Kelly Downs vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Kelly Downs 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 3.86 and 1.389 for Kelly Downs. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kelly Downs and Harry Salisbury

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.96
56.96
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
3.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
373
3.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4122
38.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.5
38.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Kelly Downs and Harry Salisbury

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kelly Downs and Harry Salisbury

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
592.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.96
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
62.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA