Harry Staley vs. Doc Watson — Career Comparison

Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Doc Watson
Lost GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis TerriersFederal LeagueStarting Pitcher

Doc Watson 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. Doc Watson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.7 and WHIP 1.242 compared to 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. By the career numbers, Doc Watson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Staley and Doc Watson

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.16
51.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.51
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.7
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.39
8.39
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1118
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
372.2
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
7.87
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.87
7.87
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
3.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
3.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.725
0.725
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
586
14.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.39
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.28
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.242
1.242
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
437
10.55
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.97
1.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.073
1.073
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.15
14.15

Fielding Stats for Harry Staley and Doc Watson

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.88
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.348
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Staley and Doc Watson

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
323.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
128
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
112
525
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
56.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
51.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.04
9.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
60.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
18
84.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
37.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
23.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
60.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.08
-5.07
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
28.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
215.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.78
2.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
46.88
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA