Marshall Bridges vs. Dick Matthews — Career Comparison

Marshall Bridges
Silent GenerationMississippiThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Matthews built a career as a starting pitcher and Marshall Bridges as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 3.75 and 1.532 for Marshall Bridges. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Marshall Bridges and Dick Matthews

Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
5.37
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.6
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.39
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.53
60.53
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.65
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
3.75
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.237
0.237
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1036
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345.1
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
315
8.21
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.21
8.21
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.76
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
4.98
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.6
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
7.87
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
4.79
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.87
7.87
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.428
1.428
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.29
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1523
39.69
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.68
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
4.46
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.465
1.465
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
34.64
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.69
39.69
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Marshall Bridges and Dick Matthews

Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
5.37
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1036
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345.1
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.39
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
1.41
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
1.88
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
1.8
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.83
95.83
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.335
0.335
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Marshall Bridges and Dick Matthews

Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
206
1817.65
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
600
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
520.59
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
39
520
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.456
0.456
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
7
61.76
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
4
35.29
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.82
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.47
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.79
24.61
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
32.74
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
114.71
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
120
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
11
97.06
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
146.67
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.102
0.102
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
52.94
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
52.94
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
97.06
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
1.14
10.01
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
38.51
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.47
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
20
176.47
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
44.12
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.82
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA