Heath Bell vs. Mike Marshall — Career Comparison

Heath Bell
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Mike Marshall
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

The numbers give Heath Bell a clear advantage over Mike Marshall across the core pitching metrics. Heath Bell led in home run suppression (HR9+ 113 vs 89), walk avoidance (BB%+ 124 vs 102), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 109 vs 99). Heath Bell was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Heath Bell and Mike Marshall

Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
8.45
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724
4.7
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.16
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.54
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.63
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.46
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.73
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.29
54.29
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.41
46.41
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
2.41
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
1.22
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
3.49
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
3.14
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1886
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4160
27
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
628.2
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.2
9
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
584
8.36
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1281
8.31
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.36
8.36
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.69
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.51
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
3.06
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
3.34
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.3
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
637
9.12
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
5.71
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.005
1.005
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.39
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.47
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.23
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.2
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2635
37.72
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5842
37.92
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
4.18
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
549
3.56
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
3.69
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
3.56
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.39
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.75
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.16
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.82
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.58
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.269
1.269
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.295
1.295
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2367
33.89
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5145
33.39
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.72
37.72
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Heath Bell and Mike Marshall

Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
8.45
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724
4.7
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.16
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1886
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4159
27
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
628.2
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.1
9
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.57
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.68
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
1.19
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.84
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
1.78
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.62
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
1.76
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.52
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.19
99.19
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.28
96.28
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.209
0.209
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.536
0.536
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.13
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Heath Bell and Mike Marshall

Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
590
50571.43
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
725
2004.61
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
217
600
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
514.29
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
179
494.93
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
96.77
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.74
29.7
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
107.83
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
146.54
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
30.41
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.24
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
71.89
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.59
-50.58
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.99
35.91
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
47
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
171.43
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
3.5
3.5
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
6.58
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
49.77
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Heath Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA