Jim Mains vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Jim Mains
Greatest GenerationMaineThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Jim Mains 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 5.63 and 1.500 for Jim Mains. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Mains and Harry Salisbury

Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
10.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.02
0.02
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.02
0.02
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
3.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.875
0.875
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
40.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
5.52
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
37.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1746
37.06
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Jim Mains and Harry Salisbury

Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.01
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1338
27
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
9
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Mains and Harry Salisbury

Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
10.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
21.85
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Jim Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.71
0.71
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA