Charlie Root vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Charlie Root
Lost GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Charlie Root 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 3.59 and 1.295 for Charlie Root. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Charlie Root and Harry Salisbury

Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
632
1.78
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
0.96
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
0.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
0.45
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.68
55.68
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.96
53.96
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
1274
3.59
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9592
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3197.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
3252
9.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.15
9.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
0.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
889
2.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1459
4.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.734
0.734
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13529
38.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
0.52
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1467
4.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.295
1.295
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12561
35.36
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Charlie Root and Harry Salisbury

Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
632
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.01
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1338
27
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
9
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
506
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
616
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
601
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.951
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Root
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Charlie Root and Harry Salisbury

Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
632
318.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1191
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1086
547.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.518
0.518
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
196
98.74
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
66.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
23.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
5.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
32.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.6
33.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
145.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
247
124.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.483
0.483
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.086
0.086
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
43.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
46.85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
168
84.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.6
28.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
22.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Charlie Root
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Root
Career
Per 600 PA
329
165.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Charlie Root
Career
Per 600 PA
3.62
3.62
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Charlie Root
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
27.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Root
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Root
Career
Per 600 PA
9
4.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Root
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Root
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA