Jim Owens vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Jim Owens
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Jim Owens 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 4.31 and 1.489 for Jim Owens. 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 Owens and Harry Salisbury

Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
2.91
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.69
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.18
38.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.01
36.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
4.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2656
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
885.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
932
9.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.47
9.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.85
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
340
3.46
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
516
5.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.967
0.967
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.45
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3854
39.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.98
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
4.91
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.437
1.437
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3506
35.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.18
39.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Jim Owens and Harry Salisbury

Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
2.92
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2656
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
885.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.34
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
1.34
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
1.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
1.68
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.38
95.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.575
0.575
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.24
36.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Owens and Harry Salisbury

Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
287
686.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
218
521.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.351
0.351
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
22
52.59
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
18
43.03
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
3.68
8.8
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
26
62.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
88.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.278
0.278
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
26.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
15
35.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.65
-8.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
33.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
102
243.82
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
2.46
2.46
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
43.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA