Harry Salisbury vs. Ford Smith — Career Comparison

Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Ford Smith
Greatest GenerationArizonaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ford 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. Ford Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.37 and WHIP 1.115 compared to 2.55 and 1.099 for Harry Salisbury. By the career numbers, Ford Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Salisbury and Ford Smith

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.89
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.29
64.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
2.55
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.37
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.38
2.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
546
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
7.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.42
7.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
2.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
737
36.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.74
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.115
1.115
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.74
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.45
36.45

Fielding Stats for Harry Salisbury and Ford Smith

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.93
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1128
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
376
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.84
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.34
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
2.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
2.18
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.685
1.685
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.22
72.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Salisbury and Ford Smith

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
219.77
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
172
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
157
547.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.634
0.634
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
129.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
90.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.54
54.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
170.93
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
80.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
101.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.85
58.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.58
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26.57
26.57
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
172
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.71
0.71
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA