Curly Brown vs. Mike Marshall — Career Comparison

Curly Brown
Lost GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Marshall
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Curly 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 4.2 and 1.391 for Curly 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 Curly Brown and Mike Marshall

Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.96
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.77
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.63
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.56
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.73
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.41
46.41
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.29
39.29
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.42
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.22
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
4.2
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
3.14
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
386
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4160
27
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
128.2
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.2
9
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
9.02
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1281
8.31
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.02
9.02
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.51
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
3.5
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
3.34
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
3.64
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
5.71
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.793
0.793
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.49
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.47
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.42
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.2
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
551
38.54
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5842
37.92
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.05
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
3.56
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
6.3
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
3.56
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.3
6.3
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.75
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.58
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.391
1.391
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.295
1.295
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
34.62
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5145
33.39
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.54
38.54
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Curly Brown and Mike Marshall

Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.16
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4159
27
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386.1
9
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.68
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.84
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.62
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.52
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.28
96.28
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.714
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.536
0.536
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curly Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Curly Brown and Mike Marshall

Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
31
379.59
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
725
2004.61
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
217
600
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
600
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
179
494.93
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.51
0.51
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
134.69
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
96.77
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
91.24
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.76
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.01
36.83
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.74
29.7
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
171.43
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
107.83
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
11
134.69
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
146.54
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
30.41
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.24
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
5
61.22
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
71.89
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.32
40.6
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.99
35.91
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
47
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
110.2
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
5.44
5.44
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
6.58
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
49.77
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Curly Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA