Jose Contreras vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Jose Contreras
Gen XCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Jose Contreras 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 4.57 and 1.379 for Jose Contreras. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Contreras and Harry Salisbury

Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
2.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.34
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.51
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.79
53.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.53
58.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
595
4.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3519
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1173
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
1176
9.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.02
9.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
1.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
427
3.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
889
6.82
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.82
6.82
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.122
1.122
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5087
39.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
660
5.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.367
1.367
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4526
34.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Jose Contreras and Harry Salisbury

Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
2.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.34
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3519
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1173
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.34
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
0.98
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
1.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
1.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.01
91.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.575
0.575
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.53
58.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Contreras and Harry Salisbury

Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
299
5436.36
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
29
527.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.61
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.12
-38.59
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
18
327.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
1.83
1.83
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA