Jerry Koosman vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Jerry Koosman
Silent GenerationMinnesotaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Jerry Koosman 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 3.36 and 1.290 for Jerry Koosman. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jerry Koosman and Harry Salisbury

Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
1.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
527
1.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
0.52
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.51
51.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.11
86.11
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1433
3.36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11518
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3839.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3635
8.52
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
290
0.68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1198
2.81
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2556
5.99
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.99
5.99
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.978
0.978
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15996
37.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1608
3.77
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
0.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
0.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.259
1.259
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14456
33.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Jerry Koosman and Harry Salisbury

Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
1.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
527
1.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11519
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3839.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
582
1.36
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
740
1.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
698
1.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.32
94.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.141
1.141
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.11
86.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jerry Koosman and Harry Salisbury

Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
612
349.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1052
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
915
521.86
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.374
0.374
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
62.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
53.61
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
6.84
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.19
10.37
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
73.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
82.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
20.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
26.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
45.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
-9.7
-5.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
18.82
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
418
238.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
2.52
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
57.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
19
10.84
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA