Earl Allen vs. Sean Marshall — Career Comparison

Earl Allen
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Sean Marshall
MillenialVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Earl Allen built a career as a starting pitcher and Sean Marshall as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sean Marshall posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.86 and WHIP 1.368 compared to 6.75 and 2.167 for Earl Allen. By the career numbers, Sean Marshall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Earl Allen and Sean Marshall

Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.25
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
5.79
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.86
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.54
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.67
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.58
44.58
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.9
14.9
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.23
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
6.75
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
3.86
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.42
8.42
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1846
27
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
615.1
9
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
13.5
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
596
8.72
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.72
8.72
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.88
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
3.23
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.37
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
6
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
7.85
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.232
1.232
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.29
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.34
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
48
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2648
38.73
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.16
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.23
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.5
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.13
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.61
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.167
2.167
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.328
1.328
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
42
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2361
34.53
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.73
38.73

Fielding Stats for Earl Allen and Sean Marshall

Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
5.8
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.86
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1847
27
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
615.2
9
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.63
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.39
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
2.06
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
2.02
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.87
97.87
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.348
0.348
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.86
14.86
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Earl Allen and Sean Marshall

Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
396
2140.54
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
600
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
545.95
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.423
0.423
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
86.49
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
75.68
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.41
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.41
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.81
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.69
19.95
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
108.11
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
97.3
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.289
0.289
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
32.43
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
27.03
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
54.05
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
80.16
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.81
9.76
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.81
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
48
259.46
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
43.24
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.41
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA