Rube Chambers vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Rube Chambers
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York Lincoln GiantsIndependentStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Rube Chambers 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 5.49 and 1.617 for Rube Chambers. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rube Chambers and Harry Salisbury

Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.45
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.95
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.48
35.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.91
65.91
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.46
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
5.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.91
6.91
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.433
0.433
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
822
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
10.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.02
10.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
4.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
4.89
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.047
1.047
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
886
29.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
6.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
5.52
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.47
6.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.617
1.617
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
705
23.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.542
0.542
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.1
29.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Rube Chambers and Harry Salisbury

Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.31
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
579
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
2.84
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
2.54
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
3.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154
3.11
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.98
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
2.8
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.43
91.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.455
1.455
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rube Chambers and Harry Salisbury

Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
247.37
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
114
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
96
505.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.632
0.632
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
94.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
12
63.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.15
53.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
136.84
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
184.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.581
0.581
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.577
0.577
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
68.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
121.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.34
54.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
89.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.58
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26.57
26.57
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.5
8.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.71
0.71
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA