Steve Dunning vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Steve Dunning
Baby BoomersColoradoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Steve Dunning 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 4.56 and 1.551 for Steve Dunning. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Dunning and Harry Salisbury

Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.99
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.6
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.94
35.94
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.76
61.76
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
4.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1841
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
613.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
8.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.86
8.86
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
1.2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
4.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.37
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
5.72
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.72
5.72
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.162
1.162
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2699
39.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
5.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.511
1.511
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2312
33.91
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.58
39.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Steve Dunning and Harry Salisbury

Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1840
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
613.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
1.54
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
2.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
2.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.41
92.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.074
1.074
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.76
61.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Dunning and Harry Salisbury

Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
537.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
162
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
134
496.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
96.3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
74.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.81
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
22.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.37
42.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
148.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
133.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.547
0.547
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.463
0.463
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
11
40.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
44.44
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
70.37
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.27
41.74
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
49
181.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
3.31
3.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
62.96
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA