Harry Salisbury vs. Ben Sheets — Career Comparison

Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Ben Sheets
Gen XLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ben Sheets 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 3.78 and 1.236 for Ben Sheets. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Salisbury and Ben Sheets

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.54
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.47
49.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
670
3.78
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4790
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1596.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
1577
8.89
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.89
8.89
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
1.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
369
2.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1325
7.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.47
7.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.3
5.3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6640
37.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
736
4.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.54
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.219
1.219
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6138
34.6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43

Fielding Stats for Harry Salisbury and Ben Sheets

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4790
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1596.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.65
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
1.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.81
94.81
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.096
1.096
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Salisbury and Ben Sheets

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
292.4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
513
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
449
525.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.076
0.076
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
39.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
36.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.07
4.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
43.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
61.99
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.082
0.082
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.072
0.072
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
12
14.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
14.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
28.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
-16.81
-19.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
22.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
212
247.95
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
52.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.34
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA