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Harry Salisbury

Henry H. Salisbury

Positions: Pitcher and Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Unknown
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 162 lb.

Born: May 15, 1855 in Providence, RI
School: Brown University (All Transactions)
Debut: August 28, 1879
Teams (by GP): PittsburghAlleghenys/Trojans 1879-1882

Final Game: September 22, 1882
Died: March 29, 1933 in Chicago, IL
Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, IL
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1879	24	TRO	NL	4	6	.400	2.22	10	10	0	9	0	0	89.0	103	72	22	0	11	31	8	400	113	1.281	10.4	*0.0*	1.1	3.1	2.82

1882	27	PIT	AA	20	18	.526	2.63	38	38	0	38	1	0	335.0	315	188	98	1	37	135	6	1394	101	1.051	8.5	0.0	1.0	3.6	3.65
2 Seasons				24	24	.500	2.55	48	48	0	47	1	0	424.0	418	260	120	1	48	166	14	1794	103	1.099	8.9	0.0	1.0	3.5	3.46
162 Game Avg.				17	17	.500	2.55	34	34	0	33	1	0	300	296	184	85	1	34	118	10	1271	103	1.099	8.9	0.0	1.0	3.5	3.46

TRO (1 yr)				4	6	.400	2.22	10	10	0	9	0	0	89.0	103	72	22	0	11	31	8	400	113	1.281	10.4	0.0	1.1	3.1	2.82
PIT (1 yr)				20	18	.526	2.63	38	38	0	38	1	0	335.0	315	188	98	1	37	135	6	1394	101	1.051	8.5	0.0	1.0	3.6	3.65

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1879	24	TRO	NL	89.0	10	72	57	-3	1.0	-15	-1.1	$

1882	27	PIT	AA	335.0	38	188	219	0	1.0	31	2.3	$
2 Seasons				424.0	48	260	276	-3	1.0	16	1.2	$

TRO (1 yr)				89.0	10	72	57	-3	1.0	-15	-1.1	$
PIT (1 yr)				335.0	38	188	219	0	1.0	31	2.3	$

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	Pos
1879	24	TRO	NL	10	37	36	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	7	.056	.081	.056	.137	-53	2	0	1/O

1882	27	PIT	AA	39	149	145	17	22	2	0	0	0	4		.152	.174	.166	.340	15	24	0	1/O
2 Seasons				49	186	181	20	24	2	0	0	0	5	7	.133	.156	.144	.300	1	26	0
162 Game Avg.				162	615	598	66	79	7	0	0	0	17		.133	.156	.144	.300	1	86	0

TRO (1 yr)				10	37	36	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	7	.056	.081	.056	.137	-53	2	0
PIT (1 yr)				39	149	145	17	22	2	0	0	0	4		.152	.174	.166	.340	15	24	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1879	24	TRO	NL	37	-6	0	0	0	0	0	1	-5	-0.4	-5	-0.5	0.1	$	1/O

1882	27	PIT	AA	149	-12	0	0	0	0	0	3	-9	-0.9	-9	-0.9	0.0	$	1/O
2 Seasons				186	-18	0	0	0	0	0	4	-14	-1.3	-14	-1.4	0.1	$

TRO (1 yr)				37	-6	0	0	0	0	0	1	-5	-0.4	-5	-0.5	0.1	$
PIT (1 yr)				149	-12	0	0	0	0	0	3	-9	-0.9	-9	-0.9	0.0	$

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G
1879	TRO	NL	24	P	10	89.0	32	3	27	2	0	.938	3.03	3.00	.901	2.30	2.30
1879	TRO	NL	24	OF	1		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			1.90	0-1-0
1882	PIT	AA	27	P	38	335.0	117	10	96	11	1	.906	2.85	2.79	.919	3.44	3.36
1882	PIT	AA	27	OF	1		5	0	3	2	0	.600		3.00	.848		1.80	0-1-0
	2 Seasons			P	48	424.0	149	13	123	13	1	.913	2.89	2.83	.915	3.20	3.14
	2 Seasons			OF	2		5	0	3	2	0	.600		1.50	.848		1.85	0-2-0
	2 Seasons			TOT	50	424.0	154	13	126	15	1	.903	2.89	2.78	.913	3.20	3.09	0-2-0

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1882 AA 2.3 (7th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1879 NL 2.22 (4th) 1882 AA 2.63 (7th)	Wins s c a p y 1882 AA 20 (5th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1879 NL .400 (10th) 1882 AA .526 (8th)
Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1882 AA 1.051 (5th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1882 AA 8.463 (7th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1882 AA 0.994 (4th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1879 NL 3.135 (7th) 1882 AA 3.627 (1st)
Games Played s c a p y 1882 AA 38 (6th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1882 AA 335.0 (6th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1882 AA 135 (2nd)	Games Started s c a p y 1882 AA 38 (6th)
Complete Games s c a p y 1882 AA 38 (5th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1882 AA 1 (6th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1882 AA 37 (7th)	Hits s c a p y 1882 AA 315 (6th)
Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1882 AA 3.649 (3rd)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1879 NL 0.000 (1st) 1882 AA 0.027 (3rd)	Losses s c a p y 1882 AA 18 (3rd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1882 AA 98 (4th)
Batters Faced s c a p y 1882 AA 1,394 (6th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1879 NL 113 (4th) 1882 AA 101 (9th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1882 AA 3 (8th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1882 AA 0.3 (8th)
Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1882 AA 11 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 34 (708), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 7 (1143), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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