Tim Lincecum vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Tim Lincecum
MillenialWashingtonThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Tim Lincecum 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 3.74 and 1.313 for Tim Lincecum. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tim Lincecum and Harry Salisbury

Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
1.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
1.44
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.28
55.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.12
97.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 9 Innings
699
3.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5046
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1682
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1506
8.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.06
8.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
0.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 9 Innings
669
3.58
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1736
9.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.29
9.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.24
6.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
0.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7120
38.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
3.99
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.293
1.293
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6289
33.65
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.1
38.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Tim Lincecum and Harry Salisbury

Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
1.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
1.44
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5046
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1682
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
0.87
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
1.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
255
1.36
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.23
96.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.917
0.917
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.12
97.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tim Lincecum and Harry Salisbury

Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
281
291.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
579
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
491.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.408
0.408
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
54.92
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
48.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
4.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
6.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.21
10.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
63.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
90.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
26.94
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
46.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.82
-0.85
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
35.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 600 PA
244
252.85
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 600 PA
2.37
2.37
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
72.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Lincecum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Lincecum
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA