Buck Marrow vs. Jose Mesa — Career Comparison

Buck Marrow
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jose Mesa
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Buck Marrow built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Mesa as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jose Mesa posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.36 and WHIP 1.509 compared to 5.06 and 1.615 for Buck Marrow. By the career numbers, Jose Mesa had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Buck Marrow and Jose Mesa

Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
3.52
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
5.94
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.9
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
0.55
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.46
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.72
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.63
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.33
42.33
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.64
25.64
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.27
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
1.87
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.06
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
4.36
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
27
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4646
27
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
99.2
9
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1548.2
9
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
10.11
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1629
9.47
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.11
10.11
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.47
9.47
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.81
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
0.88
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
4.42
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
651
3.78
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.33
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
3.52
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1038
6.03
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.03
6.03
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.883
0.883
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.091
1.091
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.18
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.44
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.81
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.32
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
460
41.54
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6804
39.54
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.44
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
633
3.68
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
5.69
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
811
4.71
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.69
5.69
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.37
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.36
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.87
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.615
1.615
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.472
1.472
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
36.3
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5972
34.71
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.62
1.62
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.54
41.54
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.54
39.54

Fielding Stats for Buck Marrow and Jose Mesa

Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
5.94
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.55
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4646
27
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1548.2
9
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.65
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
1.14
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.1
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
1.89
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.8
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.88
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.79
94.79
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.795
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.3
9.3
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.06
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buck Marrow and Jose Mesa

Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
39
900
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
153450
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
300
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
17.18
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
7.82
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
46.15
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
2.88
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
22.77
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
7
161.54
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
3.71
3.71
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA