Bruce Chen vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Bruce Chen
Gen XPanamaThrows LeftBats LeftCentral AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Bruce Chen 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 4.62 and 1.413 for Bruce Chen. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bruce Chen and Harry Salisbury

Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
400
2.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
1.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.48
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.31
50.31
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.75
56.75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
786
4.62
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4596
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1532
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1578
9.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.27
9.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
1.51
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
546
3.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1140
6.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.7
6.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.85
2.85
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6619
38.88
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
849
4.99
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.386
1.386
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5930
34.84
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.12
2.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Bruce Chen and Harry Salisbury

Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
400
2.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
1.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4596
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1532
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.36
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
1.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
1.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
1.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.97
96.97
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.75
56.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bruce Chen and Harry Salisbury

Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
401
1636.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
147
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
125
510.2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
77.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
73.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
3.11
12.68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
20
81.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
22
89.8
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
20.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
32.65
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.37
5.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
58
236.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
2.53
2.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
77.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA