Ken Burkhart vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Ken Burkhart
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Ken Burkhart 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 1.368 for Ken Burkhart. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Burkhart and Harry Salisbury

Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
2.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.71
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.45
57.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.7
27.7
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
3.84
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1559
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
546
9.46
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.46
9.46
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.61
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
2.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
3.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.52
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.666
0.666
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2207
38.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.83
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
4.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.368
1.368
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2030
35.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.22
38.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Ken Burkhart and Harry Salisbury

Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.01
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1338
27
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
9
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.791
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Burkhart and Harry Salisbury

Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
545.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
164
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
150
548.78
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
98.78
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
76.83
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
21.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.93
29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
131.71
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
128.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
11
40.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
40.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
76.83
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.89
25.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
21.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
31
113.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
5.29
5.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
21.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.98
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA