Mike Pelfrey vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Mike Pelfrey
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Mike Pelfrey 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 4.68 and 1.528 for Mike Pelfrey. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Pelfrey and Harry Salisbury

Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
1.68
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
1.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.77
39.77
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.09
93.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
767
4.68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4429
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1476.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1687
10.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.28
10.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
0.85
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
542
3.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
5.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.05
3.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6531
39.81
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
827
5.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
1.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5800
35.36
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.81
39.81
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Mike Pelfrey and Harry Salisbury

Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
1.68
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
1.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4429
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1476.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
1.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
1.82
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.32
97.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.055
1.055
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.09
93.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Pelfrey and Harry Salisbury

Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
275
535.71
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
308
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
268
522.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.352
0.352
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
54.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
44.81
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.74
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.74
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.71
9.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
64.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
83.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
13
25.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
50.65
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.49
-6.8
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
72
140.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
4.28
4.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
46.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA