Harry Staley

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: November 3, 1866 in Jacksonville, IL us

Died: January 12, 1910 in Battle Creek, MI

Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, MI

Debut: June 23, 1888 (Age 21-233d, 1,275th in major league history)

Last Game: July 30, 1895 (Age 28-269d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1888 season

Full Name: Henry Eli Staley

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.3

136

119

ERA

3.81

284

258

2278.0

751

WHIP

1.354

Summary of 94 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 2 walk-off, 0 tying, 2 go ahead, 91 lacking some details

4 Tms
BSN	59
PIT	21
STL	8
PBB	5

Platoon
vs RHB	62
vs LHB	27
vs ?HB	4

Home/Road
Home	52
Away	41

Outs
Unk	91
0	1
2	1

19 Opps
CIN	13
CHC	12
WHS	11
PHI	10
BLN	6
BRO	6
NYG	5
DTN	4
PIT	4
BSN	4
IND	4
STL	3
CLV	3
LOU	2
BWW	2
BUF	1
CHI	1
NYI	1
WHS	1

70 Batters
Bug Holliday	4
Sam Thompson	3
Jimmy Ryan	3
Jerry Denny	3
Duke Farrell	3
Sam Wise	2
Larry Twitchell	2
Bid McPhee	2
Dan Brouthers	2
Roger Connor	2
Jim O'Rourke	2
Germany Smith	2
Arlie Latham	2
Bill Hawke	2
Hugh Duffy	2
Bill Joyce	2
Jack Boyle	2
George Treadway	1
Ad Gumbert	1
Zeke Wilson	1
George Shoch	1
Heinie Peitz	1
Ace Stewart	1
Cap Anson	1
Billy Hamilton	1
Joe Quinn	1
Bobby Lowe	1
Bill Dahlen	1
Jim Keenan	1
Jim Long	1
Jack Doyle	1
Joe Kelley	1
Deacon McGuire	1
Jack Clements	1
Frank Burrell	1
Patsy Donovan	1
Tom Brown	1
George Miller	1
Lou Bierbauer	1
Jack McGeachey	1
Ed Delahanty	1
Charlie Abbey	1
Pretzels Getzien	1
Bill Hassamaer	1
Emmett Seery	1
Billy Shindle	1
Jay Faatz	1
Ed Cartwright	1
Ed Beatin	1
Tom Kinslow	1
Paul Radford	1
Jimmy McAleer	1
Bill Hutchison	1
Kip Selbach	1
Pete Browning	1
Bill Hallman	1
Cliff Carroll	1
Ed McKean	1
Mike Griffin	1
Elmer Foster	1
Dick Buckley	1
Lew Whistler	1
George Van Haltren	1
Wilbert Robinson	1
Tommy McCarthy	1
Mike Tiernan	1
Henry Larkin	1
Fred Carroll	1
Morgan Murphy	1
Deacon White	1

19 Parks
SouthEndGrd2 (BOS)	32
South End (BOS)	9
Expo Pk (PIT)	9
WestSide Pk (CHI)	6
7th St Pk 3 (IND)	4
Eastern Pk (NYC)	4
RecreationPk (DET)	4
CongressSt G (BOS)	4
Oriole Pk 3 (BAL)	4
League Pk I (CIN)	3
Robison Fld (STL)	3
Phil BB Grnd (PHI)	2
Boundary Fld (WAS)	2
WestSide Grd (CHI)	2
Polo Grnds 4 (NYC)	1
SouthSidePk2 (CHI)	1
Eclipse Pk 2 (LOU)	1
RecreationPk (PIT)	1
Swampoodle G (WAS)	1

Where Hit

16 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	53
2·HR gms	10
3·HR gms	4
4·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

160 Runs

Inning
1	10
2	8
3	11
4	18
5	10
6	9
7	11
8	6
9	9
Extra	1

1-3	29
4-6	37
7-end	27

RelScore
Tied	2
Unk	91

Tied	2
Unk	91

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	13
CF	13
LF	13
RF	12
3B	11
C	10
2B	9
P	6
SS	6

OrderPos
Unk	35
3rd	10
5th	9
1st	7
4th	7
2nd	7
6th	6
7th	5
8th	5
9th	2

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1888	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
1	1	1	1	1888-07-24 (2)	Ed Beatin	DTN		PIT		b 2		2		8	IPHR
2	2	2	2	1888-07-24 (2)	Dan Brouthers	DTN		PIT		b 2		1		3	IPHR
3	3	3	3	1888-07-24 (2)	Deacon White	DTN		PIT		b 7		3		5	IPHR
4	4	4	1	1888-08-02	Larry Twitchell	DTN		PIT		b 6		2	7	7	IPHR
5	5	5	1	1888-09-06	Jerry Denny	IND		PIT		b 3		2	2	5
6	6	6	1	1888-10-11 (2)	Joe Quinn	BSN		PIT		b 2		1		4
1889	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
7	7	1	1	1889-05-04	Jerry Denny	IND		PIT		b 7		4	3	5
8	8	2	1	1889-05-10	Ad Gumbert	CHC		PIT		b 2		3		1
9	9	3	2	1889-05-10	Cap Anson	CHC		PIT		b 3		1	4	3
10	10	4	3	1889-05-10	Hugh Duffy	CHC		PIT		b 3		1	3	9
11	11	5	4	1889-05-10	Jimmy Ryan	CHC		PIT		b 4		1	1	6
12	12	6	1	1889-06-13	George Van Haltren	CHC		PIT		b 7		2	2	7
13	13	7	1	1889-07-26	Jay Faatz	CLV	@	PIT		t 4		3		3
14	14	8	1	1889-08-23	Jimmy Ryan	CHC		PIT		b 6		1	1	8
15	15	9	1	1889-09-14	Sam Wise	WHS		PIT		b 1		3		4
16	16	10	1	1889-09-19	Emmett Seery	IND		PIT		b 3		3		7
17	17	11	2	1889-09-19	Jerry Denny	IND		PIT		b 9		1	4	5
1890	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
18	18	1	1	1890-06-06	Hugh Duffy	CHI		PBB	tied 5-5	b 10		1	3	9	Walk-Off,IPHR
19	19	2	1	1890-07-15	Lou Bierbauer	BWW		PBB		b 4		1		4
20	20	3	1	1890-08-06	Sam Wise	BUF	@	PBB		t 1		3		4	IPHR
21	21	4	1	1890-09-22	Jim O'Rourke	NYI	@	PBB		t 6		1	4	9	IPHR
22	22	5	1	1890-09-25	Jack McGeachey	BWW	@	PBB		t 4		2	5	7	IPHR
1891	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
23	23	1	1	1891-04-23	Cliff Carroll	CHC	@	PIT		t 7		1	5	9	IPHR
24	24	2	2	1891-04-23	Elmer Foster	CHC	@	PIT		t 8		1		8	IPHR
25	25	3	1	1891-04-28	Ed McKean	CLV	@	PIT		t 5		1		6	IPHR
26	26	4	1	1891-05-07	Bug Holliday	CIN		PIT		b 1		2	4	7
27	27	5	1	1891-05-30 (1)	Bug Holliday	CIN	@	BSN		t 1		2	4	7
28	28	6	1	1891-06-02	Arlie Latham	CIN	@	BSN		t 1		1	2	5
29	29	7	1	1891-06-11	Jimmy Ryan	CHC	@	BSN		t 5		3	1	7
30	30	8	1	1891-07-04 (2)	Fred Carroll	PIT		BSN		b 4		1	3	9	IPHR
31	31	9	1	1891-07-11	Bug Holliday	CIN		BSN		b 7		1	3	8
32	32	10	1	1891-07-27	Lew Whistler	NYG	@	BSN		t 3		1	7	6
33	33	11	1	1891-08-08	Bill Dahlen	CHC	@	BSN		t 8		1	3	6
34	34	12	1	1891-09-02	Bid McPhee	CIN		BSN		b 5		1		4
35	35	13	1	1891-09-10	Jim Keenan	CIN	@	BSN		t 8		1	6	3
36	36	14	1	1891-09-17	George Miller	PIT	@	BSN		t 3		3	3	2
37	37	15	1	1891-09-26	Sam Thompson	PHI	@	BSN		t 1		3	2	9
38	38	16	2	1891-09-26	Sam Thompson	PHI	@	BSN		t 7		1	2	9
1892	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
39	39	1	1	1892-04-20	Roger Connor	PHI		BSN		b 7		1		3
40	40	2	1	1892-06-03	Pretzels Getzien	STL	@	BSN		t 5		1		1
41	41	3	1	1892-06-13	Morgan Murphy	CIN	@	BSN		t 2		2	8	2
42	42	4	2	1892-06-13	Pete Browning	CIN	@	BSN		t 3		3	5	8
43	43	5	3	1892-06-13	Germany Smith	CIN	@	BSN		t 4		1	7	6
44	44	6	1	1892-07-16	Dick Buckley	STL	@	BSN		t 9		1	8	2
45	45	7	1	1892-07-28	Germany Smith	CIN	@	BSN		t 8		1		6
46	46	8	1	1892-08-19	Duke Farrell	PIT		BSN		b 8		1	6	5	IPHR
47	47	9	1	1892-09-10	Jimmy McAleer	CLV	@	BSN		t 8		1		8
48	48	10	1	1892-09-28	Dan Brouthers	BRO	@	BSN		t 5		2		3
1893	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
49	49	1	1	1893-05-02	Ed Delahanty	PHI		BSN		b 3		2		8
50	50	2	1	1893-05-12	Tom Kinslow	BRO		BSN		b 4		3	8	2
51	51	3	1	1893-05-17	Mike Tiernan	NYG	@	BSN		t 9		2		9
52	52	4	1	1893-05-23	Jack Clements	PHI	@	BSN		t 2		1	6	2
53	53	5	2	1893-05-23	Billy Hamilton	PHI	@	BSN		t 2		2	1	8
54	54	6	3	1893-05-23	Bill Hallman	PHI	@	BSN		t 7		1	4	4
55	55	7	1	1893-05-26	Jim O'Rourke	WHS	@	BSN		t 1		2	3	7
56	56	8	2	1893-05-26	Duke Farrell	WHS	@	BSN		t 4		1	6	2
57	57	9	3	1893-05-26	Henry Larkin	WHS	@	BSN		t 4		2	5	3
58	58	10	4	1893-05-26	Paul Radford	WHS	@	BSN		t 4		1	1	9
59	59	11	1	1893-06-08	Bug Holliday	CIN	@	BSN		t 6		1	3	8
60	60	12	1	1893-06-14	Heinie Peitz	STL	@	BSN		t 2		2	8	2
61	61	13	1	1893-07-07	Patsy Donovan	PIT		BSN		b 4		2		9	IPHR
62	62	14	1	1893-07-19 (2)	Roger Connor	NYG		BSN		b 5		2	5	3
63	63	15	1	1893-07-27 (1)	George Treadway	BLN	@	BSN		t 9		1	5	9
64	64	16	1	1893-08-02	Jack Boyle	PHI	@	BSN		t 1		3	5	3
65	65	17	1	1893-08-10	Joe Kelley	BLN		BSN		b 6		2	2	8	IPHR
66	66	18	2	1893-08-10	Wilbert Robinson	BLN		BSN		b 9		1	8	2
67	67	19	1	1893-08-12	Jim Long	BLN		BSN		b 4		2	6	7
68	68	20	2	1893-08-12	Bill Hawke	BLN		BSN		b 6		1	9	1
69	69	21	1	1893-08-23	Bid McPhee	CIN	@	BSN		t 1		1		4
70	70	22	2	1893-08-23	Arlie Latham	CIN	@	BSN		t 4		2		5
1894	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
71	71	1	1	1894-05-23	Jack Doyle	NYG	@	BSN		b 6		1		3
72	72	2	1	1894-05-28	Deacon McGuire	WHS	@	BSN		t 4		2		2
73	73	3	1	1894-06-14	Larry Twitchell	LOU	@	BSN		t 3		2	3	7	IPHR
74	74	4	1	1894-06-19	Bill Hawke	BLN	@	BSN		t 5		3		1
75	75	5	1	1894-06-22	Bill Hassamaer	WHS		BSN		t 4		2		5
76	76	6	2	1894-06-22	Charlie Abbey	WHS		BSN		t 6		2		7
77	77	7	1	1894-07-23	Duke Farrell	NYG	@	BSN		t 9		2	7	3
78	78	8	1	1894-07-26	George Shoch	BRO	@	BSN		t 3		3	7	8
79	79	9	1	1894-08-06	Ed Cartwright	WHS	@	BSN		t 5		1	6	3
80	80	10	2	1894-08-06	Bill Joyce	WHS	@	BSN		t 6		2	1	5
81	81	11	3	1894-08-06	Kip Selbach	WHS	@	BSN		t 7		1	5	7
82	82	12	1	1894-08-08	Jack Boyle	PHI	@	BSN		t 5		3	2	3
83	83	13	2	1894-08-08	Sam Thompson	PHI	@	BSN		t 9		2	5	9
84	84	14	1	1894-09-11	Bill Hutchison	CHC		BSN		t 7		1		1
85	85	15	1	1894-09-21	Tom Brown	LOU		BSN		b 9		1		8
1895	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
86	86	1	1	1895-05-07	Bobby Lowe	BSN	@	STL		t 5		2		4
87	87	2	1	1895-05-12	Mike Griffin	BRO	@	STL		t 1	0	1	1	8	Lead-Off
88	88	3	1	1895-05-28	Zeke Wilson	BSN		STL		b 4		2	9	1
89	89	4	2	1895-05-28	Tommy McCarthy	BSN		STL	tied 11-11	b 9	2	1	4	7	Walk-Off
90	90	5	1	1895-06-14	Billy Shindle	BRO		STL		b 4		2		5
91	91	6	2	1895-06-14	Frank Burrell	BRO		STL		b 7		2		2
92	92	7	1	1895-06-30	Ace Stewart	CHC		STL		b 3		3		4
93	93	8	1	1895-07-19	Bill Joyce	WHS	@	STL		t 4		2		5