Bob Kline vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Bob Kline
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Bob Kline 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 5.05 and 1.576 for Bob Kline. 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 Kline and Harry Salisbury

Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
3.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.61
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.72
51.72
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
5.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1325
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
441.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
501
10.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
3.97
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.77
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.52
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.77
1.77
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.639
0.639
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1972
40.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
5.77
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
5.52
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.77
5.77
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.576
1.576
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1766
35.99
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.18
40.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Bob Kline and Harry Salisbury

Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.01
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1338
27
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
9
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.074
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Kline and Harry Salisbury

Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
148
652.94
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Bob Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
136
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Bob Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
124
547.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
110.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Bob Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
92.65
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.65
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bob Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.52
28.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
132.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Bob Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
123.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bob Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
6
26.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
44.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
70.59
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.91
30.48
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.82
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Bob Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
26
114.71
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Bob Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
5.23
5.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Bob Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Bob Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
39.71
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA