Tom Kelley vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Tom Kelley
Silent GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Tom Kelley 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 3.75 and 1.527 for Tom Kelley. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Kelley and Harry Salisbury

Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.99
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.44
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.62
47.62
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.27
43.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
3.75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1224
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
400
8.82
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.84
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
4.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
5.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.081
1.081
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1770
39.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
4.37
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.488
1.488
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1546
34.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.04
39.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Tom Kelley and Harry Salisbury

Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.99
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1223
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
407.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.59
95.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.27
43.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Kelley and Harry Salisbury

Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
503.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
124
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
116
561.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
11
53.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
11
53.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
1.1
5.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
11
53.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
14
67.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
19.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
19.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
38.71
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.99
-19.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
14.52
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
61
295.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
2.03
2.03
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.84
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA