Jerry Fosnow vs. Juan Marichal — Career Comparison

Jerry Fosnow
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Juan Marichal
Silent GenerationD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star

Juan Marichal built a career as a starting pitcher and Jerry Fosnow as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Juan Marichal posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.89 and WHIP 1.125 compared to 5.65 and 1.413 for Jerry Fosnow. By the career numbers, Juan Marichal had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jerry Fosnow and Juan Marichal

Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
5.65
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
471
1.21
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
457
1.17
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
0.62
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.63
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
0.36
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.12
63.12
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.03
97.03
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
0.63
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.13
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
5.65
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1126
2.89
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.51
5.51
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.207
0.207
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.235
0.235
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
27
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10522
27
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.1
9
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3507.1
9
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
7.22
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 9 Innings
3153
8.09
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.22
7.22
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.09
8.09
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.57
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
320
0.82
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
5.18
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
709
1.82
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.21
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
6.91
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2303
5.91
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.91
6.91
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.343
1.343
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.859
0.859
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.13
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.05
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
40.19
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14236
36.53
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.35
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
6.59
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
3.41
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.11
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.04
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.378
1.378
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
34.85
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13417
34.43
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.19
40.19
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.53
36.53

Fielding Stats for Jerry Fosnow and Juan Marichal

Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
5.65
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
471
1.21
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
457
1.17
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
27
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10522
27
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.1
9
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3507.1
9
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
0.75
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.04
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
577
1.48
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.63
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.12
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.83
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
915
2.35
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.2
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
868
2.23
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.78
77.78
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.86
94.86
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.389
0.389
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.843
1.843
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.03
97.03
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.07
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jerry Fosnow and Juan Marichal

Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
4320
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
475
212.85
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1339
600
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1221
547.12
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
90.52
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
74.83
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
12.99
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.9
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.79
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
15.68
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44.72
20.04
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
247
110.68
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
242
108.44
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
32.71
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
33.61
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
64.53
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.54
-65.12
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.22
13.09
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.9
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
17.03
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
480
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
269
120.54
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
1.25
1.25
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.98
4.98
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
31.81
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.14
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Juan Marichal
Career
Per 600 PA
20
8.96
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.9
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.24
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.14
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
Juan Marichal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.57
28.57