Keith Atherton vs. Jim LaMarque — Career Comparison

Keith Atherton
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim LaMarque
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim LaMarque built a career as a starting pitcher and Keith Atherton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim LaMarque posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.46 and WHIP 1.255 compared to 3.99 and 1.407 for Keith Atherton. By the career numbers, Jim LaMarque had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Keith Atherton and Jim LaMarque

Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
5.43
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.27
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.02
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.52
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.65
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.65
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.32
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.59
44.59
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.31
67.31
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.88
80.88
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.69
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.41
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
3.99
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
3.46
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1699
27
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
1451
27
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
566.1
9
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
483.2
9
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
8.68
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
474
8.82
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
3.42
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
2.47
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.57
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
5.55
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
5.73
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.73
5.73
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.996
0.996
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.912
0.912
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.43
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2431
38.63
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
2061
38.35
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.51
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
4.26
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
4.43
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.37
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.6
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.4
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.99
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.344
1.344
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.255
1.255
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156
34.26
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1871
34.82
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.63
38.63
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.35
38.35

Fielding Stats for Keith Atherton and Jim LaMarque

Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
5.43
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
1.43
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.98
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1699
27
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
1677
27
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
566.1
9
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
559
9
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.41
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.72
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.81
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
2.61
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
1.3
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
3.46
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.22
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
3.33
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.9
93.9
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.28
96.28
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.225
0.225
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.326
2.326
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.54
68.54
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Keith Atherton and Jim LaMarque

Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
342
205200
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
102
246.77
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
600
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
228
551.61
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.621
0.621
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
123.39
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
89.52
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
21.77
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.84
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.26
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
33.87
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.48
51.97
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
176.61
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
159.68
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
91.94
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
84.68
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
169.35
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.97
55.56
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.84
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
31.45
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
12.1
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.26
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.26
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100