Mark Bomback vs. Mike Marshall — Career Comparison

Mark Bomback
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Marshall
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Mark Bomback 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 4.47 and 1.533 for Mark Bomback. By the career numbers, Mike Marshall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mark Bomback and Mike Marshall

Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
2.12
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.29
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.46
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.63
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.52
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.73
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.41
46.41
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.81
60.81
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.22
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
4.47
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
3.14
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
943
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4160
27
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
314.1
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.2
9
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
367
10.51
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1281
8.31
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.51
10.51
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.97
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.51
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
3.15
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
3.34
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.14
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
3.55
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
5.71
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.68
1.68
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.744
0.744
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.37
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.47
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.23
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.2
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1385
39.66
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5842
37.92
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.23
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
3.56
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
4.84
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
3.56
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.37
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.75
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.31
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.24
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.8
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.58
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.518
1.518
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.295
1.295
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1243
35.59
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5145
33.39
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.28
2.28
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.66
39.66
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Mark Bomback and Mike Marshall

Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
2.12
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.29
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
943
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4159
27
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
314.1
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.1
9
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.92
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.68
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
1.63
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.84
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
2.58
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.62
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.55
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
2.52
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.89
98.89
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.28
96.28
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.203
1.203
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.536
0.536
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.81
60.81
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mark Bomback and Mike Marshall

Mark Bomback
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 600 PA
75
849.06
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
725
2004.61
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
217
600
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 600 PA
43
486.79
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
179
494.93
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.558
0.558
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
113.21
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
96.77
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 600 PA
7
79.25
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.76
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.46
50.51
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.74
29.7
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
107.83
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
169.81
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
146.54
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
30.41
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
44.24
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
113.21
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
71.89
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.81
54.42
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.99
35.91
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.76
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
47
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
169.81
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 600 PA
3.53
3.53
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
6.58
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
49.77
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Mark Bomback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Bomback
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA