Xavier Hernandez vs. Harry Salmon — Career Comparison

Xavier Hernandez
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Harry Salmon
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Harry Salmon built a career as a starting pitcher and Xavier Hernandez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Salmon posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.61 and WHIP 1.238 compared to 3.9 and 1.376 for Xavier Hernandez. By the career numbers, Harry Salmon had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Xavier Hernandez and Harry Salmon

Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
6.21
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
1.46
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
1.01
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.54
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.62
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.47
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.47
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.72
56.72
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.89
68.89
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.71
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.11
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.47
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291
3.9
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
3.61
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2013
27
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3326
27
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
671
9
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1108.2
9
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
621
8.33
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1170
9.5
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.33
8.33
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.5
9.5
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.9
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.28
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
3.57
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.65
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.48
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
562
7.54
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
566
4.59
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.54
7.54
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.234
1.234
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.694
0.694
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.62
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.27
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.16
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2879
38.62
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4188
34
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
2.27
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.29
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
4.35
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
563
4.57
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.38
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
1.06
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.3
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.64
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.57
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.322
1.322
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2543
34.11
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3835
31.13
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.351
0.351
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.62
38.62
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
34

Fielding Stats for Xavier Hernandez and Harry Salmon

Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
6.21
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
1.67
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.08
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2013
27
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3580
27
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
671
9
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1193.1
9
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.54
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.58
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.86
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
2.28
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.2
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.42
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
3.06
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
1.39
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
2.86
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.11
98.11
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.35
93.35
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.225
0.225
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.707
1.707
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.41
64.41
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Xavier Hernandez and Harry Salmon

Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
464
6474.42
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
239
249.39
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
575
600
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
37
516.28
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
537
560.35
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
117.91
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
100.17
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11.48
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.26
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17.74
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.12
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.42
32.78
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
136
141.91
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
132.52
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
59.48
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
42.78
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
102.26
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.82
-39.33
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.51
37.05
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
14.61
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
20
279.07
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.04
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2.15
2.15
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
575
575
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
55.81
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
25.04
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.13
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.13
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100