Wally Bunker vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Wally Bunker
Silent GenerationWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Wally Bunker 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 3.51 and 1.222 for Wally Bunker. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wally Bunker and Harry Salisbury

Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
1.71
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.57
53.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.79
73.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
423
3.51
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3256
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1085.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
976
8.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.09
8.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.94
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
334
2.77
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.77
2.77
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
569
4.72
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.832
0.832
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4472
37.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
473
3.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.207
1.207
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4115
34.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.08
37.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Wally Bunker and Harry Salisbury

Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
1.71
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3256
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1085.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179
1.48
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
257
2.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
2.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.89
96.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.209
1.209
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.79
73.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wally Bunker and Harry Salisbury

Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
321.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
386
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
331
514.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.373
0.373
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
48.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
35.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.44
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.44
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.89
12.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
60.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
104.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
20
31.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
26.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
57.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.44
-2.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
55.96
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
145
225.39
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
2.66
2.66
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
29.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
6.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA