Bob Bowman vs. Mike Marshall — Career Comparison

Bob Bowman
Greatest GenerationWest VirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Marshall
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Bob Bowman 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 3.82 and 1.367 for Bob Bowman. By the career numbers, Mike Marshall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Bowman and Mike Marshall

Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
2.69
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.94
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.64
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.63
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.42
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.73
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.47
60.47
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.41
46.41
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.86
34.86
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.32
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.25
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.22
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.82
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
3.14
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1095
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4160
27
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
365
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.2
9
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
8.88
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1281
8.31
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.67
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.51
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
3.43
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
3.34
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
3.6
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
5.71
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.34
1.34
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.781
0.781
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.22
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.47
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.2
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1567
38.64
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5842
37.92
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.86
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
3.56
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
4.32
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
3.56
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.75
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.58
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.367
1.367
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.295
1.295
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1422
35.06
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5145
33.39
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.64
38.64
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Bob Bowman and Mike Marshall

Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.16
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4159
27
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386.1
9
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.68
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.84
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.62
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.52
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.51
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.28
96.28
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.762
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.536
0.536
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Bowman and Mike Marshall

Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
109
540.5
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
725
2004.61
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
217
600
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
101
500.83
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
179
494.93
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.355
0.355
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
7
34.71
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
96.77
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
24.79
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.76
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.76
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.92
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
2.4
11.92
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.74
29.7
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
11
54.55
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
107.83
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
146.54
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
24.79
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
30.41
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
19.83
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.24
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
8
39.67
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
71.89
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.97
-9.77
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.99
35.91
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
47
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
61
302.48
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.98
1.98
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
6.58
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
10
49.59
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
49.77
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Bob Bowman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bowman
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA