Gene Collins vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Gene Collins
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Gene Collins 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 5.21 and 1.829 for Gene Collins. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gene Collins and Harry Salisbury

Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.78
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.59
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.59
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.189
0.189
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
6.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.39
6.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.07
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
10.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.07
10.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
10.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.07
10.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.237
2.237
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.36
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.83
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
45.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.36
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
7.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
5.52
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.7
7.7
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.71
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.829
1.829
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
33.87
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.47
45.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Gene Collins and Harry Salisbury

Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.78
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.3
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
2.84
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.37
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gene Collins and Harry Salisbury

Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
342.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
35
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
31
531.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
137.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
85.71
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.14
70.92
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
188.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
205.71
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.343
0.343
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.698
0.698
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.652
0.652
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
85.71
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.3
73.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.58
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA