Herman Besse vs. Mike Marshall — Career Comparison

Herman Besse
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Marshall
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Herman Besse 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 6.79 and 1.755 for Herman Besse. By the career numbers, Mike Marshall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Herman Besse and Mike Marshall

Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
2.41
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.93
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.63
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.56
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.73
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.41
46.41
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.46
38.46
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.22
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
6.79
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
3.14
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.79
6.79
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
728
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4160
27
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
242.2
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.2
9
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
11.05
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1281
8.31
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.89
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.51
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
4.75
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
3.34
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
4.38
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
5.71
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.014
1.014
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.005
1.005
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.22
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.47
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.3
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.2
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1145
42.47
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5842
37.92
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.04
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
3.56
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
7.23
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
3.56
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.23
7.23
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.75
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.58
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.756
1.756
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.295
1.295
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1009
37.42
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5145
33.39
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.47
42.47
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Herman Besse and Mike Marshall

Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.16
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4159
27
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386.1
9
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.68
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.84
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.62
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.52
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.22
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.28
96.28
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.539
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.536
0.536
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Herman Besse and Mike Marshall

Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
71
430.3
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
725
2004.61
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
99
600
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
217
600
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
90
545.45
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
179
494.93
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
109.09
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
96.77
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
96.97
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
91.24
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.12
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.76
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.12
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.85
35.45
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.74
29.7
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
121.21
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
107.83
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
163.64
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
146.54
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
48.48
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
30.41
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
90.91
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
44.24
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
139.39
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
71.89
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
39.88
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.99
35.91
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
54.55
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
47
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
121.21
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
4.95
4.95
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
6.58
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
0.45
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
49.77
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA