Ed Durham vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Ed Durham
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Ed Durham 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 4.45 and 1.370 for Ed Durham. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Durham and Harry Salisbury

Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
2.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.62
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.73
39.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.65
49.65
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
317
4.45
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1925
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
641.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
677
9.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.5
9.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
2.83
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.83
2.83
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
2.86
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.52
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.633
0.633
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2769
38.84
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
5.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2552
35.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.84
38.84
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Ed Durham and Harry Salisbury

Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.01
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1338
27
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
9
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.007
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Durham and Harry Salisbury

Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
388.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
224
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
541.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
24
64.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
22
58.93
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.36
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.36
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.23
11.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
26
69.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
91.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.289
0.289
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
8
21.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
26.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
18
48.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.53
-1.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
26.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
63
168.75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
3.56
3.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
32.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA