Babe Doty vs. Harry Salmon — Career Comparison

Babe Doty
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaToledo MaumeesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Harry Salmon
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Harry Salmon built a career as a starting pitcher and Babe Doty as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Babe Doty posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1 and WHIP 1.111 compared to 3.61 and 1.238 for Harry Salmon. By the career numbers, Babe Doty had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Babe Doty and Harry Salmon

Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.46
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
1.01
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.62
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.47
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.72
56.72
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.89
68.89
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
0.71
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.11
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
445
3.61
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3326
27
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1108.2
9
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1170
9.5
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.5
9.5
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.28
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
1.65
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.65
1.65
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
566
4.59
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
0.556
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.694
0.694
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.16
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
37
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4188
34
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.29
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
563
4.57
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
1.06
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.57
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.238
1.238
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
36
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3835
31.13
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.351
0.351
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
37
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
34

Fielding Stats for Babe Doty and Harry Salmon

Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
1.67
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.08
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3580
27
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1193.1
9
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.58
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
2.28
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.2
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
3.06
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
2.86
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.35
93.35
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.707
1.707
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.41
64.41
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Babe Doty and Harry Salmon

Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
239
249.39
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
575
600
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
537
560.35
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
117.91
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
100.17
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11.48
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.26
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17.74
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
5.31
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.42
32.78
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
136
141.91
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
127
132.52
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
59.48
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
42.78
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
102.26
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
2.81
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.51
37.05
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
14.61
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.04
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
575
575
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
25.04
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.13
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.13
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100