Harry Staley vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tim Wakefield 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 1.361 for Tim Wakefield. 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 Tim Wakefield

Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
1.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.63
52.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.84
73.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3152
8.79
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156
6.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.042
1.042
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13939
38.88
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1791
5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12388
34.56
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Harry Staley and Tim Wakefield

Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
1.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.88
94.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Staley and Tim Wakefield

Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
130
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
60
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
15.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
18
83.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA