Dave Downs vs. Mike Marshall — Career Comparison

Dave Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Marshall
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Dave Downs 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. Dave Downs posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.74 and WHIP 1.217 compared to 3.14 and 1.332 for Mike Marshall. By the career numbers, Dave Downs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dave Downs and Mike Marshall

Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.63
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.73
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.41
46.41
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.22
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
3.14
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4160
27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.2
9
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
9.78
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1281
8.31
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.78
9.78
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.51
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
3.34
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
5.71
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.47
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.2
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
34.83
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5842
37.92
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
3.56
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
548
3.56
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.75
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.58
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.295
1.295
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
33.26
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5145
33.39
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.83
34.83
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Dave Downs and Mike Marshall

Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4159
27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.1
9
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.68
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.84
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.62
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.52
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.28
96.28
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.536
0.536
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dave Downs and Mike Marshall

Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
300
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
725
2004.61
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
217
600
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
179
494.93
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
96.77
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
91.24
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
34.02
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.74
29.7
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
107.83
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
146.54
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
30.41
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
44.24
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
71.89
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
41.68
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.99
35.91
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
47
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
300
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
6.58
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
49.77
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA