Nolan Ryan vs. Harry Salisbury — Career Comparison

Nolan Ryan
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star
Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Nolan Ryan 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 3.19 and 1.262 for Nolan Ryan. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Nolan Ryan and Harry Salisbury

Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
807
1.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
1.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
0.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
0.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.6
52.6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.79
95.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
0.37
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1911
3.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.203
0.203
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16158
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5386
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3923
6.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
0.54
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2795
4.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5714
9.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.08
7.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.58
1.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
277
0.46
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
0.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22575
37.72
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2178
3.64
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
0.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
0.44
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.247
1.247
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19291
32.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.72
37.72
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Nolan Ryan and Harry Salisbury

Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
807
1.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
1.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16159
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5386.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
0.37
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
547
0.91
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
857
1.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
767
1.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.5
89.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.79
95.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Nolan Ryan and Harry Salisbury

Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
807
505.96
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
957
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
852
534.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
58.93
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
50.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
6.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
8.78
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.94
10.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
71.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
82.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
25.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
22.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
46.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
-11.22
-7.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
23.82
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
371
232.6
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
2.58
2.58
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
40.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
11
6.9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.88
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.88
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.76
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA