Harry Salisbury vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scipio Spinks 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 3.7 and 1.418 for Scipio Spinks. 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 Scipio Spinks

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.86
82.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
3.7
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.71
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
4.78
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
867
38.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Harry Salisbury and Scipio Spinks

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.83
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.143
1.143
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Salisbury and Scipio Spinks

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
356.52
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
69
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
65
565.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
95.65
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
23.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
104.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.51
13.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0