Roy Roberts vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Roy Roberts
Lost GenerationFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsAmerican Negro LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Roy Roberts 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 4.66 and 1.487 for Roy Roberts. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Roberts and Harry Salisbury

Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.04
43.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.88
72.88
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
377
4.66
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2183
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
727.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
745
9.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.21
9.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
337
4.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
4.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3101
38.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
465
5.75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
5.52
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
1.71
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.52
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.487
1.487
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2581
31.92
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.35
38.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Roy Roberts and Harry Salisbury

Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2092
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
697.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.36
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
2.4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
3.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214
2.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.06
91.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.798
1.798
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.07
68.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Roberts and Harry Salisbury

Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
240.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
312
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
285
548.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
101.92
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
88.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
5.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.9
26.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
123.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
121.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
61.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
30.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
92.31
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.76
28.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
19.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.58
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
156
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26.57
26.57
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.71
0.71
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
32.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.92
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.92
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA