John Gast vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

John Gast
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

John Gast 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 5.11 and 1.297 for John Gast. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for John Gast and Harry Salisbury

John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
John Gast
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
John Gast
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Gast
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
John Gast
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
John Gast
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
8.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
John Gast
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.03
8.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
John Gast
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
3.65
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.84
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
John Gast
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.84
5.84
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
John Gast
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.054
1.054
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
John Gast
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
37.95
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Gast
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
John Gast
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.297
1.297
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
34.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
John Gast
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
John Gast
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for John Gast and Harry Salisbury

John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
John Gast
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
John Gast
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
John Gast
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
John Gast
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Gast
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for John Gast and Harry Salisbury

John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
2.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
John Gast
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
John Gast
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-21.82
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Gast
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Gast
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA