Rube Foster vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Rube Foster
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Rube Foster 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. Rube Foster posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.36 and WHIP 1.224 compared to 2.55 and 1.099 for Harry Salisbury. By the career numbers, Rube Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rube Foster and Harry Salisbury

Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
74.64
74.64
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
2.55
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
7.76
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.06
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.04
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
3.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
3.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.52
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.711
0.711
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3372
36.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.224
1.224
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3038
32.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Rube Foster and Harry Salisbury

Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.01
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1338
27
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
9
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.266
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rube Foster and Harry Salisbury

Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
295.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
270
531.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
114.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
86.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.1
39.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
145.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
19
37.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
72.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.42
42.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.48
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
59
116.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
5.17
5.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
37.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA