John Lackey vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

John Lackey
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

John Lackey 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 3.92 and 1.306 for John Lackey. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for John Lackey and Harry Salisbury

John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
448
1.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
1.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.12
56.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
99.55
99.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1237
3.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8521
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2840.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2862
9.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.07
9.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
319
1.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
815
2.58
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2294
7.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.27
7.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.12
5.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.095
1.095
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
0.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
0.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12030
38.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1347
4.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
0.82
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.295
1.295
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10938
34.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.12
38.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for John Lackey and Harry Salisbury

John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
448
1.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
1.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8521
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2840.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
0.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
0.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
549
1.74
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
1.65
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.9
94.9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.163
1.163
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.55
99.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Lackey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for John Lackey and Harry Salisbury

John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
450
1018.87
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
265
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
236
534.34
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
John Lackey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.351
0.351
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
58.87
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
John Lackey
Career
Per 600 PA
19
43.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
15.85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
John Lackey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Lackey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
15.85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
John Lackey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Lackey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.51
10.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
74.72
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
79.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
John Lackey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
John Lackey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
John Lackey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
John Lackey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
John Lackey
Career
Per 600 PA
6
13.58
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
18.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Lackey
Career
Per 600 PA
14
31.7
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
John Lackey
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.68
-8.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
John Lackey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
20.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
John Lackey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Lackey
Career
Per 600 PA
97
219.62
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
John Lackey
Career
Per 600 PA
2.73
2.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
John Lackey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
45.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Lackey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Lackey
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Lackey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA