Harry Salisbury vs. Doc Sykes — Career Comparison

Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Doc Sykes
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore Black SoxNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Doc Sykes 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 3.61 and 1.304 for Doc Sykes. 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 Doc Sykes

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.46
47.46
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.33
89.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.72
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
210
3.61
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1569
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
518
8.91
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
2.82
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
3.98
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.755
0.755
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2245
38.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
4.92
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.31
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.69
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.304
1.304
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1989
34.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.63
38.63

Fielding Stats for Harry Salisbury and Doc Sykes

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.61
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1625
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
2.54
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
2.87
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
3.11
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
3.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
2.8
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
3.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.79
92.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.383
2.383
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.68
45.68
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Salisbury and Doc Sykes

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
207.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
228
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
209
550
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
115.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
86.84
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
28.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.99
39.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
155.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
136.84
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.072
0.072
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.424
0.424
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
57.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
39.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
94.74
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
42.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.58
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26.57
26.57
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.71
0.71
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.17
1.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
28.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100