Merrill Kelly vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Merrill Kelly
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Merrill 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 3.77 and 1.207 for Merrill 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 Merrill Kelly and Harry Salisbury

Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
1.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
1.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.08
55.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
422
3.77
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3025
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1008.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
907
8.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
1.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
300
2.68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
911
8.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.13
8.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.3
5.3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.201
1.201
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4143
36.98
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
448
4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.68
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.197
1.197
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3800
33.92
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.98
36.98
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Merrill Kelly and Harry Salisbury

Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
1.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
1.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3025
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1008.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.81
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
1.72
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
1.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.78
93.78
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.052
1.052
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Merrill Kelly and Harry Salisbury

Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
874.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
118
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
99
503.39
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
4
20.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
1.39
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
5
25.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
10
50.85
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
4
20.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
7
35.59
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.33
-32.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
30.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
52
264.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
2.27
2.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Merrill Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
66.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Merrill Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA