Bob Cooney vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Bob Cooney
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Bob Cooney 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 5.95 and 1.776 for Bob Cooney. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Cooney and Harry Salisbury

Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
2.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
5.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.95
5.95
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
110.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
11.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
4.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.94
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.52
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.834
0.834
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
513
41.85
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
6.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
5.52
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.69
6.69
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.776
1.776
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
454
37.03
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.85
41.85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Bob Cooney and Harry Salisbury

Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.01
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1338
27
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
9
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.571
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Cooney and Harry Salisbury

Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
457.89
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
38
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
35
552.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
78.95
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
78.95
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.09
17.2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
5
78.95
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
126.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
47.37
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
94.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.86
13.61
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
47.37
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
94.74
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
6.33
6.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA