Nelson Briles vs. Mike Marshall — Career Comparison

Nelson Briles
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Marshall
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Nelson Briles 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 led in home run suppression (HR9+ 89 vs 78), run prevention (ERA+ 100 vs 93), and strikeout rate (K%+ 104 vs 97). Nelson Briles held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 125 vs 102). Role difference aside, Mike Marshall holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Nelson Briles and Mike Marshall

Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
452
1.93
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.19
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
0.55
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.63
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.48
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.73
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.53
53.53
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.41
46.41
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.73
61.73
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.27
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.09
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.22
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
807
3.44
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
3.14
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6335
27
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4160
27
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2111.2
9
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386.2
9
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
2141
9.13
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1281
8.31
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.13
9.13
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.79
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.51
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
547
2.33
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
3.34
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.34
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1163
4.96
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
5.71
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.21
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.47
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.22
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.2
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8858
37.75
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5842
37.92
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.32
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
3.56
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
929
3.96
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
3.56
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.18
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.75
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.14
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.28
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.58
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.273
1.273
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.295
1.295
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8184
34.88
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5145
33.39
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.06
2.06
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.75
37.75
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Nelson Briles and Mike Marshall

Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
452
1.93
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.19
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6337
27
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4159
27
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2112.1
9
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386.1
9
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
0.56
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.68
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
263
1.12
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.84
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.06
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
1.74
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.62
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
394
1.68
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.52
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.57
96.57
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.28
96.28
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.872
0.872
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.536
0.536
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.73
61.73
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Nelson Briles and Mike Marshall

Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
452
509.77
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
725
2004.61
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
532
600
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
217
600
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
469
528.95
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
179
494.93
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.452
0.452
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
81.2
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
96.77
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
65.41
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
10.15
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.76
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.26
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.76
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.79
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.05
21.48
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10.74
29.7
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
106.02
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
107.83
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
107.14
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
53
146.54
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.291
0.291
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.71
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
11
30.41
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
32.71
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.24
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
62.03
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
71.89
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
12.33
13.9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.99
35.91
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
2.26
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
23.68
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
47
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
171
192.86
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.11
3.11
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
6.58
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
41.73
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
49.77
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.38
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5.64
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA