Wilson Alvarez vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Wilson Alvarez
Gen XVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Wilson Alvarez 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 1.406 for Wilson Alvarez. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wilson Alvarez and Harry Salisbury

Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
1.83
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
1.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.58
52.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
74.08
74.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
769
3.96
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5243
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1747.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1624
8.36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.36
8.36
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
0.98
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
805
4.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1330
6.85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.85
6.85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7518
38.72
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
4.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
0.83
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6553
33.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.72
38.72
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Wilson Alvarez and Harry Salisbury

Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
1.83
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
1.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5243
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1747.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
1.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
1.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
273
1.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.15
97.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.769
0.769
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.08
74.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wilson Alvarez and Harry Salisbury

Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
355
2048.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
104
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
95
548.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
13
75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
1.43
8.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
13
75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
98.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
6
34.62
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
7
40.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.86
-4.98
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
33
190.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3.15
3.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Wilson Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
28.85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
23.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilson Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA