Harry Staley vs. Steve Woodard — Career Comparison

Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Steve Woodard
Gen XAlabamaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Steve Woodard 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 4.94 and 1.425 for Steve Woodard. 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 Steve Woodard

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
2.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.43
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Steve Woodard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.02
58.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Steve Woodard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
366
4.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2002
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
667.1
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Steve Woodard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
782
10.55
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.55
10.55
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Steve Woodard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
1.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
604
2.39
Steve Woodard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
2.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Steve Woodard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
6.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Steve Woodard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.26
6.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Steve Woodard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Steve Woodard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.919
0.919
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Steve Woodard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Steve Woodard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2898
39.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Steve Woodard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
5.35
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Steve Woodard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.35
5.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.22
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Woodard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.395
1.395
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2676
36.09
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Steve Woodard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03
Steve Woodard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.08
39.08

Fielding Stats for Harry Staley and Steve Woodard

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
2.18
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Woodard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2002
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
667.1
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.53
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
1.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Steve Woodard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
1.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
1.66
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Steve Woodard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.62
97.62
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
0.759
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Woodard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.02
58.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Staley and Steve Woodard

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
162
656.76
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
148
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
126
510.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
15
60.81
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
48.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.16
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Steve Woodard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
2.79
11.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
18
72.97
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
23
93.24
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.315
0.315
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
6
24.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
6
24.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
48.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.27
-1.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.05
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
7
28.38
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Steve Woodard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
137.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
4.35
4.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Steve Woodard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
56.76
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Steve Woodard
Career
Per 600 PA