Harry Salisbury vs. Dick Whitworth — Career Comparison

Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Dick Whitworth
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Whitworth 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 2.76 and 1.223 for Dick Whitworth. 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 Dick Whitworth

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.92
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.73
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.37
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.34
66.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.89
65.89
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
2.76
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2488
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
829.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
8.87
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
7.41
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.41
7.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.06
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
3.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
428
4.64
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.915
0.915
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3446
37.4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.26
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
3.8
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.81
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.223
1.223
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2997
32.52
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.4
37.4

Fielding Stats for Harry Salisbury and Dick Whitworth

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.4
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2569
27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
856.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.2
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
2.54
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
3.01
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.27
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
3.11
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.48
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
2.8
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.15
92.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.293
2.293
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.09
36.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Salisbury and Dick Whitworth

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
228.24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
600
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
327
565.42
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.564
0.564
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
24
77.42
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
133.14
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.97
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
108.93
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
20.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
24.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
12.74
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.69
40.96
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
162.54
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
29
93.55
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
146.97
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.541
0.541
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
60.52
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
65.71
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
20
64.52
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
124.5
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.54
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27.25
47.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
13.83
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.58
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.19
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
26.57
26.57
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115.67
115.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.71
0.71
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
20.75
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100