Mike Marshall vs. Julius Osley — Career Comparison

Mike Marshall
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Julius Osley
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Julius Osley 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 3.22 and 1.701 for Julius Osley. 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 Julius Osley

Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
3.63
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.21
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.63
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.73
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.61
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.41
46.41
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.4
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.22
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
3.14
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
3.22
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4160
27
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.2
9
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.1
9
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1281
8.31
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
9.27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.27
9.27
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.51
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
3.34
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
6.04
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
5.71
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
3.63
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.005
1.005
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.075
1.075
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.47
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.4
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.2
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5842
37.92
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
42.31
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
3.56
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.61
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
3.56
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
5.24
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.75
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.4
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.58
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.81
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.295
1.295
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.702
1.702
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5145
33.39
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
35.87
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.31
42.31

Fielding Stats for Mike Marshall and Julius Osley

Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
3.63
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.21
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4159
27
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.1
9
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.1
9
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.68
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.84
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.61
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.62
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.01
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.52
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.01
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.28
96.28
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.536
0.536
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.556
0.556
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Julius Osley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Marshall and Julius Osley

Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
725
2004.61
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PA
9
771.43
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
217
600
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
179
494.93
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.558
0.558
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
96.77
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
91.24
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.74
29.7
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
44.63
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
107.83
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
146.54
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
30.41
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.24
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
71.89
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.99
35.91
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
61.09
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
47
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
33
91.24
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
6.58
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
49.77
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Julius Osley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
Julius Osley
Career
Per 600 PA