Bernie Boland vs. Mike Marshall — Career Comparison

Bernie Boland
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Marshall
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Bernie Boland 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 3.25 and 1.278 for Bernie Boland. By the career numbers, Mike Marshall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bernie Boland and Mike Marshall

Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
1.77
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.01
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.58
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.63
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.45
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.73
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.2
56.2
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.41
46.41
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.94
56.94
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.5
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.22
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
383
3.25
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
3.14
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3186
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4160
27
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1062
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.2
9
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
925
7.84
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1281
8.31
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.84
7.84
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.51
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
432
3.66
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
3.34
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
364
3.08
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
5.71
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.47
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.25
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.2
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4324
36.64
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5842
37.92
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.44
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
3.56
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
460
3.9
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
3.56
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.75
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.58
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.278
1.278
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.295
1.295
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3863
32.74
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5145
33.39
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.64
36.64
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Bernie Boland and Mike Marshall

Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
210
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.16
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4159
27
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386.1
9
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.68
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
268
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.84
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
335
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.62
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.52
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.72
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.28
96.28
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.543
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.536
0.536
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bernie Boland and Mike Marshall

Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
216
351.22
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
725
2004.61
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
369
600
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
217
600
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
327
531.71
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
179
494.93
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.43
0.43
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
73.17
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
96.77
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
58.54
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
11.38
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.76
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.25
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.63
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.32
21.67
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10.74
29.7
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
91.06
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
107.83
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
123.58
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
53
146.54
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
47.15
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
11
30.41
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
11
17.89
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.24
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
65.04
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
71.89
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
9.85
16.01
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.99
35.91
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
50.41
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
17
47
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
83
134.96
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
4.45
4.45
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
6.58
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
11
17.89
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
49.77
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA