Harry Salisbury vs. Bob Wiesler — Career Comparison

Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Bob Wiesler
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bob Wiesler 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 5.74 and 1.943 for Bob Wiesler. 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 Bob Wiesler

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
2.61
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.42
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.26
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.71
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.92
26.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.29
54.29
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
5.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.32
6.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
724
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
241.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
250
9.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.32
9.32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.6
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
8.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.13
8.13
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
4.21
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.372
1.372
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.41
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
38.08
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1138
42.44
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
5.52
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
6.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.939
1.939
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
914
34.09
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.44
42.44

Fielding Stats for Harry Salisbury and Bob Wiesler

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
2.72
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
696
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.66
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
2.68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
2.56
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.65
95.65
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.943
0.943
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.31
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Salisbury and Bob Wiesler

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
568
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PA
75
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
583.87
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PA
69
552
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PA
6
48
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.45
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PA
1.19
9.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
96
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.45
-11.63
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PA
21
168
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PA
3.57
3.57
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
40
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wiesler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Wiesler
Career
Per 600 PA