Harry Salisbury vs. Mike Thurman — Career Comparison

Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Mike Thurman
Gen XOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Thurman 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 5.05 and 1.509 for Mike Thurman. 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 Mike Thurman

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.91
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.47
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.66
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.94
41.94
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.86
82.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
277
5.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1481
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
493.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
537
9.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.79
9.79
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
3.46
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
5.4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.985
0.985
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.31
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2187
39.87
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
5.52
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
5.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.46
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.473
1.473
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1929
35.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.87
39.87

Fielding Stats for Harry Salisbury and Mike Thurman

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.91
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1481
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
493.2
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
1.62
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
1.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.38
94.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Salisbury and Mike Thurman

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
406.45
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
155
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
131
507.1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
1.56
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
12
46.45
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
23.23
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
23.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
-8.34
-32.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.87
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
27.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
93
360
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
61.94
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Thurman
Career
Per 600 PA