Elmer Koestner vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Elmer Koestner
Lost GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Elmer Koestner 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 3.18 and 1.444 for Elmer Koestner. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Elmer Koestner and Harry Salisbury

Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.91
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
3.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
509
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
169.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
8.96
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.96
8.96
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.02
0.02
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.02
0.02
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
4.03
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
2.97
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.52
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.778
0.778
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.48
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
695
36.87
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
5.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.09
5.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
613
32.52
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.87
36.87
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Elmer Koestner and Harry Salisbury

Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.81
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
435
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.62
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
2.54
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.31
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.3
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.85
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154
3.11
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.54
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
2.8
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.94
91.94
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.583
1.583
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.11
36.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Elmer Koestner and Harry Salisbury

Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
360
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
60
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
54
540
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.315
0.315
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.725
0.725
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
170
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
150
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
20
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
20
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.97
59.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
190
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
170
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.315
0.315
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.352
0.352
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.568
0.568
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
4
40
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
30
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
70
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.31
73.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
11
110
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
5.45
5.45
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
60
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Koestner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA