Mark Leiter vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Mark Leiter
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Mark Leiter 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 4.57 and 1.412 for Mark Leiter. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mark Leiter and Harry Salisbury

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
2.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.1
47.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.48
44.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
4.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3553
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1184.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
9.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.16
9.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
1.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
3.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
892
6.78
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.78
6.78
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5154
39.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
664
5.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.45
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4548
34.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.17
39.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Mark Leiter and Harry Salisbury

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
2.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3553
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1184.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
1.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
1.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.56
93.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.48
44.48
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mark Leiter and Harry Salisbury

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
335
893.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
501.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
21
56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
20
53.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.88
7.68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
22
58.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
80
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
8
21.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
37.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
58.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.58
-6.88
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
272
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.21
2.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
74.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA