Jimmie DeShong vs. Mike Marshall — Career Comparison

Jimmie DeShong
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Marshall
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Jimmie DeShong 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 5.08 and 1.604 for Jimmie DeShong. By the career numbers, Mike Marshall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jimmie DeShong and Mike Marshall

Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
1.8
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.03
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.48
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.63
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.45
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.73
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.65
51.65
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.41
46.41
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.45
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.22
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
493
5.08
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
3.14
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
2618
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4160
27
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
872.2
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.2
9
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
968
9.98
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1281
8.31
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.98
9.98
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.61
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.51
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
432
4.46
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
3.34
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
273
2.82
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
5.71
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.808
0.808
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.19
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.47
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.12
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.2
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3944
40.68
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5842
37.92
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.44
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
3.56
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
560
5.78
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
3.56
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.75
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.58
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.604
1.604
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.295
1.295
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3500
36.1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5145
33.39
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.68
40.68
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Jimmie DeShong and Mike Marshall

Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.16
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4159
27
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386.1
9
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.68
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.84
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.62
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.52
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.56
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.28
96.28
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.229
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.536
0.536
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jimmie DeShong and Mike Marshall

Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
176
306.09
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
725
2004.61
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
345
600
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
217
600
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
509.57
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
179
494.93
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.566
0.566
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.558
0.558
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
100.87
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
35
96.77
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
90.43
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.48
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.76
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.96
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.43
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.83
36.23
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
10.74
29.7
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
118.26
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
39
107.83
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
158.26
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
53
146.54
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.511
0.511
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.87
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
11
30.41
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
43.48
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.24
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
104.35
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
26
71.89
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.54
42.68
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
12.99
35.91
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.74
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
55.65
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
17
47
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
71.3
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
91.24
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.41
8.41
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
6.58
6.58
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
0.78
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
33.04
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
49.77
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.74
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.74
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.74
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA