Harry Staley vs. Morris Williams — Career Comparison

Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Morris Williams
UnknownThrows RightIndianapolis ABCsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Morris Williams 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 5.89 and 1.641 for Morris Williams. 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 Morris Williams

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Morris Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.47
89.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Morris Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
5.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
298
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
99.1
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Morris Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
10.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.69
10.69
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Morris Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Morris Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Morris Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Morris Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
4.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
2.97
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
2.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Morris Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.735
0.735
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Morris Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Morris Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.82
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
460
41.68
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Morris Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
7.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.25
7.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Morris Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.641
1.641
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
387
35.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Morris Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03
Morris Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.68
41.68

Fielding Stats for Harry Staley and Morris Williams

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.72
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Morris Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.54
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
298
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
99.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Morris Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
90.63
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.526
1.526
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Morris Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.47
89.47
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Morris Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Staley and Morris Williams

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
316.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
33
550
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.68
11.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
3
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
4.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Morris Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
50
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Morris Williams
Career
Per 600 PA