Bill Lucas vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Bill Lucas
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftNorth AmericaHarrisburg GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Bill Lucas 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 3.43 and 1.297 for Bill Lucas. 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 Lucas and Harry Salisbury

Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.83
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.69
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.5
62.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.86
85.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
8.92
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.92
8.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.02
0.02
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.02
0.02
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
2.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.6
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.52
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.483
0.483
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.505
0.505
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.6
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.297
1.297
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Bill Lucas and Harry Salisbury

Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
72
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Lucas and Harry Salisbury

Bill Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
320
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
14
560
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.783
0.783
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
200
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
200
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.87
74.91
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
200
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
200
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.36
94.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.58
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA