Harry Salisbury vs. Fay Thomas — Career Comparison

Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Fay Thomas
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fay 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 4.95 and 1.755 for Fay 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 Fay Thomas

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
3.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.4
28.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
4.95
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
687
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
229
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
10.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.57
10.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
5.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
4.4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1059
41.62
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
5.52
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154
6.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.756
1.756
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
921
36.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.62
41.62

Fielding Stats for Harry Salisbury and Fay Thomas

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.01
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1338
27
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
9
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.26
90.26
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.65
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.728
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Salisbury and Fay Thomas

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
759.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
64
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
56
525
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.352
0.352
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
6
56.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
46.88
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
10.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
7
65.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
9
84.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.278
0.278
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
28.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
28.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-5.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
28.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
29
271.88
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
2.21
2.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
46.88
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
Fay Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA