Harry Salmon vs. Dave Smith — Career Comparison

Harry Salmon
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dave Smith
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Harry Salmon built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dave Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.67 and WHIP 1.294 compared to 3.61 and 1.238 for Harry Salmon. By the career numbers, Dave Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Salmon and Dave Smith

Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
1.46
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
609
6.77
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
1.01
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.62
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.59
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.47
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.59
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.72
56.72
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.89
68.89
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.71
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.11
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
2.4
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
445
3.61
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
2.67
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3326
27
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2428
27
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1108.2
9
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
809.1
9
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1170
9.5
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
700
7.78
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.5
9.5
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.78
7.78
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.28
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.38
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.65
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
3.15
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.71
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
566
4.59
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
6.09
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.09
6.09
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.694
0.694
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.027
1.027
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.31
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.16
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.24
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4188
34
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3357
37.33
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.29
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
4.8
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
563
4.57
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
3.11
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
1.06
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.61
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.21
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.57
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.63
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.238
1.238
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3835
31.13
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2987
33.22
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.351
0.351
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
34
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.33
37.33

Fielding Stats for Harry Salmon and Dave Smith

Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
1.67
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
609
6.77
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.08
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3580
27
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2428
27
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1193.1
9
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
809.1
9
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.58
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.47
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
2.28
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.97
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.2
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.12
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
3.06
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
1.56
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
2.86
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.43
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.35
93.35
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.14
92.14
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.707
1.707
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.212
0.212
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.41
64.41
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Salmon and Dave Smith

Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
239
249.39
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
609
6894.34
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
575
600
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
537
560.35
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
44
498.11
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
117.91
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
100.17
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11.48
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.26
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17.74
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.42
32.78
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
3.76
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
136
141.91
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
132.52
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
79.25
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
59.48
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
42.78
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
102.26
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.51
37.05
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.48
-16.72
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
14.61
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.04
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
21
237.74
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
575
575
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
2.52
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
25.04
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.13
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.13
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Salmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA