Ernest Burke vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Ernest Burke
Greatest GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Ernest Burke 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 3.84 and 1.494 for Ernest Burke. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ernest Burke and Harry Salisbury

Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.52
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.81
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.61
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
3.84
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
11.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.02
0.02
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.02
0.02
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
2.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.02
2.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.52
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.73
1.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.517
0.517
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
394
39.84
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.61
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
5.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.26
5.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.91
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.494
1.494
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
37.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1746
37.06
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.84
39.84
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Ernest Burke and Harry Salisbury

Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
103.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
2.52
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
3.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.95
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
2.8
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.14
97.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.71
64.71
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ernest Burke and Harry Salisbury

Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
220.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.582
0.582
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
85.71
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
5
61.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.26
39.9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
171.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.485
0.485
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.54
43.34
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.58
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA