Jim Rooker vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Jim Rooker
Silent GenerationOregonThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Jim Rooker 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 3.46 and 1.354 for Jim Rooker. 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 Rooker and Harry Salisbury

Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
1.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
1.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
0.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.54
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.58
48.58
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.94
79.94
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
696
3.46
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5431
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1810.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1694
8.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.64
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
3.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
976
4.85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.928
0.928
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7668
38.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
814
4.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.44
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
1.324
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6808
33.85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.12
38.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Jim Rooker and Harry Salisbury

Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
320
1.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
1.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5438
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1812.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
282
1.4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
1.9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
362
1.8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.76
94.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.131
1.131
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.69
79.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Rooker and Harry Salisbury

Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
303.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
667
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
606
545.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.548
0.548
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122
109.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
84.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
15.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
25.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.65
34.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
168
151.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
146
131.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.507
0.507
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
48.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
50.37
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
92.65
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.58
32.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
18.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 600 PA
229
206
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 600 PA
2.91
2.91
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
28.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 600 PA
14
12.59
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA