Bill Macdonald vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Bill Macdonald
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Bill Macdonald 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 4.66 and 1.534 for Bill Macdonald. 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 Macdonald and Harry Salisbury

Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.45
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.33
58.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
4.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.41
5.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
481
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
160.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
8.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.95
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
5.39
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.59
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.998
0.998
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
39.46
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.534
1.534
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
33.96
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.46
39.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Bill Macdonald and Harry Salisbury

Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.01
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1338
27
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
9
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.583
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Macdonald and Harry Salisbury

Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
392.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
55
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
49
534.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
6
65.45
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
5
54.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.91
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.91
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
13.61
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
7
76.36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
109.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.91
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
4
43.64
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
1.83
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
43.64
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
18
196.36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
3.06
3.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.82
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.91
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA