Wilmer Fields vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Wilmer Fields
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Wilmer Fields 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 3.47 and 1.299 for Wilmer Fields. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wilmer Fields and Harry Salisbury

Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.6
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.88
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.67
76.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.43
71.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.65
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
3.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
709
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
236.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
8.83
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.84
8.84
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
2.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
4.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.779
0.779
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1009
38.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
4.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.72
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.299
1.299
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
911
34.69
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.42
38.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Wilmer Fields and Harry Salisbury

Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1444
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
481.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.97
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
2.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
2.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
96
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.463
1.463
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.51
69.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wilmer Fields and Harry Salisbury

Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
230.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
247
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
236
573.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.675
0.675
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
153.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
114.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
21.86
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
12.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.86
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
38.87
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.48
61.88
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
213.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
172.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.373
0.373
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.664
0.664
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.561
0.561
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
82.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
106.88
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
184.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.04
70.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
19.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.86
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.58
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123.5
123.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26.57
26.57
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.71
0.71
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA