Harry Byrd vs. Mike Marshall — Career Comparison

Harry Byrd
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherRookie of the Year
Mike Marshall
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Harry Byrd 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 4.35 and 1.515 for Harry Byrd. By the career numbers, Mike Marshall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Byrd and Mike Marshall

Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
2.03
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.17
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.5
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.63
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.59
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.73
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
46
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.41
46.41
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.75
57.75
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.36
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.22
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
400
4.35
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
3.14
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2483
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4160
27
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
827.2
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.2
9
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
890
9.68
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1281
8.31
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.68
9.68
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.77
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.51
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355
3.86
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
3.34
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
381
4.14
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
5.71
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.22
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.47
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.45
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.2
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3675
39.96
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5842
37.92
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.39
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
3.56
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
4.81
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
3.56
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.75
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.58
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.504
1.504
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.295
1.295
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3279
35.66
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5145
33.39
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.96
39.96
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Harry Byrd and Mike Marshall

Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
4.78
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724
4.7
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.1
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1056
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4159
27
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
352
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.1
9
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.18
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.68
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
3.22
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.84
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.23
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
4.63
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
2.62
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
4.4
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
2.52
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.03
95.03
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.28
96.28
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.536
0.536
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.99
22.99
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.2
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.16
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Byrd and Mike Marshall

Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
187
385.57
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
725
2004.61
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
600
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
217
600
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
262
540.21
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
179
494.93
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
86.6
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
96.77
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
82.47
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.12
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.76
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.12
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
7.02
14.48
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.74
29.7
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
90.72
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
107.83
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
51
105.15
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
146.54
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
32.99
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
11
30.41
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
14
28.87
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.24
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
61.86
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
71.89
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
4.04
8.34
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.99
35.91
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
9
18.56
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
47
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
60
123.71
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
4.85
4.85
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
6.58
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
41.24
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
49.77
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
5
10.31
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.06
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.06
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.12
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA