Harry Staley vs. Sam Woods — Career Comparison

Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sam Woods
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Sam Woods 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 5.06 and 1.538 for Sam Woods. 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 Sam Woods

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.02
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.34
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Sam Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.34
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Sam Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
5.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Sam Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.2
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Sam Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
8.78
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Sam Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Sam Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.68
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Sam Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
5.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3.71
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Sam Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Sam Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.975
0.975
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Sam Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Sam Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.68
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9879
39.03
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
43.2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.01
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1484
5.86
Sam Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
6.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.08
6.08
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.68
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.538
1.538
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9227
36.45
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
36.79
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Sam Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Sam Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03
Sam Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.2
43.2

Fielding Stats for Harry Staley and Sam Woods

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.03
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.22
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.81
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.7
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Sam Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.34
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
561
2.2
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.03
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.51
92.51
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Staley and Sam Woods

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
327.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.1
-60
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Sam Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Sam Woods
Career
Per 600 PA