Ryan Dempster vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Ryan Dempster
Gen XCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Ryan Dempster 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 4.35 and 1.452 for Ryan Dempster. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ryan Dempster and Harry Salisbury

Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
2.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
1.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.81
49.81
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.62
60.62
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1154
4.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7161
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2387
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2347
8.85
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.85
8.85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
1.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1071
4.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
7.82
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.82
7.82
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.318
1.318
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10412
39.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
0.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1250
4.71
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.432
1.432
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9086
34.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.26
39.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Ryan Dempster and Harry Salisbury

Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
2.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
1.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7161
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2387
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
0.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
337
1.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
530
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
506
1.91
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.47
95.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.874
0.874
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.62
60.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ryan Dempster and Harry Salisbury

Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
586
512.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
686
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
514.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
50.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
41.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
7.87
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
9.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.19
7.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
62.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
62.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
20.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
14.87
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
34.99
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
-13.51
-11.82
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
11.37
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
221
193.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
3.1
3.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
74.34
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.62
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA