Milt Gaston vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Milt Gaston
Lost GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Milt Gaston 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 4.55 and 1.508 for Milt Gaston. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Milt Gaston and Harry Salisbury

Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
1.52
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
1.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
0.7
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.34
76.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
0.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1064
4.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6315
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2105
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
2338
10
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
0.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
836
3.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
615
2.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.52
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.73
1.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.689
0.689
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9276
39.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1277
5.46
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.46
5.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.508
1.508
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8416
35.98
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.66
39.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Milt Gaston and Harry Salisbury

Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.01
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1338
27
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
9
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
460
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
592
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
566
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.61
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.594
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Milt Gaston and Harry Salisbury

Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
355
272.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
782
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
724
555.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
111.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
81.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
23.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
29.92
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47.45
36.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
198
151.92
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
171
131.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
42.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
57.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
95.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.36
35.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.84
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
16.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 600 PA
135
103.58
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 600 PA
5.79
5.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
24.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Gaston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Gaston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA