Bill Powell vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Bill Powell
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Bill Powell 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 3.35 and 1.362 for Bill Powell. 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 Powell and Harry Salisbury

Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.96
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
3.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
3.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
6.8
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.8
6.8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.46
5.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.117
1.117
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
38.97
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
3.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.362
1.362
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
368
35.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.97
38.97
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Bill Powell and Harry Salisbury

Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.82
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.39
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.39
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.923
1.923
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Powell and Harry Salisbury

Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
200
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
42
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
36
514.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.702
0.702
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
142.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
128.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.43
63.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
157.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
214.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.672
0.672
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
114.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
71.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
185.71
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.36
76.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
71.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.58
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA