stats for Harry Staley and Fred Toney

Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
555
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
638
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
612
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.821
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Toney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Staley and Fred Toney

Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
336
253.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
796
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
744
560.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.414
0.414
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
118
88.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
99
74.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
12
9.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
4
3.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
19
14.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
28.24
21.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
147
110.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
139
104.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.379
0.379
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
40
30.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
47
35.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
84
63.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
18.63
14.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
21
15.83
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
186
140.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
4.28
4.28
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
23.37
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Toney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
4
3.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Fred Toney
Career
Per 600 PA
75
75