Harry Staley vs. Cleon Webb — Career Comparison

Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cleon Webb
Lost GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cleon Webb 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 5.67 and 1.407 for Cleon Webb. 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 Cleon Webb

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
9.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.67
9.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
2.97
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.595
0.595
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
0.556
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
40
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
5.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.407
1.407
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
36.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40

Fielding Stats for Harry Staley and Cleon Webb

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.67
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.82
81.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.286
1.286
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Staley and Cleon Webb

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
420
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
21.64
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
2
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
2
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
21.95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
120
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA