Walter Ball vs. Mike Marshall — Career Comparison

Walter Ball
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Marshall
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Walter Ball 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. Walter Ball posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.65 and WHIP 1.220 compared to 3.14 and 1.332 for Mike Marshall. By the career numbers, Walter Ball had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Walter Ball and Mike Marshall

Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.32
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.97
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.54
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.63
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.46
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.73
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.24
54.24
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.41
46.41
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.08
73.08
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.83
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.22
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
2.65
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
3.14
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
1591
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4160
27
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
530.1
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.2
9
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525
8.91
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1281
8.31
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.51
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
2.07
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
3.34
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
4.21
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
5.71
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.47
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.25
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.2
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2211
37.52
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5842
37.92
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
3.56
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
3.92
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
3.56
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
1.02
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.75
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.71
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.58
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.295
1.295
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2014
34.18
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5145
33.39
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Walter Ball and Mike Marshall

Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.32
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.37
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2364
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4159
27
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
788
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.1
9
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.57
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.68
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
1.68
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.84
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.13
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
2.38
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.62
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
197
2.25
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.52
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.71
94.71
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.28
96.28
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.698
1.698
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.536
0.536
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.59
27.59
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walter Ball and Mike Marshall

Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
116
201.16
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
725
2004.61
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
346
600
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
217
600
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
321
556.65
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
179
494.93
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.558
0.558
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
143.93
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
35
96.77
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
124.86
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
33
91.24
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.4
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.76
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.94
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.73
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
19.08
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.41
50.99
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
10.74
29.7
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
173.41
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
39
107.83
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
169.94
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
53
146.54
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.312
0.312
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.603
0.603
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.487
0.487
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.69
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
11
30.41
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.69
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
16
44.24
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
119.65
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
26
71.89
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.55
61.64
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
12.99
35.91
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.47
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.76
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
13
22.54
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
47
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
33
91.24
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
6.58
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
10
17.34
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
49.77
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA