Harry Salisbury vs. Jason Vargas — Career Comparison

Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Jason Vargas
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jason Vargas 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 4.29 and 1.339 for Jason Vargas. 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 Jason Vargas

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
1.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
1.52
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.54
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.95
92.95
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
784
4.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4929
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1643
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1664
9.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.12
9.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
1.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
508
2.78
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1147
6.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.28
6.28
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.007
1.007
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.14
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7002
38.36
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
826
4.52
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.76
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.322
1.322
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6359
34.83
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.36
38.36

Fielding Stats for Harry Salisbury and Jason Vargas

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
1.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
1.52
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4929
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1643
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
1.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
1.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
1.45
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.72
96.72
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.95
92.95
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Salisbury and Jason Vargas

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
300
1232.88
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
132
542.47
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.459
0.459
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
98.63
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
86.3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.26
21.6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
110.96
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
115.07
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
8
32.88
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
16.44
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
12
49.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.6
18.91
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
16.44
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
47
193.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
3.11
3.11
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA