Marion Cain vs. Jim Todd — Career Comparison

Marion Cain
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh CrawfordsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Jim Todd
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Marion Cain built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Todd as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Todd posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.23 and WHIP 1.587 compared to 8.59 and 2.045 for Marion Cain. By the career numbers, Jim Todd had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Marion Cain and Jim Todd

Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.15
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
4.76
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.23
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.14
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.44
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.23
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.41
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.08
52.08
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.61
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
8.59
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
4.23
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.59
8.59
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.38
7.38
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.361
0.361
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
27
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1533
27
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.1
9
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
511
9
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
13.5
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
9.53
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.53
9.53
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.6
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
4.91
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
4.21
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.55
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.45
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
3.42
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.818
0.818
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.847
0.847
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.3
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.28
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
44.18
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2249
39.61
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
2.1
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
9.51
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
4.98
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.51
9.51
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.53
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.37
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.3
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.45
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
1.23
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.046
2.046
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.526
1.526
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
37.43
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1956
34.45
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
0.381
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.18
44.18
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61

Fielding Stats for Marion Cain and Jim Todd

Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.15
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
4.76
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.23
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.14
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
27
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1533
27
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.1
9
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
511
9
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.72
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.92
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
1.94
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.53
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.77
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.23
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
2.66
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.18
96.18
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.571
0.571
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.559
0.559
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.16
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marion Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Marion Cain and Jim Todd

Marion Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Marion Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
7
381.82
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
8526.32
Marion Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
600
Marion Cain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
600
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
536.84
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
218.18
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marion Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marion Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marion Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.15
117.31
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.21
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
381.82
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
218.18
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.45
133.49
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.38
-43.55
Marion Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marion Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marion Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
7
221.05
Marion Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
2.71
Marion Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marion Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Marion Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Marion Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Marion Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marion Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marion Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marion Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA