Harry Salmon
Birmingham Black Barons 1923–1924; Memphis Red Sox 1924; Birmingham Black Barons 1925; Birmingham Black Barons 1927–1930; Memphis Red Sox 1930; Birmingham Black Barons 1932; Homestead Grays 1932–1935
Percentile snapshot
1933 season — qualified pitchers
of 100 qualified 1933 pitchers (min 17 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 20 | 42 | 38 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .231 | .211 | .441 | 53.3 | 46.6 | .214 | 1.6 |
| 1924 | 21 | 54 | 51 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 | .302 | .353 | .655 | 78.6 | 79.8 | .307 | 1.6 |
| 1925 | 20 | 57 | 53 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .170 | .185 | .208 | .393 | 13.9 | 5.3 | .181 | 0.2 |
| 1927 | 31 | 79 | 76 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .263 | .291 | .303 | .594 | 60.0 | 60.1 | .278 | 3.8 |
| 1928 | 31 | 69 | 62 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .194 | .206 | .242 | .448 | 23.1 | 21.9 | .206 | 2.6 |
| 1929 | 49 | 112 | 107 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .178 | .200 | .206 | .406 | 11.6 | 6.0 | .190 | 2.5 |
| 1930 | 36 | 82 | 76 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .184 | .215 | .263 | .478 | 31.5 | 26.9 | .221 | 2.2 |
| 1932 | 17 | 57 | 52 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .269 | .500 | 38.6 | 37.8 | .235 | 2.8 |
| 1933 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 6.3 | -0.2 | .166 | 0.8 |
| 1934 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | -25.0 | -28.6 | .114 | -0.1 |
| 1935 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 228.3 | 237.6 | .612 | -0.2 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 82 | 23 | 18 | 43 | 0 | 94.7 | 2.19 | 1.056 | 4.09 | 2.49 | 86.2 | 131.8 | 1.6 |
| 1924 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 109 | 40 | 20 | 42 | 2 | 94.7 | 3.80 | 1.363 | 3.99 | 3.73 | 87.2 | 112.6 | 1.6 |
| 1925 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 133 | 77 | 25 | 59 | 0 | 117.3 | 5.91 | 1.347 | 4.53 | 4.68 | 89.1 | 88.8 | 0.2 |
| 1927 | 28 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 160 | 58 | 40 | 90 | 6 | 176.7 | 2.95 | 1.132 | 4.58 | 3.34 | 83.8 | 134.8 | 3.8 |
| 1928 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 175 | 59 | 19 | 76 | 9 | 151.0 | 3.52 | 1.285 | 4.53 | 3.77 | 88.2 | 121.5 | 2.6 |
| 1929 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 162 | 66 | 19 | 94 | 9 | 158.3 | 3.75 | 1.143 | 5.34 | 3.53 | 78.1 | 120.4 | 2.5 |
| 1930 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 178 | 68 | 22 | 97 | 4 | 153.7 | 3.98 | 1.302 | 5.68 | 3.36 | 73.7 | 114.4 | 2.2 |
| 1932 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 113 | 33 | 31 | 47 | 3 | 113.7 | 2.61 | 1.267 | 3.72 | 3.91 | 94.0 | 158.5 | 2.8 |
| 1933 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 21.7 | 1.25 | 1.292 | 2.08 | 3.53 | 81.8 | 345.9 | 0.8 |
| 1934 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 21.7 | 4.57 | 1.292 | 4.15 | 3.83 | 108.5 | 77.3 | -0.1 |
| 1935 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5.3 | 11.81 | 2.063 | 5.06 | 4.05 | 79.5 | 43.2 | -0.2 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930-06-26 | MEM @ BBB Gameday | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1932-07-26 | HOM @ BBS Gameday | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1930-06-22 | BBB @ MEM Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 1930-05-01 | CUB @ BBB Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1935-05-11 | HOM @ ND Gameday | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930-05-19 | BEG @ BBB Gameday | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 1930-04-28 | CUB @ BBB Gameday | 9.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| 1930-08-30 | MEM @ CAG Gameday | 8.0 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 1932-07-26 | HOM @ BBS Gameday | 7.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 1932-06-03 | HOM @ BBS Gameday | 6.0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.