Harry Salisbury vs. Eugene Smith — Career Comparison

Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Eugene Smith
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Eugene 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 4.15 and 1.446 for Eugene 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 Eugene Smith

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.46
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.31
42.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.86
82.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.71
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
4.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1295
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
431.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
8.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.07
8.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
4.94
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
6.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.11
6.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.228
1.228
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.69
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1956
40.78
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
5.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.71
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.446
1.446
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1649
34.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.78
40.78

Fielding Stats for Harry Salisbury and Eugene Smith

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1446
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
2.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.3
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.34
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
3.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
2.69
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.846
1.846
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.77
80.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Salisbury and Eugene Smith

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
249.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
224
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
204
546.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
101.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
13.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.68
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.71
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
26.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.05
43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
152.68
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
147.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.446
0.446
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
72.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
53.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
115.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.85
42.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
45.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.58
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.68
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26.57
26.57
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
224
224
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.71
0.71
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA