Alan Benes vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Alan Benes
Gen XIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Alan Benes 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 4.59 and 1.462 for Alan Benes. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alan Benes and Harry Salisbury

Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.51
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.88
50.88
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.87
60.87
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
4.59
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1482
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
494
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
493
8.98
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
4.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
7.31
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.257
1.257
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.44
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2153
39.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.44
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
5.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.17
5.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.44
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.443
1.443
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1878
34.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.22
39.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Alan Benes and Harry Salisbury

Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1482
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
494
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.95
95.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.617
0.617
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.87
60.87
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alan Benes and Harry Salisbury

Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
456.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
151
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
139
552.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
87.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
16
63.58
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
23.84
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
23.84
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.79
19.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
111.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
99.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
6
23.84
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
31.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
14
55.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.37
9.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
53
210.6
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
2.85
2.85
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
35.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.97
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA