Verdell Mathis vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Verdell Mathis
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Verdell Mathis 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 3.75 and 1.335 for Verdell Mathis. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Verdell Mathis and Harry Salisbury

Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.94
52.94
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.77
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
3.75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1261
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
420.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
440
9.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.42
9.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
2.59
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
5.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.871
0.871
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1814
38.84
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
4.65
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.69
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.335
1.335
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1649
35.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.84
38.84
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Verdell Mathis and Harry Salisbury

Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
1.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2994
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
998
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
2.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
1.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
3.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
3.11
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
386
3.48
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
2.8
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.07
95.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.428
2.428
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.33
72.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Verdell Mathis and Harry Salisbury

Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
200.82
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
487
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
437
538.4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.664
0.664
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
142.92
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
128.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
12.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
14.78
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47.29
58.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
161.4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
159
195.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.331
0.331
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.561
0.561
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
81.31
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
48.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
128.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.44
69.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
52.98
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.58
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162.33
162.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26.57
26.57
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.33
14.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.71
0.71
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA