Wes Ferrell vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Wes Ferrell
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Wes Ferrell 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 4.04 and 1.481 for Wes Ferrell. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wes Ferrell and Harry Salisbury

Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
1.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
1.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
0.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.44
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.12
60.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.36
86.36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
0.78
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1177
4.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7869
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2623
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2845
9.76
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
0.45
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1040
3.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
985
3.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.52
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.772
0.772
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11568
39.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1382
4.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.481
1.481
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10505
36.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.69
39.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Wes Ferrell and Harry Salisbury

Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
387
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.01
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1338
27
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
9
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
703
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
686
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.773
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wes Ferrell and Harry Salisbury

Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
548
244.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1345
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1176
524.61
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.809
0.809
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
329
146.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
222
99.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
25.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
5.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
16.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
47.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.116
0.116
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
190.04
84.78
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
524
233.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
458
204.31
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.351
0.351
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.446
0.446
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.797
0.797
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.773
0.773
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.305
0.305
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
78.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
208
92.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
345
153.9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201.62
89.94
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
57.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 600 PA
185
82.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 600 PA
7.27
7.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.7
0.7
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
17.84
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA