Charlie Devens vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Charlie Devens
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Charlie Devens 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 3.73 and 1.659 for Charlie Devens. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Charlie Devens and Harry Salisbury

Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.76
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.5
62.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
3.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
8.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.12
8.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.06
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
6.8
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.8
6.8
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
3.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.52
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.94
1.94
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.134
1.134
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
375
41.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
4.83
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.659
1.659
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
313
34.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.16
41.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Charlie Devens and Harry Salisbury

Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.01
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1338
27
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
9
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Charlie Devens and Harry Salisbury

Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
290.91
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 600 PA
25
454.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
0.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.47
26.7
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
163.64
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.66
30.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
109.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 600 PA
9
163.64
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 600 PA
3.67
3.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.67
0.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Devens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Devens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA