Bill Anderson vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Bill Anderson
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Bill Anderson 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 5.07 and 1.522 for Bill Anderson. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Anderson and Harry Salisbury

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.49
63.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
5.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372
10.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.35
10.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
3.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
3.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.52
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.721
0.721
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
40.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
6.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
5.52
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1288
35.85
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Bill Anderson and Harry Salisbury

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.98
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
2.39
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
2.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.7
90.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.238
1.238
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Anderson and Harry Salisbury

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
273.91
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
138
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
132
573.91
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
14
60.87
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
56.52
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.95
8.46
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
15
65.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
18
78.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
34.78
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
43.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.18
-9.46
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.39
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.58
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26.57
26.57
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.71
0.71
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA