Al Jackson vs. Dick Marlowe — Career Comparison

Al Jackson
Silent GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Marlowe
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Al Jackson built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Marlowe as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Al Jackson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.98 and WHIP 1.366 compared to 4.99 and 1.570 for Dick Marlowe. By the career numbers, Al Jackson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Jackson and Dick Marlowe

Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
1.96
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
3.62
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.19
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.63
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.43
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.48
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.64
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.55
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.36
40.36
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.43
46.43
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.93
60.93
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.35
17.35
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.35
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
614
3.98
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
4.99
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4168
27
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
730
27
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1389.1
9
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
243.1
9
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
9.39
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
280
10.36
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.39
9.39
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.36
10.36
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.74
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.04
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
2.64
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
3.74
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.27
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
738
4.78
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
3.99
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.824
0.824
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.859
0.859
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.23
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.22
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.25
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5942
38.49
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1081
39.98
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.29
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
725
4.7
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
5.47
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.336
1.336
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.566
1.566
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5496
35.6
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
978
36.17
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.98
39.98

Fielding Stats for Al Jackson and Dick Marlowe

Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
1.96
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
7.95
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.19
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4168
27
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
333
27
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1389.1
9
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
9
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
0.73
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.22
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
311
2.01
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.43
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.13
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
2.88
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
3.81
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
2.75
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.65
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.5
95.5
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.74
95.74
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.404
1.404
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.459
0.459
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.93
60.93
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.12
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Jackson and Dick Marlowe

Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
373
468.2
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
980
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
478
600
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
60
600
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
435
546.03
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
570
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
86.61
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
100
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
65.27
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
90
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
17.57
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.51
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.26
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
21.34
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.06
20.16
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1.99
19.95
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
112.97
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
11
110
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
83
104.18
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
120
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.391
0.391
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.396
0.396
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.018
0.018
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
46.44
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
28.87
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
30
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
74.06
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
5
50
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.53
10.71
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.39
13.9
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.26
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
16.32
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
20
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
155
194.56
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
260
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.08
3.08
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
32.64
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.77
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
10.04
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.51
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.26
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.77
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA