Harry Staley vs. Hal Wiltse — Career Comparison

Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Hal Wiltse
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Hal Wiltse 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 4.87 and 1.599 for Hal Wiltse. 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 Hal Wiltse

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.36
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Hal Wiltse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.73
63.73
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Hal Wiltse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
4.87
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1501
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
500.1
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Hal Wiltse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
589
10.59
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.59
10.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.37
Hal Wiltse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Hal Wiltse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Hal Wiltse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Hal Wiltse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
3.8
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
2.97
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
2.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Hal Wiltse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Hal Wiltse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Hal Wiltse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2267
40.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Hal Wiltse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
320
5.76
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Hal Wiltse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.76
5.76
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.599
1.599
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2040
36.7
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Hal Wiltse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03
Hal Wiltse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.78
40.78

Fielding Stats for Harry Staley and Hal Wiltse

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Hal Wiltse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
168
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Hal Wiltse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.539
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Staley and Hal Wiltse

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
102
351.72
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
174
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
162
558.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.42
0.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
26
89.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
22
75.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
13.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
4
13.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
5.99
20.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
30
103.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
31
106.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.371
0.371
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
10
34.48
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
6
20.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
16
55.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
4.23
14.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
4
13.79
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Hal Wiltse
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
103.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
5.8
5.8
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Hal Wiltse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
24.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.34
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.34
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Hal Wiltse
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100