Bill Long vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Bill Long
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Bill Long 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 4.37 and 1.386 for Bill Long. 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 Long and Harry Salisbury

Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
2.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.7
32.7
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
4.37
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1556
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
518.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
9.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.86
9.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
2.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
4.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2216
38.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
4.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.78
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.365
1.365
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2023
35.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.45
38.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Bill Long and Harry Salisbury

Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
2.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1556
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
518.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.37
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
2.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
2.03
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.69
96.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.736
0.736
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.7
32.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Long and Harry Salisbury

Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
159
15900
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
2.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.23
-22.96
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
400
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA