Mike Marshall vs. Tommy Thompson — Career Comparison

Mike Marshall
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Tommy Thompson
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tommy Thompson 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 6.06 and 1.714 for Tommy Thompson. 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 Tommy Thompson

Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.93
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.63
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.73
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.41
46.41
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.22
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
3.14
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
6.06
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.06
6.06
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.341
0.341
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4160
27
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
27
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1386.2
9
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.2
9
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1281
8.31
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
11.85
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.85
11.85
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.51
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
3.34
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
3.58
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
5.71
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
4.13
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.857
0.857
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.47
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.2
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.83
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5842
37.92
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
39.12
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
3.56
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.38
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
3.56
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
8.82
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.75
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.58
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.295
1.295
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.714
1.714
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5145
33.39
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
34.71
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.387
0.387
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.12
39.12

Fielding Stats for Mike Marshall and Tommy Thompson

Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
4.7
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.16
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4159
27
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1386.1
9
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.68
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.84
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.62
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.52
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.28
96.28
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.536
0.536
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Marshall and Tommy Thompson

Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
725
2004.61
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
369.23
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
217
600
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
179
494.93
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
461.54
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.558
0.558
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
96.77
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
91.24
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.74
29.7
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
43.72
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
107.83
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
146.54
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
230.77
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.717
0.717
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
30.41
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.24
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
71.89
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.99
35.91
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.45
66.83
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.76
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
47
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.24
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
138.46
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
6.58
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
4.33
4.33
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
49.77
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Mike Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.53
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.53
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Mike Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0