Sean Marshall vs. Gus Thompson — Career Comparison

Sean Marshall
MillenialVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gus Thompson
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Gus Thompson 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. Sean Marshall posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.86 and WHIP 1.368 compared to 4.07 and 1.397 for Gus Thompson. By the career numbers, Sean Marshall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sean Marshall and Gus Thompson

Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
5.79
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.36
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.86
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.99
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.54
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.25
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.67
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.8
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.58
44.58
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.53
23.53
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.9
14.9
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.68
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.23
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
3.86
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
4.07
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1846
27
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
438
27
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
615.1
9
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
596
8.72
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
10.05
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.72
8.72
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.05
10.05
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.88
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
3.23
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.53
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.37
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
7.85
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
3.58
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.678
0.678
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.29
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.37
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.34
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.37
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2648
38.73
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
613
37.79
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.16
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.31
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.23
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
5.61
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.5
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.13
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.61
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.328
1.328
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.397
1.397
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2361
34.53
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
566
34.89
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.73
38.73
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.79
37.79

Fielding Stats for Sean Marshall and Gus Thompson

Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
5.8
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.36
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.86
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.74
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1847
27
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
438
27
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
615.2
9
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.63
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
1.39
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.71
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.25
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
2.06
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
3.14
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
2.02
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.9
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.87
97.87
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.16
92.16
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.136
2.136
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.86
14.86
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sean Marshall and Gus Thompson

Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
396
2140.54
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
22
253.85
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
600
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
52
600
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
545.95
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
576.92
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.423
0.423
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
86.49
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
115.38
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
75.68
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
115.38
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.41
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.41
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.81
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.69
19.95
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.21
25.48
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
108.11
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
115.38
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
97.3
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
138.46
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.43
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
5
27.03
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
54.05
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
69.23
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1.81
9.76
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.53
29.19
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
23.08
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.81
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
48
259.46
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
92.31
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
43.24
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.41
Gus Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
Gus Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA