Fred Archer vs. Marshall Bridges — Career Comparison

Fred Archer
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Marshall Bridges
Silent GenerationMississippiThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Archer built a career as a starting pitcher and Marshall Bridges as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Marshall Bridges posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.75 and WHIP 1.532 compared to 6.35 and 1.513 for Fred Archer. By the career numbers, Marshall Bridges had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Archer and Marshall Bridges

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.59
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
5.37
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.13
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.6
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.53
60.53
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.65
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.75
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1036
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345.1
9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.21
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
8.21
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.21
8.21
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.76
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.4
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
4.98
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.6
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.5
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
7.87
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.87
7.87
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.428
1.428
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.29
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
40.16
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1523
39.69
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.68
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.81
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
4.46
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.465
1.465
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
36.08
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1329
34.64
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.69
39.69

Fielding Stats for Fred Archer and Marshall Bridges

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
5.37
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1036
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
345.1
9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.41
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.88
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.8
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.83
95.83
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.143
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.335
0.335
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Archer and Marshall Bridges

Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
206
1817.65
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
600
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
529.41
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
520.59
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.456
0.456
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
61.76
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
4
35.29
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.47
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
53.73
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.79
24.61
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
114.71
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
97.06
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.102
0.102
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
52.94
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
52.94
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
97.06
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
69.53
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
1.14
10.01
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
26.47
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
20
176.47
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
5.67
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
44.12
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.82
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA