Harry Salisbury vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Harry Salisbury
Pre-GenerationalRhode IslandBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup 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 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. 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 Roy Witherup

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.02
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.44
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.94
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.51
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.38
65.38
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.55
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
8.87
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
2.61
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
3.52
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
3.94
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.727
0.727
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
38.08
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
5.52
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
5.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.454
1.454
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1746
37.06
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
634
35.15
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Harry Salisbury and Roy Witherup

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
1.01
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.44
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.54
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
2.33
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
2.61
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.8
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.39
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.49
91.49
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.654
1.654
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Salisbury and Roy Witherup

Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
158.06
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
294.34
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
181
583.87
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
77.42
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.97
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
12.74
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
93.55
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
64.52
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.54
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
13
147.17
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.57
26.57
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
4.08
4.08
Harry Salisbury
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salisbury
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA