Robert Keys vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Robert Keys
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightNorth AmericaMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Robert Keys 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 4.8 and 1.593 for Robert Keys. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Robert Keys and Harry Salisbury

Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.29
35.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.19
76.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
4.8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
405
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
10.4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.4
10.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
3.8
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
3.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.52
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.785
0.785
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
624
41.6
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
6.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
5.52
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.53
6.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.87
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.578
1.578
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
551
36.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.6
41.6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Robert Keys and Harry Salisbury

Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
405
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
2.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.3
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
2.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.905
1.905
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.19
76.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Robert Keys
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Robert Keys and Harry Salisbury

Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Robert Keys
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
283.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Robert Keys
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Robert Keys
Career
Per 600 PA
49
554.72
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Robert Keys
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
90.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Robert Keys
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Robert Keys
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Keys
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Keys
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Robert Keys
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Keys
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Keys
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.49
28.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Robert Keys
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
124.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Robert Keys
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
124.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.436
0.436
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Robert Keys
Career
Per 600 PA
4
45.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Keys
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.3
26.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Robert Keys
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Keys
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Robert Keys
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.58
Robert Keys
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Robert Keys
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Robert Keys
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Keys
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Keys
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Keys
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Keys
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Keys
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Robert Keys
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA