Jimmy Key vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Jimmy Key
Baby BoomersAlabamaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Jimmy Key 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 3.51 and 1.241 for Jimmy Key. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jimmy Key and Harry Salisbury

Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
1.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
0.65
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.39
61.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.77
82.77
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
1010
3.51
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7775
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2591.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2518
8.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.74
8.74
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
0.88
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
668
2.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1538
5.34
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.34
5.34
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.851
0.851
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10719
37.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1104
3.83
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
0.81
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.229
1.229
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9856
34.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.22
37.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Jimmy Key and Harry Salisbury

Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
1.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7775
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2591.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
0.6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
1.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
646
2.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
624
2.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.59
96.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.328
1.328
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.77
82.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jimmy Key and Harry Salisbury

Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
471
94200
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.19
-38.03
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA