Jim Brown vs. Phil Marchildon — Career Comparison

Jim Brown
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaAltoona Mountain CityUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Phil Marchildon
Greatest GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Phil Marchildon built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Brown as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Phil Marchildon posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.93 and WHIP 1.456 compared to 4.74 and 1.743 for Jim Brown. By the career numbers, Phil Marchildon had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Brown and Phil Marchildon

Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.34
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
1.37
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.34
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
1.2
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.5
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.06
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.56
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.55
47.55
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.57
87.57
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.92
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.61
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
4.74
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
530
3.93
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
382
27
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3643
27
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
127.1
9
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1214.1
9
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
11.38
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1084
8.03
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.38
11.38
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.03
8.03
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.6
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
4.31
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
684
5.07
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
4.59
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
481
3.56
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.959
0.959
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.06
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.33
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.17
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
43.61
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5309
39.35
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.13
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.05
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
605
4.48
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.05
9.05
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.744
1.744
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.456
1.456
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
556
39.3
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4602
34.11
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.61
43.61
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Jim Brown and Phil Marchildon

Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.23
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
771
27
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
9
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.16
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.23
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.84
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
3.22
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.38
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.91
73.91
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.62
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.943
1.943
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.189
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Brown and Phil Marchildon

Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
29
155.36
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
185
236.67
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
112
600
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
469
600
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
589.29
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
405
518.12
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.438
0.438
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
144.64
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
74.2
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
96.43
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
62.69
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.14
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
8.96
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.71
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.28
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.36
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.28
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
48.21
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
9
11.51
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10.21
54.71
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.53
17.31
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
214.29
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
89.55
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
155.36
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
110.02
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.623
0.623
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.371
0.371
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.506
0.506
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
91.07
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
26.87
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
33.26
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
85.71
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
58.85
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.16
59.76
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
7.97
10.2
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.28
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.71
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
34.54
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.36
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
110
140.72
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
112
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
4.26
4.26
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
46.06
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
7
8.96
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.28
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Marchildon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.28
Jim Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Marchildon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0