Cy Blanton vs. Mike Marshall — Career Comparison

Cy Blanton
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Mike Marshall
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Cy Blanton 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 3.55 and 1.297 for Cy Blanton. By the career numbers, Mike Marshall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Blanton and Mike Marshall

Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
1.49
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.23
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.5
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.63
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.52
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.73
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.92
48.92
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.41
46.41
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.67
82.67
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.55
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.22
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
481
3.55
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
3.14
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3655
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4160
27
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1218.1
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.2
9
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1243
9.18
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1281
8.31
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.18
9.18
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.47
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.51
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
2.49
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
3.34
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
611
4.51
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
5.71
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.778
0.778
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.24
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.47
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.13
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.2
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5173
38.21
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5842
37.92
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
3.56
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
588
4.34
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
3.56
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.75
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.58
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.297
1.297
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.295
1.295
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4818
35.59
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5145
33.39
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.21
38.21
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Cy Blanton and Mike Marshall

Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.16
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4159
27
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386.1
9
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.68
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.84
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
319
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.62
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
304
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.52
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.3
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.28
96.28
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.505
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.536
0.536
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Blanton and Mike Marshall

Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
202
256.24
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
725
2004.61
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
473
600
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
217
600
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
428
542.92
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
179
494.93
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.407
0.407
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
83.72
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
96.77
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
78.65
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.07
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.76
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
5.07
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
10.36
13.14
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.74
29.7
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
88.79
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
107.83
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
112.9
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
53
146.54
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
27.91
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
30.41
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
32.98
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.24
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
60.89
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
71.89
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
4.44
5.64
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.99
35.91
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
29.18
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
47
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
98
124.31
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
4.83
4.83
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
6.58
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Cy Blanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
27.91
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
49.77
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
17
21.56
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Blanton
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA