Mike Marshall vs. Dick Matthews — Career Comparison

Mike Marshall
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Matthews 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. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 3.14 and 1.332 for Mike Marshall. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Marshall and Dick Matthews

Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.63
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.73
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.41
46.41
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.22
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
3.14
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4160
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.2
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1281
8.31
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.51
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
3.34
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
5.71
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
4.79
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.47
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.2
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5842
37.92
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
3.56
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
548
3.56
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.75
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.58
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.4
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.295
1.295
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5145
33.39
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.92
37.92
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Mike Marshall and Dick Matthews

Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4159
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.1
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.68
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.84
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
2.62
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
2.52
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.28
96.28
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.536
0.536
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Marshall and Dick Matthews

Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
725
2004.61
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
217
600
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
179
494.93
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
520
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.544
0.544
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
96.77
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
91.24
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.76
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.74
29.7
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
32.74
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
107.83
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
120
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
146.54
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
146.67
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
30.41
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.24
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
71.89
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.99
35.91
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
38.51
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
47
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
33
91.24
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
6.58
6.58
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
49.77
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA