Hal Newhouser vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Hal Newhouser
Greatest GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherMVPAll-Star
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Hal Newhouser 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 3.06 and 1.311 for Hal Newhouser. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Hal Newhouser and Harry Salisbury

Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
1.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.45
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.98
57.98
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.64
76.64
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
0.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1016
3.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8979
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2993
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2674
8.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.04
8.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1249
3.76
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1796
5.4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.017
1.017
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12648
38.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1197
3.6
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.311
1.311
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11380
34.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Hal Newhouser and Harry Salisbury

Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
89.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
24.8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
611
112.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
2.54
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
4.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.3
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
768
141.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
3.11
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
137.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
2.8
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.14
97.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.529
1.529
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
7.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Hal Newhouser and Harry Salisbury

Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
492
254.48
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1160
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
999
516.72
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.552
0.552
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201
103.97
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
90.52
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
11.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
13.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.45
30.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
120.52
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
150
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
36.72
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
41.9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
77.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.85
34.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
46.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
150
77.59
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
7.73
7.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.59
0.59
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
37.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
24
12.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA