Tom Browning vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Tom Browning
Baby BoomersWyomingThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Tom Browning 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 3.94 and 1.303 for Tom Browning. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Browning and Harry Salisbury

Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
1.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
1.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.75
57.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
99.34
99.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
841
3.94
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5763
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1921
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1931
9.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.05
9.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
1.11
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
511
2.39
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1000
4.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.69
4.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.787
0.787
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8066
37.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
913
4.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.271
1.271
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7374
34.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.79
37.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Tom Browning and Harry Salisbury

Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
1.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
1.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5763
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1921
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.37
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
245
1.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343
1.61
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
1.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.17
94.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.34
99.34
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Browning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Browning and Harry Salisbury

Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
324
270
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
720
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
621
517.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.454
0.454
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
79.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
65
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
11.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.83
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
14.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.07
18.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
97.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.374
0.374
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
26.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
60
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.18
10.98
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Tom Browning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
20.83
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Tom Browning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Browning
Career
Per 600 PA
200
166.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Tom Browning
Career
Per 600 PA
3.6
3.6
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Tom Browning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
60
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Browning
Career
Per 600 PA
7
5.83
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
5.83
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Browning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71.43
71.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA