Harry Salisbury vs. Tom Seaton — Career Comparison

Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Tom Seaton
Lost GenerationNebraskaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tom Seaton 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 3.14 and 1.317 for Tom Seaton. 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 Tom Seaton

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
1.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.62
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.44
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.86
58.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
468
3.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4020
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1340
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1235
8.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
530
3.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
644
4.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.876
0.876
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4473
30.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
609
4.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.317
1.317
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3901
26.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.373
0.373
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.04
30.04

Fielding Stats for Harry Salisbury and Tom Seaton

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.01
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1338
27
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
9
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
432
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.58
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.87
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Salisbury and Tom Seaton

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
232
282.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
493
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
548.88
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.537
0.537
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
102.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
75.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
14.6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.87
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
26.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30.69
37.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
146.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
131.44
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
53.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
38.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
87.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.62
34.83
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
29.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 600 PA
163
198.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 600 PA
3.02
3.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
21.91
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
9.74
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
9.74
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Seaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100