Harry Salisbury vs. Mike Torrez — Career Comparison

Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Mike Torrez
Baby BoomersKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Torrez 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 3.96 and 1.478 for Mike Torrez. 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 Mike Torrez

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
494
1.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
1.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
0.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
0.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.62
53.62
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.71
92.71
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1340
3.96
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9132
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3044
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3043
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
0.66
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1371
4.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1404
4.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.912
0.912
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13179
38.97
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1501
4.44
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
0.76
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11543
34.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.97
38.97

Fielding Stats for Harry Salisbury and Mike Torrez

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
494
1.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
1.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9128
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3042.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
0.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
472
1.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
736
2.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
695
2.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.43
94.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.407
1.407
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.71
92.71
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Salisbury and Mike Torrez

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
499
662.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
452
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
412
546.9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.408
0.408
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
84.96
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
73.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
10.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
11.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.08
16.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
98.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
100.88
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.359
0.359
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
31.86
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
19.91
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
51.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.54
7.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.65
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
13.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 600 PA
131
173.89
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 600 PA
3.45
3.45
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
37.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Torrez
Career
Per 600 PA
6
7.96
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.65
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Torrez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50