Bob Kelly vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Bob Kelly
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Bob Kelly 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 4.5 and 1.456 for Bob Kelly. 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 Kelly and Harry Salisbury

Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
3.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.87
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.46
28.46
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
4.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1086
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
362
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
9.3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.7
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
3.78
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
3.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.823
0.823
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.45
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1576
39.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.99
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
5.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.12
5.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.453
1.453
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1418
35.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.18
39.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Bob Kelly and Harry Salisbury

Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
37.31
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
21.54
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
2.54
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.52
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.3
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
30.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154
3.11
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
28.82
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
2.8
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.772
0.772
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.52
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Kelly and Harry Salisbury

Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
760.82
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
97
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
90
556.7
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
98.97
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
98.97
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.51
15.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
98.97
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
111.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.374
0.374
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
3
18.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
4
24.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.95
12.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.37
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
22
136.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
4.41
4.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Bob Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
30.93
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.37
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA