Frank Blake vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Frank Blake
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore Black SoxNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Frank Blake 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. Frank Blake posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.26 and WHIP 1.162 compared to 2.55 and 1.099 for Harry Salisbury. By the career numbers, Frank Blake had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Frank Blake and Harry Salisbury

Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.6
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
70
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
2.55
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.187
0.187
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
6.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.02
6.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
4.44
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
7.6
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.6
7.6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
498
37.45
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.83
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.162
1.162
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
427
32.11
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.45
37.45
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Frank Blake and Harry Salisbury

Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
458
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
152.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.65
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
2.36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
3.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154
3.11
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
3.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
2.8
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.23
96.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.962
1.962
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.08
73.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Frank Blake and Harry Salisbury

Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
291.89
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
67
543.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.723
0.723
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
137.84
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
81.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
56.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.47
68.68
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
218.92
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
178.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.709
0.709
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
97.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
64.86
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
154.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.96
72.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.58
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Frank Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA