Harry Staley vs. Mike Wood — Career Comparison

Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Wood
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Wood 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 5.49 and 1.622 for Mike Wood. 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 Mike Wood

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
3.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.42
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.58
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.91
33.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
5.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.3
5.3
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1032
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
344
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
9.8
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
419
10.96
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.96
10.96
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
1.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
3.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
4.79
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.895
0.895
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.55
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1565
40.94
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
6.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
6.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.581
1.581
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1389
36.34
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.94
40.94

Fielding Stats for Harry Staley and Mike Wood

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
3.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.02
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1032
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
344
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.54
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.16
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
2.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.91
33.91
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Staley and Mike Wood

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
115
13800
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.52
-62.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Mike Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
240
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mike Wood
Career
Per 600 PA