Luther Farrell vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Luther Farrell
Lost GenerationFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsAmerican Negro LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Luther Farrell 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 4.92 and 1.505 for Luther Farrell. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Luther Farrell and Harry Salisbury

Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.62
47.62
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
74.13
74.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
481
4.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.334
0.334
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2637
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
879
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1003
10.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.27
10.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
320
3.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
4.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.914
0.914
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3451
35.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
5.82
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
5.52
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
1.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.505
1.505
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3003
30.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.386
0.386
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.33
35.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Luther Farrell and Harry Salisbury

Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
1.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4577
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1525.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
1.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
2.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334
1.97
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.52
92.52
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.336
1.336
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.2
77.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Luther Farrell and Harry Salisbury

Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
271
196.61
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
827
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
721
523.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.862
0.862
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
224
162.52
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
160
116.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
24.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
15.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
46.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132.25
95.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
339
245.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
307
222.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.852
0.852
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.855
0.855
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
84.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126
91.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
222
161.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142.46
103.36
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
58.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.58
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
206.75
206.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26.57
26.57
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.71
0.71
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
16.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luther Farrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luther Farrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
80
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA