Harry Staley vs. Jim Waugh — Career Comparison

Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Waugh
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Waugh 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 6.43 and 1.801 for Jim Waugh. 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 Jim Waugh

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
2.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.32
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Jim Waugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.25
31.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.13
39.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Jim Waugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
6.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.69
6.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.6
6.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
428
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
142.2
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Jim Waugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
10.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Jim Waugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
1.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.58
1.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Jim Waugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
5.55
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
2.97
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
2.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Jim Waugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.904
0.904
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Jim Waugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Jim Waugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
677
42.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.57
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Jim Waugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
7.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.13
7.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.801
1.801
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
37.03
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jim Waugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Jim Waugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03
Jim Waugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.71
42.71

Fielding Stats for Harry Staley and Jim Waugh

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Jim Waugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Jim Waugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Staley and Jim Waugh

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
745.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
37
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
32
518.92
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Jim Waugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
6
97.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
97.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
1.03
16.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
6
97.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
141.86
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
145.95
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Jim Waugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0.445
0.445
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Jim Waugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
3
48.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
1.21
19.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
37.79
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Jim Waugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
162.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
3.7
3.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jim Waugh
Career
Per 600 PA