Elmer Myers vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Elmer Myers
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Elmer Myers 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 4.06 and 1.441 for Elmer Myers. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Elmer Myers and Harry Salisbury

Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
1.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.59
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.31
43.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.65
68.65
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
497
4.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3306
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1102
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1148
9.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.38
9.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
440
3.59
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
3.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.52
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.788
0.788
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4747
38.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
5.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.1
5.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.441
1.441
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4256
34.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.77
38.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Elmer Myers and Harry Salisbury

Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.01
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1338
27
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
9
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.108
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Elmer Myers and Harry Salisbury

Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
194
266.97
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
436
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
412
566.97
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.549
0.549
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
127.98
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
105.96
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
16.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
22.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.39
39.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
155.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
145.87
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.524
0.524
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.406
0.406
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
50.92
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
50.92
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
101.83
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.65
43.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
65
89.45
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
6.71
6.71
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
15.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Myers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.88
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Myers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
80
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA