Jim Cosman vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Jim Cosman
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Jim Cosman 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 3.05 and 1.355 for Jim Cosman. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Cosman and Harry Salisbury

Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.61
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
3.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.05
3.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.183
0.183
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
5.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.66
5.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.65
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
5.88
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.65
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
3.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.52
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
38.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.44
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.282
1.282
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
30.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.187
0.187
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.1
38.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Jim Cosman and Harry Salisbury

Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.61
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.31
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
0.667
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Cosman and Harry Salisbury

Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
11
550
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
4.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.45
-22.61
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Jim Cosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Cosman
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA