Gus Ketchum vs. Buck Marrow — Career Comparison

Gus Ketchum
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Buck Marrow
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Buck Marrow built a career as a starting pitcher and Gus Ketchum as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Buck Marrow posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.06 and WHIP 1.615 compared to 5.63 and 1.688 for Gus Ketchum. By the career numbers, Buck Marrow had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gus Ketchum and Buck Marrow

Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
3.38
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
3.52
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.9
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.27
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.72
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.27
27.27
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.64
25.64
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.27
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
5.63
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
5.06
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.43
5.43
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
27
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99.2
9
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
10.69
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
10.11
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.69
10.69
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.11
10.11
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.81
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
4.5
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
4.42
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.25
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
3.52
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.883
0.883
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.81
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
41.63
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
460
41.54
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.69
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.44
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6.75
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
5.69
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.69
5.69
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.688
1.688
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.615
1.615
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
36.56
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
402
36.3
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.62
1.62
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.63
41.63
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.54
41.54

Fielding Stats for Gus Ketchum and Buck Marrow

Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.167
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.795
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Gus Ketchum and Buck Marrow

Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
6
900
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
900
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
576.92
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
17.18
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-61.6
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
2.88
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
7
161.54
Gus Ketchum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
3.71
3.71
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Ketchum
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA