Harry Salisbury vs. Bud Thomas — Career Comparison

Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Bud Thomas
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Thomas 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 4.96 and 1.504 for Bud Thomas. 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 Bud Thomas

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
2.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.99
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.43
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.58
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.37
42.37
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.56
40.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.22
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
290
4.96
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1578
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
625
10.69
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.69
10.69
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.91
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
2.84
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.52
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
2.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.572
0.572
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.24
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2347
40.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
5.52
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
344
5.89
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.504
1.504
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1746
37.06
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2177
37.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16

Fielding Stats for Harry Salisbury and Bud Thomas

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.01
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1338
27
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
9
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.839
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Salisbury and Bud Thomas

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
490.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
175
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
150
514.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
18
61.71
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
14
48
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.43
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
13.71
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.83
16.54
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
24
82.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
27
92.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.116
0.116
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
7
24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
34.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
16
54.86
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.18
4.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
30.86
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
67
229.71
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
2.61
2.61
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
54.86
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA