Barney Brown vs. Mike Marshall — Career Comparison

Barney Brown
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star
Mike Marshall
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Barney Brown 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 1.353 for Barney Brown. By the career numbers, Mike Marshall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Barney Brown and Mike Marshall

Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
1.42
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.06
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.51
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.63
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.6
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.73
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.02
46.02
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.41
46.41
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.48
74.48
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.72
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.22
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
391
3.82
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
3.14
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2761
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4160
27
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
920.1
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.2
9
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
965
9.44
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1281
8.31
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.4
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.51
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
2.72
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
3.34
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
501
4.9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
5.71
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.846
0.846
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.47
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.2
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3985
38.97
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5842
37.92
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.32
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
3.56
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
4.87
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
3.56
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.71
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.75
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.49
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.58
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.351
1.351
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.295
1.295
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3626
35.46
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5145
33.39
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.97
38.97
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Barney Brown and Mike Marshall

Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
279
1.38
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
1.02
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5462
27
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4159
27
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1820.2
9
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386.1
9
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.68
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
1.27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.84
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.05
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
471
2.33
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.62
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
460
2.27
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.52
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.66
97.66
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.28
96.28
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.649
1.649
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.536
0.536
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Barney Brown and Mike Marshall

Barney Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Barney Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
323
212.5
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
725
2004.61
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
912
600
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
217
600
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
503.95
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
179
494.93
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.696
0.696
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.558
0.558
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
190
125
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
35
96.77
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
103.95
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
33
91.24
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.47
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.76
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
5.92
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.66
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.05
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Barney Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Barney Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95.57
62.87
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
10.74
29.7
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
153.29
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
39
107.83
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
313
205.92
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
53
146.54
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.352
0.352
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.656
0.656
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.629
0.629
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
67.11
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
11
30.41
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
57.89
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
16
44.24
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
124.34
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
26
71.89
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109.04
71.74
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
12.99
35.91
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.32
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
79.61
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
17
47
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.32
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.61
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
33
91.24
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130.29
130.29
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
6.58
6.58
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.29
17.29
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
15.13
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
49.77
Barney Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.95
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.95
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA