Asa Brainard vs. Mike Marshall — Career Comparison

Asa Brainard
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightNorth AmericaBaltimore CanariesUnknownStarting Pitcher
Mike Marshall
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Asa Brainard 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 4.4 and 1.697 for Asa Brainard. By the career numbers, Mike Marshall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Asa Brainard and Mike Marshall

Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
1.09
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.05
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.31
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.63
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.68
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.73
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.17
31.17
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.41
46.41
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.47
96.47
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.99
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.22
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
342
4.4
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
3.14
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2099
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4160
27
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
699.2
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.2
9
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1109
14.27
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1281
8.31
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.27
14.27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.51
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
3.34
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.32
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
5.71
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.147
0.147
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.53
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.47
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.2
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3625
46.63
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5842
37.92
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
3.56
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
917
11.8
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
3.56
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.8
11.8
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.75
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.58
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.697
1.697
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.295
1.295
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3547
45.63
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5145
33.39
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.79
10.79
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.63
46.63
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Asa Brainard and Mike Marshall

Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.18
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.93
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2658
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4159
27
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
886
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.1
9
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.63
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.68
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
1.41
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.84
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.58
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
2.62
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
2.62
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
201
2.04
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.52
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.91
77.91
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.28
96.28
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.733
1.733
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.536
0.536
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.31
79.31
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Asa Brainard and Mike Marshall

Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
108
135.85
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
725
2004.61
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
477
600
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
217
600
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
587.42
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
179
494.93
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.544
0.544
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
145.91
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
35
96.77
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
132.08
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
33
91.24
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
13.84
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.76
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
13.84
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.07
39.08
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
10.74
29.7
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
159.75
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
39
107.83
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126
158.49
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
53
146.54
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
89.31
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
11
30.41
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
56.6
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
16
44.24
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
145.91
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
26
71.89
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.43
47.08
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
12.99
35.91
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
12.58
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
47
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.81
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
33
91.24
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68.14
68.14
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
6.58
6.58
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.43
1.43
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
49.77
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.03
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.03
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.77
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.81
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.14
57.14
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA