Bob Rush vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Bob Rush
Greatest GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Bob Rush 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 3.65 and 1.305 for Bob Rush. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Rush and Harry Salisbury

Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
1.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
1.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
0.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
0.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.52
45.52
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.98
76.98
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
0.44
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
977
3.65
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7232
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2410.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.69
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
0.66
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
789
2.95
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1244
4.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.843
0.843
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10219
38.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1128
4.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.293
1.293
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9396
35.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.15
38.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Bob Rush and Harry Salisbury

Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
1.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3580
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1193.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
1.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
428
3.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
2.54
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
4.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
3.11
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
599
4.52
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
2.8
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.53
95.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.437
1.437
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.17
37.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Rush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Rush and Harry Salisbury

Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
289.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
871
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
807
555.91
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.459
0.459
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
96.44
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
77.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
14.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
19.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36.26
24.98
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
179
123.31
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
171
117.8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.426
0.426
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
34.44
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
33.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
65.44
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27.1
18.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Bob Rush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
21.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Bob Rush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Rush
Career
Per 600 PA
298
205.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Bob Rush
Career
Per 600 PA
2.92
2.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Bob Rush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
22.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Rush
Career
Per 600 PA
12
8.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Rush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Rush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA