Bill Phebus vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Bill Phebus
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Bill Phebus 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 3.31 and 1.491 for Bill Phebus. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Phebus and Harry Salisbury

Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.99
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.66
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
3.31
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
7.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.66
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
5.8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.8
5.8
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.98
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.52
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.976
0.976
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
40.91
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.83
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
4.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.491
1.491
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
34.62
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Bill Phebus and Harry Salisbury

Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.01
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1338
27
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
9
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.615
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Phebus and Harry Salisbury

Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
433.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
10
333.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.639
0.639
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
16.68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
233.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
41.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
233.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
166.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
3.6
3.6
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
1.4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.71
0.71
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA