Harry Salisbury vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith 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 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. 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 Bud Smith

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Harry Salisbury and Bud Smith

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Salisbury and Bud Smith

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.11
5.11
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA