Harry Staley vs. Spades Wood — Career Comparison

Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Spades Wood
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Spades 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 5.61 and 1.705 for Spades 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 Spades Wood

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.25
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
70.83
70.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
5.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
366
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
9.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.59
9.59
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.44
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
5.75
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.098
1.098
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.37
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
562
41.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.83
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.83
5.83
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.705
1.705
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
483
35.63
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.46
41.46

Fielding Stats for Harry Staley and Spades Wood

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.13
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6900
27
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2300
9
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.792
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spades Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Staley and Spades Wood

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
306.38
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
47
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
42
536.17
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
101.74
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
127.66
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
102.13
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
11.63
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
19.77
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
25.53
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.78
35.34
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.59
45.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
133.72
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
165.96
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
141.86
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
153.19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.582
0.582
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.469
0.469
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
52.91
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
63.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
63.37
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
76.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
193
112.21
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
140.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.08
34.35
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
53.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.77
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.77
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
63.83
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
6.45
6.45
Spades Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.4
9.4
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
38.3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Spades Wood
Career
Per 600 PA