Harry Salisbury vs. Mike Smithson — Career Comparison

Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Mike Smithson
Baby BoomersTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Smithson 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 4.58 and 1.387 for Mike Smithson. 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 Mike Smithson

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
1.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.91
46.91
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
85
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
690
4.58
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4069
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1473
9.77
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.77
9.77
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
168
1.11
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
383
2.54
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
731
4.85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.05
3.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.821
0.821
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5861
38.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
4.94
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.7
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.368
1.368
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5324
35.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89

Fielding Stats for Harry Salisbury and Mike Smithson

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
1.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4069
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
1.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
1.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
254
1.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.49
95.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.058
1.058
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Salisbury and Mike Smithson

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
158.06
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
186
600
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.58
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA