Joe Dawson vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Joe Dawson
Lost GenerationWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Joe Dawson 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 4.15 and 1.448 for Joe Dawson. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Dawson and Harry Salisbury

Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
2.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.29
39.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.51
30.51
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
4.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
8.8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.8
8.8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
4.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
2.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.52
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1041
39.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
4.8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.448
1.448
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
927
35.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.31
39.31
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Joe Dawson and Harry Salisbury

Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.01
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1338
27
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
9
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.864
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Dawson and Harry Salisbury

Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
416.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
85
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
77
543.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.641
0.641
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
141.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
120
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.47
52.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
169.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
176.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.305
0.305
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.312
0.312
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.509
0.509
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
49.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
28.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
77.65
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.88
62.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
35.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
63.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
9.44
9.44
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.56
0.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA