Bobo Newsom vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Bobo Newsom
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Bobo Newsom 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 3.98 and 1.463 for Bobo Newsom. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bobo Newsom and Harry Salisbury

Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
600
1.44
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
1.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
0.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
0.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.73
48.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.5
80.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
246
0.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1664
3.98
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11278
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3759.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
3769
9.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.02
9.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
0.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1732
4.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2082
4.98
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.015
1.015
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16467
39.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1908
4.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.463
1.463
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14674
35.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.42
39.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Bobo Newsom and Harry Salisbury

Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.01
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1338
27
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
9
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
534
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
674
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
646
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.077
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bobo Newsom and Harry Salisbury

Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
609
253.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1441
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1337
556.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.456
0.456
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
253
105.34
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
221
92.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
11.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
13.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50.22
20.91
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
120.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
271
112.84
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
35.81
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
42.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
77.86
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42.48
17.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
7.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
266
110.76
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
5.42
5.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
35.81
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
30
12.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.83
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA