Bill Lee vs. Mike Marshall — Career Comparison

Bill Lee
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Mike Marshall
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Bill Lee 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 3.54 and 1.343 for Bill Lee. By the career numbers, Mike Marshall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Lee and Mike Marshall

Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
462
1.45
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
1.19
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
0.53
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.63
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
0.49
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
0.73
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.84
51.84
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.41
46.41
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.82
81.82
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
0.57
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.22
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1127
3.54
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
3.14
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8592
27
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4160
27
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2864
9
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1386.2
9
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2953
9.28
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1281
8.31
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.43
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
0.51
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
893
2.81
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
3.34
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
998
3.14
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
5.71
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.17
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.47
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.08
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.2
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12187
38.3
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5842
37.92
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.14
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
3.56
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1304
4.1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
3.56
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.75
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.58
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.343
1.343
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.295
1.295
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11270
35.42
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5145
33.39
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.3
38.3
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Bill Lee and Mike Marshall

Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
462
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.16
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4159
27
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386.1
9
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.68
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.84
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
883
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.62
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
825
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.52
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.43
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.28
96.28
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.786
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.536
0.536
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Lee and Mike Marshall

Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
467
255.19
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
725
2004.61
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1098
600
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
217
600
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
980
535.52
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
179
494.93
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
165
90.16
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
96.77
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
143
78.14
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.2
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.76
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.09
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
2.73
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
12.02
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39.02
21.32
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10.74
29.7
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
199
108.74
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
39
107.83
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
209
114.21
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
53
146.54
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.407
0.407
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
32.24
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
11
30.41
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
38.8
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.24
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
68.31
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
71.89
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30.76
16.81
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12.99
35.91
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.09
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
22.95
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
47
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
177
96.72
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
6.2
6.2
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
6.58
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
40.44
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
49.77
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
20
10.93
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.55
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.55
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA