Rube Curry vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Rube Curry
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Rube Curry 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 3.57 and 1.254 for Rube Curry. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rube Curry and Harry Salisbury

Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.37
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
0.99
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.64
72.64
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.68
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
526
3.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3973
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1324.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1348
9.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.16
9.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
2.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.12
2.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
599
4.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.688
0.688
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5036
34.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
4.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
1.11
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.254
1.254
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4522
30.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.335
0.335
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.22
34.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Rube Curry and Harry Salisbury

Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
1.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4104
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
3.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
2.54
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
3.84
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
3.11
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
555
3.65
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
2.8
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.03
95.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.424
2.424
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.74
70.74
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Curry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rube Curry and Harry Salisbury

Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
241
220.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
655
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
591
541.37
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.578
0.578
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
116.34
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
91.6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
14.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
24.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.11
41.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
169
154.81
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
143.82
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.539
0.539
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
53.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
52.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
101.68
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.97
45.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
23.82
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Rube Curry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.58
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109.17
109.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26.57
26.57
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
4.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.71
0.71
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
31.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Curry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA