Harry Salisbury vs. Joe Strong — Career Comparison

Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Joe Strong
Greatest GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Joe Strong 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 4.13 and 1.450 for Joe Strong. 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 Joe Strong

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
1.6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.52
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.68
51.68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.09
68.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
0.61
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
606
4.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3961
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1320.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1435
9.78
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.78
9.78
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
479
3.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
540
3.68
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.772
0.772
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5178
35.3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
759
5.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.17
5.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
1.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4480
30.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.355
0.355
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.3
35.3

Fielding Stats for Harry Salisbury and Joe Strong

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
1.69
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
1.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4883
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
333
1.84
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
2.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447
2.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.5
94.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.461
1.461
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.3
68.3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Salisbury and Joe Strong

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
332
241.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
826
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
715
519.37
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.743
0.743
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
185
134.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
92.98
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
28.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
5.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
7.99
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
41.4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99.62
72.36
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
271
196.85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
272
197.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.718
0.718
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.683
0.683
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
74.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
71.91
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
190
138.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107.17
77.85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
59.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.58
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
5.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26.57
26.57
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
118
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.71
0.71
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.71
11.71
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
17.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.91
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.91
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100