Spec Harkness vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Spec Harkness
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Spec Harkness 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 3.37 and 1.424 for Spec Harkness. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Spec Harkness and Harry Salisbury

Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.8
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.89
57.89
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
3.37
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
569
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
189.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
9.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.21
9.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
3.61
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
4.03
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.849
0.849
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
773
36.68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
4.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
694
32.93
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.68
36.68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Spec Harkness and Harry Salisbury

Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.51
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
2.98
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
2.54
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
3.44
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154
3.11
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
3.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
2.8
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.15
96.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.316
1.316
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.11
42.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Spec Harkness and Harry Salisbury

Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
312.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
73
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
69
567.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
106.85
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
82.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.44
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.88
31.89
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
139.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
131.51
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.469
0.469
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.351
0.351
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.88
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
41.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
73.97
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.56
29.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.66
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
32
263.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
2.28
2.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA