Babe Adams vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Babe Adams
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Babe Adams 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 2.76 and 1.092 for Babe Adams. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Babe Adams and Harry Salisbury

Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
1.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
1.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.08
58.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.65
73.65
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
0.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
917
2.76
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8986
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2995.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2841
8.54
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
430
1.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1036
3.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.52
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.489
0.489
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.505
0.505
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11947
35.9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1129
3.39
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.092
1.092
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.099
1.099
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11470
34.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.9
35.9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Babe Adams and Harry Salisbury

Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
10.82
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1203
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
401
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
648
14.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
2.54
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.3
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
723
16.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
3.11
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
706
15.85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
2.8
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.65
97.65
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.465
1.465
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Babe Adams and Harry Salisbury

Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
482
261.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1108
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1019
551.81
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
116.97
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
90.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
16.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
26.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74.48
40.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
286
154.87
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
146.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.424
0.424
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
42.78
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
40.61
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
81.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79.66
43.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
28.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
194
105.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
5.71
5.71
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
18.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA