Ed Appleton vs. Mike Marshall — Career Comparison

Ed Appleton
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Marshall
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Ed Appleton built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Marshall as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Marshall posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.14 and WHIP 1.332 compared to 3.25 and 1.435 for Ed Appleton. By the career numbers, Mike Marshall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Appleton and Mike Marshall

Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
2.33
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.63
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.58
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.73
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.41
29.41
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.41
46.41
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.08
27.08
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.22
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
3.25
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
3.14
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
556
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4160
27
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
185.1
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.2
9
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
8.84
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1281
8.31
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.84
8.84
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.51
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
4.08
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
3.34
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
3.11
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
5.71
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.799
0.799
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.39
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.47
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.2
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
811
39.38
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5842
37.92
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
3.56
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
4.66
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
3.56
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.75
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.58
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.435
1.435
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.295
1.295
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
718
34.87
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5145
33.39
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.38
39.38
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Ed Appleton and Mike Marshall

Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.16
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4159
27
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386.1
9
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.68
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.84
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.62
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.52
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.38
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.28
96.28
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.104
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.536
0.536
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Appleton and Mike Marshall

Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
48
496.55
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
725
2004.61
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
58
600
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
217
600
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
579.31
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
179
494.93
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
9
93.1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
96.77
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
8
82.76
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
2.12
21.93
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.74
29.7
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
113.79
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
107.83
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
11
113.79
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
146.54
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
41.38
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
30.41
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.24
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
4
41.38
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
71.89
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
1.61
16.63
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.99
35.91
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.69
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
47
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
155.17
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
3.87
3.87
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
6.58
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
49.77
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA