Fred Archer vs. Mike Marshall — Career Comparison

Fred Archer
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Marshall
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Fred Archer 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 6.35 and 1.513 for Fred Archer. By the career numbers, Mike Marshall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Archer and Mike Marshall

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.59
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.13
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.63
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.73
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.41
46.41
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.22
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
3.14
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4160
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.2
9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.21
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1281
8.31
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.51
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.4
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
3.34
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.5
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
5.71
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.47
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.2
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
40.16
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5842
37.92
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
3.56
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.81
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
3.56
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.75
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.58
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.295
1.295
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
36.08
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5145
33.39
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Fred Archer and Mike Marshall

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.16
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4159
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386.1
9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.68
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.84
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.62
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.52
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.28
96.28
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.143
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.536
0.536
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Archer and Mike Marshall

Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
725
2004.61
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
217
600
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
529.41
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
179
494.93
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.558
0.558
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
96.77
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
91.24
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
53.73
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.74
29.7
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
107.83
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
146.54
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
30.41
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.24
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
71.89
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
69.53
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.99
35.91
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
47
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
105.88
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
5.67
5.67
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
6.58
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
49.77
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA