Steve Avery vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Steve Avery
Gen XMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Steve Avery built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Salisbury as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Salisbury posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.55 and WHIP 1.099 compared to 4.19 and 1.367 for Steve Avery. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Avery and Harry Salisbury

Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.72
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.63
53.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.88
87.88
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
723
4.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4664
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1554.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1529
8.85
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.85
8.85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
0.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
569
3.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
980
5.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.996
0.996
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6609
38.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
800
4.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5896
34.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.26
38.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Steve Avery and Harry Salisbury

Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.72
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4664
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1554.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.36
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
1.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
2.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
365
2.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.56
96.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.229
1.229
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.88
87.88
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Avery and Harry Salisbury

Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
306
370.91
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
495
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
437
529.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.506
0.506
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
92.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
65.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
16.97
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
26.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.5
27.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
133.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
106.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.446
0.446
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
42.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
38.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
76.36
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.93
21.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
14.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
135
163.64
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
3.67
3.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
49.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4.85
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA