Vern Bickford vs. Mike Marshall — Career Comparison

Vern Bickford
Greatest GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Mike Marshall
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Vern Bickford 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 3.71 and 1.400 for Vern Bickford. By the career numbers, Mike Marshall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Vern Bickford and Mike Marshall

Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
1.52
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.25
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.55
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.63
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.48
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.73
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.66
53.66
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.41
46.41
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.87
81.87
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.61
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.22
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
3.71
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
3.14
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3229
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4160
27
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1076.1
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.2
9
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
8.7
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1281
8.31
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.7
8.7
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.64
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.51
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
467
3.9
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
3.34
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
450
3.76
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
5.71
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.852
0.852
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.12
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.47
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.21
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.2
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4641
38.81
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5842
37.92
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.19
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
3.56
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
500
4.18
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
3.56
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.75
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.58
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.295
1.295
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4149
34.69
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5145
33.39
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Vern Bickford and Mike Marshall

Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
409.5
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724
4.7
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4159
27
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.1
9
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
153
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.68
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
454.5
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.84
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
13.5
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
621
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
2.62
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
607.5
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
2.52
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.83
97.83
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.28
96.28
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.484
1.484
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.536
0.536
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
42.75
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.16
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Vern Bickford and Mike Marshall

Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
182
265.05
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
725
2004.61
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
412
600
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
217
600
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
365
531.55
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
179
494.93
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.413
0.413
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
83.01
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
96.77
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
77.18
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.83
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.76
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.83
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
8.71
12.69
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.74
29.7
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
88.83
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
107.83
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
97.57
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
53
146.54
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
33.5
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
11
30.41
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
40.78
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.24
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
74.27
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
26
71.89
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
3.38
4.93
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.99
35.91
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
14.56
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
47
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
85
123.79
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
4.85
4.85
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
6.58
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
53.88
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
18
49.77
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
14.56
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA