Josh Beckett vs. Mike Marshall — Career Comparison

Josh Beckett
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Mike Marshall
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Josh Beckett 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 led in home run suppression (HR9+ 89 vs 83), walk avoidance (BB%+ 102 vs 99), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 99 vs 97). Josh Beckett held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 115 vs 104). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Mike Marshall.

Pitching Stats for Josh Beckett and Mike Marshall

Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
335
1.47
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.46
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
0.61
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.63
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.47
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.73
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.56
56.56
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.41
46.41
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.1
99.1
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.22
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
884
3.88
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
3.14
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6153
27
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4160
27
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
9
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386.2
9
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1897
8.32
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1281
8.31
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.32
8.32
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
1.04
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.51
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
629
2.76
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
3.34
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.12
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1901
8.34
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
880
5.71
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.234
1.234
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.005
1.005
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.26
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.47
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.33
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.2
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8579
37.65
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5842
37.92
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
3.56
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
957
4.2
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
3.56
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.29
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.75
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.18
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.61
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.58
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.295
1.295
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7767
34.08
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5145
33.39
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.65
37.65
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Josh Beckett and Mike Marshall

Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
335
1.47
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.46
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6153
27
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4159
27
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
9
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386.1
9
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
0.58
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.68
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
0.97
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.84
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
1.63
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.62
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
353
1.55
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.52
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.89
94.89
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.28
96.28
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.054
1.054
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.536
0.536
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.1
99.1
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Josh Beckett and Mike Marshall

Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
335
600
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
725
2004.61
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
335
600
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
217
600
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
517.61
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
179
494.93
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.463
0.463
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
73.43
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
96.77
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
26
46.57
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
21.49
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.76
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.37
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.76
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
26.87
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.08
21.63
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10.74
29.7
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
111.04
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
39
107.83
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
53
94.93
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
53
146.54
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
34.03
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
11
30.41
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
32.24
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.24
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
60.9
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
71.89
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
5.4
9.68
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.99
35.91
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
12
21.49
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
47
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
110
197.01
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
3.05
3.05
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
6.58
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
59.1
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
18
49.77
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.79
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.16
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA