Sean Marshall vs. Fred Olmstead — Career Comparison

Sean Marshall
MillenialVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Olmstead
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Olmstead built a career as a starting pitcher and Sean Marshall as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Olmstead posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.74 and WHIP 1.313 compared to 3.86 and 1.368 for Sean Marshall. By the career numbers, Fred Olmstead had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sean Marshall and Fred Olmstead

Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
5.79
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.66
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.86
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.93
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.54
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.48
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.67
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.5
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.58
44.58
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.72
48.72
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.9
14.9
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.06
56.06
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.65
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.23
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
3.86
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
2.74
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1846
27
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
1076
27
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
615.1
9
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
358.2
9
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
596
8.72
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
9.49
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.72
8.72
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.88
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
3.23
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
2.33
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.37
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
7.85
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
3.39
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.636
0.636
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.29
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.28
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.34
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.28
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2648
38.73
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
1442
36.18
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.16
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.48
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
4.23
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
4.07
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.5
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.13
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.61
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.328
1.328
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2361
34.53
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
33.57
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.73
38.73
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.18
36.18

Fielding Stats for Sean Marshall and Fred Olmstead

Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
5.8
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
2.46
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.86
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.97
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1847
27
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
723
27
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
615.2
9
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
9
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.63
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.6
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
1.39
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
4.18
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.3
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
2.06
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
5.08
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
2.02
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.78
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.87
97.87
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.939
1.939
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.86
14.86
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.39
39.39
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sean Marshall and Fred Olmstead

Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
396
2140.54
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
66
300
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
111
600
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
600
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
101
545.95
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
563.64
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.423
0.423
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.405
0.405
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
86.49
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
86.36
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
75.68
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
72.73
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.41
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.55
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.09
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.41
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.81
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.64
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
3.69
19.95
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.61
20.96
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
20
108.11
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
109.09
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
18
97.3
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
109.09
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.43
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.18
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
27.03
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
5
22.73
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
54.05
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
9
40.91
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1.81
9.76
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
15.35
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.81
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.73
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
48
259.46
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
86.36
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.95
6.95
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
43.24
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.64
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.41
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA