Jim Owens vs. Jack Salveson — Career Comparison

Jim Owens
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jack Salveson
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Owens built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Salveson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Salveson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.99 and WHIP 1.427 compared to 4.31 and 1.489 for Jim Owens. By the career numbers, Jack Salveson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Owens and Jack Salveson

Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
2.91
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
2.87
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.05
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.63
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.43
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.3
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.69
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.3
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.18
38.18
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.01
36.01
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.84
21.84
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.21
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.26
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.21
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
4.31
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
3.99
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2656
27
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
818
27
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
885.1
9
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
272.2
9
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
932
9.47
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
9.97
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.47
9.47
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.97
9.97
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.85
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.69
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
340
3.46
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
2.87
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.47
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
516
5.25
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
2.81
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.967
0.967
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.631
0.631
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.45
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3854
39.18
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1179
38.92
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
0.98
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.25
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
483
4.91
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
4.72
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.437
1.437
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.427
1.427
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3506
35.64
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1089
35.94
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.64
1.64
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.18
39.18
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.92
38.92

Fielding Stats for Jim Owens and Jack Salveson

Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
2.92
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.06
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2656
27
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
885.1
9
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.34
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.34
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.08
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
1.76
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
1.68
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.38
95.38
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.59
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.575
0.575
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.931
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.24
36.24
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.1
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Owens and Jack Salveson

Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
287
686.06
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 600 PA
88
643.9
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
600
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
218
521.12
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
77
563.41
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.351
0.351
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.738
0.738
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
52.59
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
146.34
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
43.03
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
87.8
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.56
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.95
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.56
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
58.54
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
3.68
8.8
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.61
70.28
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
26
62.15
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
248.78
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
88.45
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
168.29
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.278
0.278
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.729
0.729
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.018
0.018
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.56
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
58.54
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
26.29
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
73.17
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
15
35.86
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
109.76
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.65
-8.73
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.85
72.05
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.39
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
33.47
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
102
243.82
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
65.85
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
2.46
2.46
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.11
9.11
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
43.03
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.63
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.56
Jack Salveson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.39
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.39
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Salveson
Career
Per 600 PA