Bob Bowman vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Bob Bowman
Greatest GenerationWest VirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Bob Bowman 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 3.82 and 1.367 for Bob Bowman. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Bowman and Harry Salisbury

Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
2.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.94
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.47
60.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.86
34.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
3.82
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1095
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
365
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
8.88
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
3.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
3.6
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.781
0.781
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1567
38.64
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.86
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
4.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.367
1.367
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1422
35.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.64
38.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Bob Bowman and Harry Salisbury

Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.01
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1338
27
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
9
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.762
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Bowman and Harry Salisbury

Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
540.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
101
500.83
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
7
34.71
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
24.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.92
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
2.4
11.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
11
54.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
24.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
19.83
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
8
39.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.97
-9.77
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
61
302.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.98
1.98
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA