Bill Howard vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Bill Howard
UnknownThrows LeftIndianapolis AthleticsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Bill Howard 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 3.49 and 1.327 for Bill Howard. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Howard and Harry Salisbury

Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.37
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.5
62.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.37
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
3.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
8.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
3.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
4.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.878
0.878
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
38.39
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
4.96
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.96
4.96
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.327
1.327
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
34.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Bill Howard and Harry Salisbury

Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.45
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.44
94.44
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.7
1.7
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Howard and Harry Salisbury

Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
220
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
181
583.87
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
0.9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
260
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
240
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.63
112.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
280
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
260
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
0.9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.312
0.312
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.824
0.824
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
140
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
220
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.59
131.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.58
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA