Mike Marshall vs. Jimmy Oldham — Career Comparison

Mike Marshall
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Jimmy Oldham
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jimmy Oldham 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 5.65 and 1.539 for Jimmy Oldham. By the career numbers, Mike Marshall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Marshall and Jimmy Oldham

Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.72
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.88
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.63
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.73
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.46
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.41
46.41
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.02
51.02
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.53
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.22
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
3.14
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
5.65
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4160
27
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
770
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.2
9
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
256.2
9
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1281
8.31
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
10.69
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.69
10.69
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.51
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.77
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
3.34
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
3.16
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
5.71
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
4.91
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.896
0.896
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.47
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.2
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.42
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5842
37.92
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1186
41.59
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
3.56
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.6
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
3.56
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
7.01
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.01
7.01
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.75
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
1.51
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.58
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.56
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.295
1.295
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.539
1.539
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5145
33.39
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1041
36.5
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.59
41.59

Fielding Stats for Mike Marshall and Jimmy Oldham

Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.72
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.88
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4159
27
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
770
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.1
9
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
256.2
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.68
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.42
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.84
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.95
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.32
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
2.62
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
3.68
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
2.52
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
3.37
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.28
96.28
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.536
0.536
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.959
1.959
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.02
51.02
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Marshall and Jimmy Oldham

Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
725
2004.61
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
50
270.27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
217
600
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
111
600
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
179
494.93
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
105
567.57
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.518
0.518
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
96.77
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
118.92
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
91.24
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
91.89
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.76
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
27.03
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
27.03
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.74
29.7
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.74
36.43
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
107.83
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
145.95
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
146.54
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
27
145.95
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.503
0.503
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
30.41
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.84
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
44.24
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
59.46
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
71.89
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
97.3
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.99
35.91
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.17
38.75
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
47
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
5
27.03
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
33
91.24
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.81
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
6.58
6.58
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.5
55.5
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
49.77
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.41
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA