Harry Salisbury vs. Rick Waits — Career Comparison

Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Rick Waits
Baby BoomersGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rick Waits 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 4.25 and 1.483 for Rick Waits. 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 Rick Waits

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
1.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.58
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.2
46.2
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.94
59.94
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.3
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
674
4.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4281
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1427
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
1514
9.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
0.69
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
3.58
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
4.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.07
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6152
38.8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.28
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
741
4.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.4
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
1.02
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.459
1.459
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5475
34.53
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.8
38.8

Fielding Stats for Harry Salisbury and Rick Waits

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
1.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4281
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1427
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.57
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
1.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
351
2.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343
2.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.72
97.72
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.082
1.082
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.94
59.94
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Salisbury and Rick Waits

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
329
197400
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
181
583.87
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
2400
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
2400
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.44
-263.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Waits
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Waits
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0