Ralph Beard vs. Mike Marshall — Career Comparison

Ralph Beard
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Marshall
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Ralph Beard 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 3.72 and 1.552 for Ralph Beard. By the career numbers, Mike Marshall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ralph Beard and Mike Marshall

Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.02
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.55
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.63
Ralph Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.62
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.73
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.41
46.41
Ralph Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.22
Ralph Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
3.72
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
3.14
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4160
27
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.2
9
Ralph Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
9.62
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1281
8.31
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.62
9.62
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Ralph Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.51
Ralph Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Ralph Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
4.34
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
3.34
Ralph Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.64
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
5.71
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Ralph Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.776
0.776
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Ralph Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.47
Ralph Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.2
Ralph Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
40.34
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5842
37.92
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
3.56
Ralph Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
4.97
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
3.56
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Ralph Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.75
Ralph Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.58
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.552
1.552
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.295
1.295
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
35.69
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5145
33.39
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Ralph Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Ralph Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.34
40.34
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Ralph Beard and Mike Marshall

Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.02
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.55
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4159
27
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.1
9
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.68
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.24
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.84
Ralph Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.4
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.62
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.24
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.52
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.28
96.28
Ralph Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.615
0.615
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.536
0.536
Ralph Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.16
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ralph Beard and Mike Marshall

Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
13
433.33
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
725
2004.61
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
217
600
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
566.67
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
179
494.93
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
96.77
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
3.88
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.74
29.7
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
107.83
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
146.54
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
30.41
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.24
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
71.89
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.79
-26.43
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.99
35.91
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
47
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
266.67
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
6.58
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
49.77
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Ralph Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA