Garnett Blair vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Garnett Blair
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Garnett Blair 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. Garnett Blair posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.66 and WHIP 1.113 compared to 2.55 and 1.099 for Harry Salisbury. By the career numbers, Garnett Blair had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Garnett Blair and Harry Salisbury

Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.69
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
85
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
2.55
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.66
1.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.18
2.18
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
391
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
130.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
7.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.02
0.02
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.02
0.02
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
2.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
4.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
536
37.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.113
1.113
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
491
33.91
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.01
37.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Garnett Blair and Harry Salisbury

Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
391
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
130.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
2.54
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
3.8
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154
3.11
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
3.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
2.8
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.18
98.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Garnett Blair and Harry Salisbury

Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
235.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
51
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
46
541.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
141.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
129.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.76
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.69
55.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
164.71
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
188.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.624
0.624
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
35.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
82.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.75
67.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
47.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
35.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
17
17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.33
1.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.71
0.71
Garnett Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garnett Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA