Harry Salisbury vs. Mike Scott — Career Comparison

Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Mike Scott
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Mike Scott 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 3.54 and 1.227 for Mike Scott. By the career numbers, Harry Salisbury had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Salisbury and Mike Scott

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
1.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
1.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.54
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.45
53.45
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.93
91.93
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
813
3.54
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.07
3.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6206
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1858
8.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
0.75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
627
2.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1469
6.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.39
6.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.013
1.013
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8571
37.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
908
3.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.44
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.201
1.201
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7746
33.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.29
37.29

Fielding Stats for Harry Salisbury and Mike Scott

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
1.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
1.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6206
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.68
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
478
2.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.98
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.19
95.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.311
1.311
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.93
91.93
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Salisbury and Mike Scott

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
348
281.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
743
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
653
527.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
65.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
52.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
11.31
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
12.92
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.27
13.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
81.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
108
87.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
26.65
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
36.34
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
61.37
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.96
-1.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
21.8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
279
225.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
2.66
2.66
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
47.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
9
7.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.81
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67