Wayland Dean vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Wayland Dean
Greatest GenerationWest VirginiaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Wayland Dean 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 4.87 and 1.538 for Wayland Dean. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wayland Dean and Harry Salisbury

Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.78
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.44
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.5
62.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
263
4.87
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1457
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
485.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
559
10.36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.36
10.36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
3.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
2.72
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.52
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2174
40.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
5.89
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
5.52
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.538
1.538
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1973
36.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.29
40.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Wayland Dean and Harry Salisbury

Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.01
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1338
27
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
9
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.573
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wayland Dean and Harry Salisbury

Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
362.86
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
210
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
196
560
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.691
0.691
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
140
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
17.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.71
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
17.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
40
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.69
64.81
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
220
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
168.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.679
0.679
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
68.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
88.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
140
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.08
68.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.86
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
25.71
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
47
134.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
4.47
4.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA