Bob Hall vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Bob Hall
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Bob Hall 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 5.4 and 1.637 for Bob Hall. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Hall and Harry Salisbury

Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.88
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.34
30.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
5.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
830
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
276.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
307
9.99
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.99
9.99
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
4.75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
4.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1254
40.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
5.92
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
5.52
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.92
5.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.637
1.637
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1104
35.91
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.79
40.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Bob Hall and Harry Salisbury

Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.01
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1338
27
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
9
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.72
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.562
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Hall and Harry Salisbury

Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
702.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Bob Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
76
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Bob Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
72
568.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Bob Hall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
118.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Bob Hall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
94.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Bob Hall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Bob Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.68
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.07
40.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Bob Hall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
157.89
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Bob Hall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
142.11
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.518
0.518
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bob Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
4
31.58
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
31.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
7
55.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.93
38.88
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Bob Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Bob Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
30
236.84
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Bob Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
2.53
2.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Bob Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Bob Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA