Harry Salisbury vs. Tom Seaver — Career Comparison

Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Tom Seaver
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardRookie of the YearAll-Star

Tom Seaver 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 2.86 and 1.145 for Tom Seaver. 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 Seaver

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
656
1.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
647
1.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
311
0.59
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
0.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.27
60.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.63
98.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
0.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1521
2.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14348
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4782.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3971
7.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.47
7.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
380
0.72
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1390
2.62
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3640
6.85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.85
6.85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.052
1.052
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19369
36.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1674
3.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.39
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.121
1.121
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17666
33.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.45
36.45

Fielding Stats for Harry Salisbury and Tom Seaver

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
656
1.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
647
1.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14349
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4783
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
0.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
1.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1062
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1020
1.92
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.05
96.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.555
1.555
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.63
98.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Salisbury and Tom Seaver

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
677
261.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1552
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1315
508.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
78.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
157
60.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
10.82
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.93
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
4.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
17.4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65.91
25.48
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
276
106.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
314
121.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
38.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
33.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
173
66.88
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.4
19.87
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
41.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
485
187.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
3.2
3.2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
46.78
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
22
8.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.55
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100