Jim Bagby vs. Mike Marshall — Career Comparison

Jim Bagby
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Marshall
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Jim Bagby 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. Jim Bagby posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.11 and WHIP 1.286 compared to 3.14 and 1.332 for Mike Marshall. By the career numbers, Jim Bagby had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bagby and Mike Marshall

Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
316
1.56
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
1.03
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
0.63
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.63
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.43
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.73
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.07
59.07
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.41
46.41
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.82
65.82
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.66
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.14
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.22
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
629
3.11
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
3.14
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5465
27
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4160
27
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1821.2
9
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386.2
9
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1884
9.31
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1281
8.31
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.31
9.31
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.23
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.51
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
2.26
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
3.34
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
450
2.22
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
5.71
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.498
0.498
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.09
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.47
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.16
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.2
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7533
37.22
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5842
37.92
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.45
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
3.56
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
769
3.8
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
3.56
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.75
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.58
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.295
1.295
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7042
34.79
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5145
33.39
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.22
37.22
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Jim Bagby and Mike Marshall

Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
316
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.16
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4159
27
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386.1
9
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.68
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.84
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
547
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.62
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.52
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.16
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.28
96.28
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.665
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.536
0.536
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bagby and Mike Marshall

Jim Bagby
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 600 PA
325
269.34
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
725
2004.61
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
724
600
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
217
600
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
660
546.96
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
179
494.93
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.586
0.586
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.558
0.558
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
119.34
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
35
96.77
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
83.7
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
29.01
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.76
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.97
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.66
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
35.64
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52.64
43.63
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
10.74
29.7
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
197
163.26
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
39
107.83
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
147.51
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
53
146.54
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.555
0.555
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.454
0.454
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
57.18
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
11
30.41
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
49.72
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
16
44.24
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
105.25
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
26
71.89
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.56
46.04
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
12.99
35.91
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.66
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
26.52
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
47
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
91
75.41
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
91.24
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.96
7.96
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
6.58
6.58
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
24.86
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
49.77
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.49
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.49
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA