Dick Marlowe vs. Sterling Slaughter — Career Comparison

Dick Marlowe
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sterling Slaughter
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Sterling Slaughter built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Marlowe as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Marlowe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.99 and WHIP 1.570 compared to 5.75 and 1.974 for Sterling Slaughter. By the career numbers, Dick Marlowe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Marlowe and Sterling Slaughter

Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
3.62
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
3.48
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.63
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.05
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.48
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.55
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.7
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.43
46.43
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.35
17.35
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
4.99
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
5.75
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.18
5.18
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
730
27
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
243.1
9
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
10.36
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
11.15
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.36
10.36
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.15
11.15
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.04
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.39
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.74
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
5.57
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.05
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
3.99
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
5.57
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.57
5.57
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.859
0.859
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.239
1.239
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.22
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1081
39.98
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
43.03
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.29
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
5.47
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
6.1
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.47
5.47
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.566
1.566
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.858
1.858
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
978
36.17
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
37.45
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.98
39.98
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.03
43.03

Fielding Stats for Dick Marlowe and Sterling Slaughter

Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
7.95
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
3.48
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.05
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
333
27
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
9
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.22
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.43
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
3.81
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.05
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.65
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.05
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.74
95.74
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.459
0.459
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Marlowe and Sterling Slaughter

Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
980
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
20
923.08
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
600
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
570
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
553.85
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
100
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
90
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.99
19.95
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
7.62
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
110
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
120
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.396
0.396
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
20
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
30
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
50
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.39
13.9
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.29
-13.25
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
20
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
260
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
369.23
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.31
2.31
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.63
1.63
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Dick Marlowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Marlowe
Career
Per 600 PA
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA