Harry Salisbury vs. Fred Talbot — Career Comparison

Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Fred Talbot
Silent GenerationDistrict of ColumbiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Talbot 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 4.12 and 1.416 for Fred Talbot. 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 Fred Talbot

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
2.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.59
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.43
40.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.62
64.62
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
391
4.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2561
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
844
8.9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
334
3.52
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
449
4.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3677
38.77
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
4.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3316
34.96
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.77
38.77

Fielding Stats for Harry Salisbury and Fred Talbot

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
2.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2562
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
854
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
1.51
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
2.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
2.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.93
95.93
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.087
1.087
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.62
64.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Salisbury and Fred Talbot

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
431.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
502.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.579
0.579
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
87.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
62.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
12.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.62
38.79
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
133.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
141.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.453
0.453
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
50
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
102.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.55
36.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
50
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
90
187.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
3.2
3.2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
43.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100