Harry Salisbury vs. Rip Sewell — Career Comparison

Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Rip Sewell
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Rip Sewell 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 3.48 and 1.344 for Rip Sewell. 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 Rip Sewell

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
1.66
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
1.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.61
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.58
59.58
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.31
62.31
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
0.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
819
3.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6358
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2119.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2101
8.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.92
8.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
748
3.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.52
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
636
2.7
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.653
0.653
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9101
38.65
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.37
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
983
4.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.344
1.344
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8330
35.37
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.65
38.65

Fielding Stats for Harry Salisbury and Rip Sewell

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.01
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1338
27
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
9
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
615
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
587
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.45
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.505
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Salisbury and Rip Sewell

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
423
314.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
807
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
750
557.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
0.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
152
113.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
89.96
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
16.36
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
23.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47.69
35.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
198
147.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
190
141.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.505
0.505
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.401
0.401
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
60.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
43.87
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134
99.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.58
33.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.74
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
27.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 600 PA
154
114.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 600 PA
5.24
5.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
14.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 600 PA
20
14.87
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
8.92
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
8.92
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100