Bob James vs. Jason Marquis — Career Comparison

Bob James
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jason Marquis
Gen XNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherSilver SluggerAll-Star

Jason Marquis built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob James as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bob James led in home run suppression (HR9+ 113 vs 70), strikeout rate (K%+ 121 vs 79), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 110 vs 78). Role difference aside, Bob James holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Bob James and Jason Marquis

Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
1.72
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
1.45
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.57
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.57
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.54
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
48
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.24
51.24
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.35
84.35
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.61
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.8
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1008
4.61
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5905
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1968.1
9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
8.34
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2079
9.51
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.51
9.51
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.86
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
1.16
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
3.47
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
769
3.52
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.19
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
7.52
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1174
5.37
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.987
0.987
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.26
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.38
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.4
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.04
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1755
38.81
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8623
39.43
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.12
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1114
5.09
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.6
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.43
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.28
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.71
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
0.99
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1533
33.9
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7611
34.8
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.43
39.43

Fielding Stats for Bob James and Jason Marquis

Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
1.72
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
1.45
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5905
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1968.1
9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.62
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.74
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.04
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.32
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.1
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
1.95
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
471
2.15
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.66
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
450
2.06
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.23
85.23
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.54
95.54
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.194
1.194
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.35
84.35
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.11
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob James and Jason Marquis

Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
279
7971.43
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
448
372.82
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
721
600
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
663
551.73
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
108.18
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
73.23
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
29.13
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.66
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.16
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
34.95
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.69
19.6
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39.53
32.89
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
184
153.12
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
120.67
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.491
0.491
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
54.92
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
47.43
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
98.2
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
14.28
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.28
29.36
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.66
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
10.82
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
167
138.97
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.32
4.32
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
34.95
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.83
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
7
5.83
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.83
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.83
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Marquis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100