Chris Sale vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Chris Sale
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Chris Sale 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 3.01 and 1.053 for Chris Sale. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chris Sale and Harry Salisbury

Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.23
62.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.39
79.39
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
697
3.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
0.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
2.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
2.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2579
11.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.14
11.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.099
1.099
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Chris Sale and Harry Salisbury

Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
0.84
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chris Sale and Harry Salisbury

Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
26
577.78
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
10.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-12.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1.93
1.93
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA