Dick Matthews vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Dick Matthews 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. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 2.55 and 1.099 for Harry Salisbury. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Matthews and Harry Salisbury

Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
2.55
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.18
2.18
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.02
0.02
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.02
0.02
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.92
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
4.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.099
1.099
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Dick Matthews and Harry Salisbury

Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
2.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.88
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
2.8
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Matthews and Harry Salisbury

Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
213.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
39
520
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
32.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
120
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
146.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
38.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
40
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.71
0.71
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA