Justin Marks vs. Frank Tanana — Career Comparison

Justin Marks
MillenialKentuckyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Frank Tanana
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Frank Tanana built a career as a starting pitcher and Justin Marks as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Justin Marks posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.65 and WHIP 2.108 compared to 3.66 and 1.297 for Frank Tanana. By the career numbers, Justin Marks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Justin Marks and Frank Tanana

Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
638
1.37
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
616
1.32
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
0.52
Justin Marks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
0.51
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.42
50.42
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.55
96.55
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.31
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.07
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Justin Marks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.65
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1704
3.66
Justin Marks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.61
7.61
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12565
27
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4188.1
9
Justin Marks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
9.49
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4063
8.73
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Justin Marks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.46
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
448
0.96
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Justin Marks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Justin Marks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
9.49
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1255
2.7
Justin Marks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.25
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
6.57
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2773
5.96
Justin Marks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.57
6.57
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Justin Marks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.784
1.784
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.962
0.962
Justin Marks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.26
Justin Marks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
0.28
Justin Marks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.06
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
45.24
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17641
37.91
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.73
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.02
Justin Marks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.65
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1910
4.1
Justin Marks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Justin Marks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
0.35
Justin Marks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.25
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
0.66
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.108
2.108
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
35.76
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15975
34.33
Justin Marks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Justin Marks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.24
45.24
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.91
37.91

Fielding Stats for Justin Marks and Frank Tanana

Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
638
1.37
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
616
1.32
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12565
27
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4188.1
9
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.49
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
638
1.37
Justin Marks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.04
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.46
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
883
1.9
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.46
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
864
1.86
Justin Marks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.85
97.85
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.55
96.55
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.09
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Justin Marks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Justin Marks and Frank Tanana

Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
6
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
639
5990.63
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
600
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
553.13
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
84.38
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
65.63
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.75
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.06
19.34
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
112.5
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
103.13
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
28.13
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
46.88
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
75
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
11.29
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.75
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Justin Marks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
12
112.5
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
28.13
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Justin Marks
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0