Gerrit Cole vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Gerrit Cole
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Gerrit Cole 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 3.18 and 1.092 for Gerrit Cole. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gerrit Cole and Harry Salisbury

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.37
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.67
65.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
690
3.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.85
2.85
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1627
7.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.49
7.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
500
2.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2251
10.37
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.37
10.37
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.1
7.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7861
36.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
3.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.089
1.089
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.099
1.099
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7233
33.31
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.21
36.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Gerrit Cole and Harry Salisbury

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
0.96
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
1.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.01
97.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.025
1.025
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gerrit Cole and Harry Salisbury

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
320
671.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
286
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
526.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
86.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
75.52
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.08
21.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
109.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
100.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
17
35.66
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
31.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
60.84
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.18
12.97
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
12.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
112
234.97
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2.55
2.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
58.74
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.39
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA