Fred Rath vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Fred Rath
Silent GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Fred Rath 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 4.7 and 1.391 for Fred Rath. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Rath and Harry Salisbury

Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
4.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
7.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
4.3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.52
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.783
0.783
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
39.52
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
5.87
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
5.52
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.304
1.304
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
34.83
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.88
1.88
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.192
0.192
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.52
39.52
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Fred Rath and Harry Salisbury

Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.78
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.78
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.3
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154
3.11
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.875
0.875
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Rath and Harry Salisbury

Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
1600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
181
583.87
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-60
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.58
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA