Bob Carpenter vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Bob Carpenter
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Bob Carpenter 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 3.6 and 1.359 for Bob Carpenter. 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 Carpenter and Harry Salisbury

Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
67.5
67.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.52
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
3.6
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1199
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
399.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
9.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.26
9.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
2.97
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
3.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.52
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.666
0.666
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1717
38.66
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
4.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.359
1.359
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
35.62
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.66
38.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Bob Carpenter and Harry Salisbury

Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.01
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1338
27
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
9
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.938
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Carpenter and Harry Salisbury

Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
320
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
150
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
131
524
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
88
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
84
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.71
18.86
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
124
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
7
28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
60
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
88
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.69
18.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
17
68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
8.82
8.82
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
40
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA