Brett Anderson vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Brett Anderson
MillenialTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Brett 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 4.07 and 1.345 for Brett 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 Brett Anderson and Harry Salisbury

Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
1.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
1.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.58
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.52
47.52
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.59
94.59
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
516
4.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3421
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1140.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1217
9.61
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.61
9.61
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.91
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
304
2.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
772
6.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.09
6.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.944
0.944
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4828
38.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
572
4.51
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
1.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.334
1.334
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4438
35.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.1
38.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Brett Anderson and Harry Salisbury

Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
1.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
1.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3421
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1140.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
1.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
1.84
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
224
1.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.14
96.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.009
1.009
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.59
94.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brett Anderson and Harry Salisbury

Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
222
972.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
137
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
115
503.65
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
52.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
39.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.91
8.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
15
65.69
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
96.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
17.52
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
26.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
43.8
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.03
-8.91
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
43.8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
62
271.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.21
2.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
52.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
26.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA