Derek Lowe vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Derek Lowe
Gen XMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Derek Lowe 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 4.03 and 1.355 for Derek Lowe. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Derek Lowe and Harry Salisbury

Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
2.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
0.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.85
52.85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.36
55.36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1195
4.03
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8014
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2671.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2759
9.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
0.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
794
2.68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1722
5.8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.8
5.8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.942
0.942
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11358
38.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
0.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1333
4.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
1.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10330
34.8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.27
38.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Derek Lowe and Harry Salisbury

Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
2.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8014
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2671.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
0.74
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
691
2.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
674
2.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.54
97.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.36
55.36
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Derek Lowe and Harry Salisbury

Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
682
766.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
534
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
436
489.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
73.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
57.3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
14.61
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.53
18.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
91.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
105.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
33.71
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
28.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
60.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.81
13.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
129
144.94
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
4.14
4.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
75.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7.87
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA