Harry Salisbury vs. Tom Sunkel — Career Comparison

Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Tom Sunkel
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tom Sunkel 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 4.53 and 1.593 for Tom Sunkel. 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 Tom Sunkel

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
2.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.37
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.61
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.03
46.03
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
4.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
661
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
220.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
8.9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.45
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
5.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
4.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1001
40.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.78
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
5.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.15
5.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.593
1.593
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
866
35.37
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.89
40.89

Fielding Stats for Harry Salisbury and Tom Sunkel

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.01
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1338
27
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
9
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Salisbury and Tom Sunkel

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
547.83
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
69
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
66
573.91
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
104.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.45
29.97
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
139.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
130.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
78.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.56
30.96
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
22
191.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
3.14
3.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA