Harry Staley vs. Jim Wright — Career Comparison

Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Wright
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Wright 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 3.82 and 1.259 for Jim Wright. 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 Jim Wright

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.54
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.58
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.47
Jim Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.26
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Jim Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.57
48.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.32
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.19
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.81
Jim Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
3.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Jim Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
417
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
9
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Jim Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
9.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Jim Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.13
9.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Jim Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
604
2.39
Jim Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.19
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Jim Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
4.6
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Jim Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.03
2.03
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Jim Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.734
0.734
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.36
Jim Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Jim Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.65
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
576
37.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.39
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Jim Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
4.14
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Jim Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.32
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.58
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Jim Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.237
1.237
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
526
34.06
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jim Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.3
37.3

Fielding Stats for Harry Staley and Jim Wright

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.27
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.1
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
417
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.39
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.84
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Jim Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.23
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Jim Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.543
0.543
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.57
48.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Staley and Jim Wright

Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
168.02
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1032
600
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
959
557.56
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
81.98
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
52.91
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
160
93.02
Jim Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jim Wright
Career
Per 600 PA