Rick Langford vs. Mike Marshall — Career Comparison

Rick Langford
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Marshall
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Rick Langford 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. Rick Langford led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 134 vs 102), run prevention (ERA+ 112 vs 100), and home run suppression (HR9+ 96 vs 89). Mike Marshall held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 104 vs 86). Role difference aside, Rick Langford holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Rick Langford and Mike Marshall

Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
1.57
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.18
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.44
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.63
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.64
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.73
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.78
40.78
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.41
46.41
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.38
75.38
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.51
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.22
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
664
4.01
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
3.14
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4473
27
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4160
27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1491
9
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386.2
9
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1570
9.48
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1281
8.31
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.97
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.51
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
2.51
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
3.34
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.18
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
671
4.05
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
5.71
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.729
0.729
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.23
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.47
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.11
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.2
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6329
38.2
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5842
37.92
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.14
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
3.56
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
745
4.5
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
3.56
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.28
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.75
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.32
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.24
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.67
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.58
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.332
1.332
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.295
1.295
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5796
34.99
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5145
33.39
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.2
38.2
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Rick Langford and Mike Marshall

Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
1.57
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.18
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4482
27
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4159
27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1494
9
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386.1
9
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.88
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.68
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
211
1.27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.84
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
363
2.19
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.62
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
357
2.15
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.52
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.35
98.35
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.28
96.28
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.536
0.536
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.1
75.1
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Langford and Mike Marshall

Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
265
26500
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
725
2004.61
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
217
600
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
179
494.93
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
96.77
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.76
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.74
29.7
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
107.83
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
146.54
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
30.41
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.24
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
71.89
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
19.25
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.99
35.91
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
47
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
6.58
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
49.77
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA