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Harry Staley
Henry Eli Staley

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 175 lb.

Debut June 23, 1888
Final Game July 30, 1895
Born November 3, 1866 in Jacksonville, IL
Died January 12, 1910 in Battle Creek, MI

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1888 21 PIT NL  12  12  25  24  24   2   1  0  207.3  185  104   62   6   53   89   7  13   848       0  2.69  2.63   98 1.148
 1889 22 PIT NL  21  26  49  47  46   1   2  1  420.0  433  254  164  11  116  159   8  30  1791       0  3.51  3.74  106 1.307
 1890 23 PBB PL  21  25  46  46  44   3   0  0  387.7  392  246  139   5   74  145  10  18  1625       0  3.23  3.89  121 1.202
 1891 24 TOT NL  24  13  40  37  32   1   2  0  324.0  313  160   93  15   80  139   0  12     0       0  2.58  3.56  138 1.213
         PIT NL   4   5   9   7   6   0   1  0   71.7   77   49   23   4   11   25   0   2     0       0  2.89  3.28  113 1.228
         BSN NL  20   8  31  30  26   1   1  0  252.3  236  111   70  11   69  114   0  10     0       0  2.50  3.65  146 1.209
 1892 25 BSN NL  22  10  37  35  31   3   2  0  299.7  273  144  101  10   97   93   0   7     0       0  3.03  3.51  116 1.235
 1893 26 BSN NL  18  10  36  31  23   0   4  0  263.0  344  224  150  22   81   61   0  10     0       0  5.13  4.94   96 1.616
 1894 27 BSN NL  12  10  27  21  18   0   6  0  208.7  305  204  158  15   61   32   0   4     0       0  6.81  5.90   87 1.754
 1895 28 STL NL   6  13  23  16  13   0   7  0  158.7  223  136   92   8   39   28   0   0     0       0  5.22  4.82   92 1.651
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .533 136 119 283 257 231  10  24  1 2269.0 2468 1472  959  92  601  746  25  94  4264       0  3.80  4.02  106 1.353
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    17  14  35  32  29   1   3  0  285.7  310  185  120  11   75   93   3  11   536   0   0  3.80  4.02  106 1.353
 Career High     24  26  49  47  46   3   7  1  420.0  433  254  164  22  116  159  10  30  1791   0   0  2.58  5.90  138 1.148

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1888 21 PIT NL  25   85    6   11   1  0   0    1   2      1  18  .129  .149  .141   -4   12               1    
 1889 22 PIT NL  51  186   11   30   3  1   0    8   1      4  40  .161  .179  .188    7   35               0    
 1890 23 PBB PL  47  164   25   34   3  2   1   25   0     13  16  .207  .270  .268   49   44               1    
 1891 24 TOT NL  40  133   11   24   4  1   1   19   0     11  21  .180  .248  .248   40   33               1    
         PIT NL   9   31    4    7   0  1   0    3   0      3   4  .226  .294  .290   72    9               0    
         BSN NL  31  102    7   17   4  0   1   16   0      8  17  .167  .234  .235   30   24               1    
 1892 25 BSN NL  38  122    9   16   2  0   1    9   2      9  38  .131  .191  .172    6   21               0    
 1893 26 BSN NL  36  113   13   30   5  0   2   21   1     10  17  .265  .325  .363   77   41               0    
 1894 27 BSN NL  28   85   12   20   2  1   2   25   0     13   9  .235  .343  .353   60   30               1    
 1895 28 STL NL  23   67    4    9   0  2   0    1   1      4   1  .134  .183  .194   -2   13   2           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      288  955   91  174  20  7   7  109   7  0  65 160  .182  .237  .240   32  229   2   0   0   4   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        537   51   98  11  4   4   61   4  0  37  90  .182  .237  .240   32  129   1   0   0   2   0
 Career High     51  186   25   34   5  2   2   25   2  0  13  40                          44   2   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1888 21 PIT NL   87   74    2   0.7    66| .129  .237| .149  .284| .141  .324| .290  .608|  -4  .058  -9.5  -1.1     
 1889 22 PIT NL  190  156    6   1.0    88| .161  .262| .179  .331| .188  .357| .367  .688|   7  .066 -23.0  -2.4     
 1890 23 PBB PL  178  130   12   2.4    98| .207  .271| .270  .348| .268  .377| .538  .725|  49  .221 -12.0  -1.2     
 1891 24 TOT NL  145  109    8   2.0    94| .180  .269| .248  .345| .248  .366| .496  .711|  40  .216 -10.7  -1.1     
         PIT NL   34   24    3   3.3    86| .226  .256| .294  .330| .290  .349| .584  .679|  72  .420  -1.2  -0.1     
         BSN NL  111   85    5   1.6    97| .167  .273| .234  .349| .235  .372| .469  .721|  30  .154  -9.5  -1.0     
 1892 25 BSN NL  131  106    4   1.0    88| .131  .261| .191  .336| .172  .350| .363  .686|   6  .084 -14.6  -1.6     
 1893 26 BSN NL  123   83   13   4.2   113| .265  .296| .325  .375| .363  .402| .688  .777|  77  .424  -4.2  -0.4     
 1894 27 BSN NL   99   65   10   4.0   138| .235  .332| .343  .405| .353  .468| .696  .873|  60  .324  -6.2  -0.5     
 1895 28 STL NL   73   60    2   0.9   111| .134  .301| .183  .367| .194  .407| .377  .774|  -2  .036 -10.8  -1.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      1026  783   57   1.9    98| .182  .275| .237  .348| .240  .377| .477  .724|  32  .174 -91.1  -9.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1888 21 PIT NL P 25 8 41 5 0 .907 .896 1.96 2.23 2.13 2.36 24 207.3 1889 22 PIT NL P 49 19 89 5 3 .956 .905 2.20 1.93 2.31 2.22 47 420.0 OF 2 1 1 2 0 .500 .909 1.00 1.95 1 0 1 1890 23 PBB PL P 46 11 86 6 5 .942 .912 2.11 2.42 2.25 2.80 46 387.7 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0 0 1 1891 24 TOT NL P 40 9 61 5 2 .933 .915 1.75 1.96 1.94 2.29 37 324.0 PIT NL P 9 3 14 1 0 .944 .914 1.89 1.96 2.13 2.28 7 71.7 BSN NL P 31 6 47 4 2 .930 .915 1.71 1.96 1.89 2.29 30 252.3 1892 25 BSN NL P 37 0 63 3 5 .955 .901 1.70 2.17 1.89 2.49 35 299.7 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 0 1 1893 26 BSN NL P 36 3 60 9 2 .875 .913 1.75 2.07 2.16 2.50 31 263.0 1894 27 BSN NL P 27 5 28 6 0 .846 .912 1.22 1.74 1.42 2.18 21 208.7 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 1 0 1895 28 STL NL P 23 1 27 1 0 .966 .918 1.22 2.01 1.59 2.52 16 158.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1889 22 PIT NL OF 2 1 1 2 0 .500 .909 1.00 1.95 1 0 1 1890 23 PBB PL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0 0 1 1892 25 BSN NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 0 1 1894 27 BSN NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 1 0 1888 21 PIT NL P 25 8 41 5 0 .907 .896 1.96 2.23 2.13 2.36 24 207.3 1889 22 PIT NL P 49 19 89 5 3 .956 .905 2.20 1.93 2.31 2.22 47 420.0 1890 23 PBB PL P 46 11 86 6 5 .942 .912 2.11 2.42 2.25 2.80 46 387.7 1891 24 TOT NL P 40 9 61 5 2 .933 .915 1.75 1.96 1.94 2.29 37 324.0 PIT NL P 9 3 14 1 0 .944 .914 1.89 1.96 2.13 2.28 7 71.7 BSN NL P 31 6 47 4 2 .930 .915 1.71 1.96 1.89 2.29 30 252.3 1892 25 BSN NL P 37 0 63 3 5 .955 .901 1.70 2.17 1.89 2.49 35 299.7 1893 26 BSN NL P 36 3 60 9 2 .875 .913 1.75 2.07 2.16 2.50 31 263.0 1894 27 BSN NL P 27 5 28 6 0 .846 .912 1.22 1.74 1.42 2.18 21 208.7 1895 28 STL NL P 23 1 27 1 0 .966 .918 1.22 2.01 1.59 2.52 16 158.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 283 56 455 40 17 .927 .908 1.81 2.08 257 2269.0 OF 5 1 1 2 0 .500 .909 0.40 2.02 1 1 3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 288 57 456 42 17 .924 .908 1.78 2.08
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1892   CS    BSN CLV     W   1   1   3.00  1  0  0  1   9    10   3   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1892   CS    BSN CLV     W   1   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   3  .000  .000  .000   0                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1889 NL-3.51-6
1890 PL-3.23-2
1891 NL-2.58-4

Wins
1889 NL-21-7
1890 PL-21-9
1891 NL-24-6

Won-Loss %
1891 NL-.649-3
1892 NL-.688-5
1893 NL-.643-5

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1889 NL-1.307-5
1890 PL-1.202-1
1891 NL-1.213-1

Hits Allowed/9IP
1890 PL-9.10-7
1891 NL-8.69-7

Bases on Balls/9IP
1889 NL-2.49-6
1890 PL-1.72-1
1891 NL-2.22-2
1893 NL-2.77-4
1894 NL-2.63-4
1895 NL-2.21-4

Strikeouts/9IP
1890 PL-3.37-9
1891 NL-3.86-6

Games
1889 NL-49-2
1890 PL-46-5

Saves
1889 NL-1-4

Innings
1889 NL-420.0-2
1890 PL-387.7-4

Strikeouts
1889 NL-159-3
1890 PL-145-4
1891 NL-139-8

Games Started
1889 NL-47-2
1890 PL-46-3

Comp. Games
1889 NL-46-2
1890 PL-44-3
Car-231-99

Shutouts
1890 PL-3-2
1892 NL-3-7

Home Runs Allow.
1891 NL-15-3
1893 NL-22-1
1894 NL-15-8

Hits Allowed
1889 NL-433-2
1890 PL-392-7

SO to Walk
1889 NL-1.37-5
1890 PL-1.96-1
1891 NL-1.74-2
1893 NL-.75-4

Losses
1889 NL-26-1
1890 PL-25-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1889 NL-164-4

Wild Pitches
1889 NL-30-1
1890 PL-18-10
Car-94-98

Batters Faced
1889 NL-1791-2
1890 PL-1625-5

Games Finished
1888 NL-1-10
1895 NL-7-8

Adjusted ERA+
1890 PL-121-6
1891 NL-138-3

 

Black Ink: Pitching - 2 (729) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 80 (292) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 12.0 (650) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 33.0 (390) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June, 1888: Purchased by the Pittsburg Alleghenys from the St. Louis (Western Association).


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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