Charley Lightner vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Charley Lightner
Lost GenerationArkansasNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Charley Lightner 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 8.03 and 2.595 for Charley Lightner. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Charley Lightner and Harry Salisbury

Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.65
6.65
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
10.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.95
10.95
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.02
0.02
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.02
0.02
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
12.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.41
12.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.52
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.622
1.622
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
48.89
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
10.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
5.52
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.595
2.595
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
34.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.341
0.341
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.89
48.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Charley Lightner and Harry Salisbury

Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.92
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.11
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
2.54
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.84
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154
3.11
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.84
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
2.8
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Charley Lightner and Harry Salisbury

Charley Lightner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
400
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.167
1.167
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.23
123.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
400
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
1.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.333
1.333
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.51
151.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.58
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Charley Lightner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charley Lightner
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA