Dan Larson vs. Mike Marshall — Career Comparison

Dan Larson
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Marshall
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Dan Larson 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. Mike Marshall posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.14 and WHIP 1.332 compared to 4.4 and 1.488 for Dan Larson. By the career numbers, Mike Marshall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dan Larson and Mike Marshall

Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
2.17
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.2
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.63
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.7
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.73
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.41
46.41
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.13
55.13
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.19
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.22
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
4.4
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
3.14
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4160
27
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.2
9
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
9.21
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1281
8.31
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.21
9.21
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.84
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.51
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.9
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
3.34
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.28
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
4.2
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
5.71
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.39
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.47
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.17
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.2
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.17
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1414
39.36
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5842
37.92
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
3.56
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
5.26
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
3.56
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.58
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.75
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.45
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.24
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.75
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.58
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.457
1.457
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.295
1.295
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1231
34.26
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5145
33.39
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.36
39.36
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Dan Larson and Mike Marshall

Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
2.17
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.2
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4159
27
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.1
9
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.09
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.68
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.22
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.84
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
2.37
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.62
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
2.31
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.52
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.65
97.65
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.28
96.28
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.064
1.064
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.536
0.536
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.13
55.13
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.14
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Larson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Larson and Mike Marshall

Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PA
80
452.83
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
725
2004.61
Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PA
106
600
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
217
600
Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
97
549.06
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
179
494.93
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.543
0.543
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
118.87
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
96.77
Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
101.89
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
91.24
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.32
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.76
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.66
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.98
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.22
35.19
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.74
29.7
Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
141.51
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
107.83
Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
147.17
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
146.54
Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.513
0.513
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
56.6
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
30.41
Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
39.62
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.24
Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
96.23
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
71.89
Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.02
39.75
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.99
35.91
Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
28.3
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
47
Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
84.91
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
33
91.24
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.07
7.07
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
6.58
6.58
Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
22.64
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
49.77
Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Dan Larson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
5.66
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Larson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA