Charles Bender vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Charles Bender
Lost GenerationMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Charles Bender 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. Charles Bender posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.46 and WHIP 1.113 compared to 2.55 and 1.099 for Harry Salisbury. By the career numbers, Charles Bender had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Charles Bender and Harry Salisbury

Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
459
1.37
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334
1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
0.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.54
62.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.77
72.77
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
255
0.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
823
2.46
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
2.55
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.85
2.85
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9051
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3017
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2645
7.89
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
2.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.12
2.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1711
5.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.1
5.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.803
0.803
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
0.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11928
35.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1110
3.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.113
1.113
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11114
33.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.58
35.58
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Charles Bender and Harry Salisbury

Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
472
2.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.83
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5652
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1884
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
814
3.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
2.54
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1110
5.3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
3.11
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1051
5.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
2.8
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.68
94.68
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.227
2.227
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.65
36.65
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Charles Bender and Harry Salisbury

Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
507
238.78
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1274
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1147
540.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.587
0.587
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
243
114.44
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
88.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
18.84
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
4.71
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.83
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
26.37
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94.11
44.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
321
151.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
328
154.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
48.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
54.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
212
99.84
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100.1
47.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
4.71
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
35.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Charles Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charles Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
160
75.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Charles Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
7.96
7.96
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Charles Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
19.78
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charles Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charles Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
9.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.94
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
10.36
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90.91
90.91
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA