Fred Klages vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Fred Klages
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Fred Klages 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 3.28 and 1.260 for Fred Klages. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Klages and Harry Salisbury

Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
3.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
7.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
3.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
3.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.52
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.762
0.762
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
37.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.243
1.243
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
33.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.64
1.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.14
37.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Fred Klages and Harry Salisbury

Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.64
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.64
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Klages and Harry Salisbury

Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
473.68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
18
568.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
14.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
6.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
10
315.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
1.9
1.9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA