Wally Burnette vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Wally Burnette
Silent GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Wally Burnette 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 3.56 and 1.378 for Wally Burnette. 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 Burnette and Harry Salisbury

Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.93
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.72
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.71
39.71
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
3.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
788
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
262.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
259
8.87
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
3.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
4.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.834
0.834
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1118
38.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.72
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
4.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.355
1.355
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
1018
34.88
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.31
38.31
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Wally Burnette and Harry Salisbury

Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.93
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
787
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
262.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.51
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
2.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
2.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.36
98.36
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.882
0.882
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.71
39.71
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wally Burnette and Harry Salisbury

Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
458.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
89
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
77
519.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
11
74.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
74.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
1.66
11.2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
11
74.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
94.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.97
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
4.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
20.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
18
121.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
4.94
4.94
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Wally Burnette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
60.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Burnette
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA