Sandy Koufax vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Sandy Koufax
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Sandy Koufax 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 2.76 and 1.127 for Sandy Koufax. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sandy Koufax and Harry Salisbury

Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
1.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
1.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
0.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.48
65.48
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.09
79.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
0.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
713
2.76
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.203
0.203
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6973
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2324.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
6.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.79
6.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
0.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
817
3.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2396
9.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.28
9.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.04
6.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.382
1.382
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9497
36.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
806
3.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.106
1.106
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8662
33.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.77
36.77
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Sandy Koufax and Harry Salisbury

Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
1.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
1.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6973
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2324.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
0.88
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
306
1.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
292
1.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.42
95.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.736
0.736
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.09
79.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sandy Koufax and Harry Salisbury

Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
397
277.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
858
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
776
542.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
52.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
44.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
6.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
7.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.34
9.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
62.94
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
119
83.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
18.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
19.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
36.36
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
-16.49
-11.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
30.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
386
269.93
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
2.22
2.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
24.48
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
10
6.99
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA