Jim Henry vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Jim Henry
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Jim Henry 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 4.79 and 1.509 for Jim Henry. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Henry and Harry Salisbury

Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.59
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
4.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
344
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
114.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
8.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.95
8.95
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
4.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.959
0.959
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
509
39.95
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
5.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.1
5.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.509
1.509
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
447
35.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.97
1.97
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Jim Henry and Harry Salisbury

Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.01
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1338
27
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
9
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.636
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Henry and Harry Salisbury

Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
523.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
39
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
36
553.85
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
3
46.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
2
30.77
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.93
14.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
5
76.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
6
92.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.293
0.293
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
3
46.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
4
61.54
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.23
-3.61
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
13
200
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA