Ken Holcombe vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Ken Holcombe
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Ken Holcombe 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 3.98 and 1.459 for Ken Holcombe. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Holcombe and Harry Salisbury

Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.77
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.48
48.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.98
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1125
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
375
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
9.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.05
9.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.6
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
4.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
2.83
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.52
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.83
2.83
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.768
0.768
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1630
39.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
4.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.459
1.459
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1457
34.97
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.12
39.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Ken Holcombe and Harry Salisbury

Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.01
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1338
27
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
9
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Holcombe and Harry Salisbury

Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
482.93
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
123
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
106
517.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.476
0.476
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
92.68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
82.93
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.73
18.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
102.44
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
107.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
7
34.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
10
48.78
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.18
15.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
14.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
36
175.61
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
3.42
3.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
68.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.76
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA