Harry Salisbury vs. Ollie Smith — Career Comparison

Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Ollie Smith
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati-Indianapolis ClownsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ollie 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 9.64 and 2.786 for Ollie 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 Ollie Smith

Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9.64
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.64
9.64
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.37
11.37
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.417
0.417
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
19.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.29
19.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.02
0.02
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.02
0.02
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.52
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.643
0.643
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
52.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
5.52
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
13.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.786
2.786
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1746
37.06
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
46.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.417
0.417
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.07
52.07

Fielding Stats for Harry Salisbury and Ollie Smith

Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Salisbury and Ollie Smith

Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
93.62
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
112.48
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.58
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA