Sean Marshall vs. Masahiro Tanaka — Career Comparison

Sean Marshall
MillenialVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Masahiro Tanaka
MillenialJapanThrows RightBats RightAsiaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Masahiro Tanaka 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. Masahiro Tanaka led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 154 vs 113), strikeout rate (K%+ 111 vs 99), and run prevention (ERA+ 115 vs 107). Sean Marshall held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 114 vs 96). Role difference aside, Masahiro Tanaka holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Sean Marshall and Masahiro Tanaka

Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
5.79
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
1.49
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.86
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
1.48
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.54
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.67
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.67
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.39
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.58
44.58
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.9
62.9
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.9
14.9
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.43
99.43
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.23
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
3.86
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
3.74
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1846
27
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3163
27
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
615.1
9
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1054.1
9
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
596
8.72
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
983
8.39
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.72
8.72
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.39
8.39
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.88
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
1.36
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
3.23
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
1.78
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.37
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
537
7.85
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
991
8.46
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.85
7.85
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.46
8.46
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.137
1.137
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.29
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.27
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.34
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.22
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2648
38.73
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4299
36.7
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.16
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
4.23
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
4.06
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.5
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.13
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.19
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.61
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.61
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.328
1.328
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2361
34.53
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4032
34.42
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.73
38.73
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.7
36.7

Fielding Stats for Sean Marshall and Masahiro Tanaka

Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
5.8
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
1.49
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.86
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
1.48
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1847
27
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3163
27
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
615.2
9
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1054.1
9
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.63
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.58
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.39
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
1.14
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
2.06
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
1.76
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
2.02
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
1.72
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.87
97.87
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.06
98.06
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.161
1.161
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.86
14.86
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.43
99.43
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.1
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sean Marshall and Masahiro Tanaka

Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
396
2140.54
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
174
3600
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
600
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
545.95
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
558.62
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.423
0.423
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
86.49
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
75.68
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.41
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.41
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.81
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.69
19.95
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
1.52
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
108.11
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
97.3
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.373
0.373
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.43
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
27.03
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
54.05
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.81
9.76
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.81
-37.4
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
10.81
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
48
259.46
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
248.28
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.42
2.42
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
43.24
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.41
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA