Sean Marshall vs. Colin Ward — Career Comparison

Sean Marshall
MillenialVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Colin Ward
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Colin Ward 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 4.38 and 1.378 for Colin Ward. 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 Colin Ward

Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
5.79
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
4.38
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.86
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.54
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.67
Colin Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.58
44.58
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.9
14.9
Colin Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.23
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
3.86
Colin Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
4.38
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Colin Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Colin Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Colin Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.233
0.233
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1846
27
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
615.1
9
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
596
8.72
Colin Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
7.3
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.72
8.72
Colin Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.3
7.3
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.88
Colin Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Colin Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Colin Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
3.23
Colin Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.11
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.37
Colin Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
7.85
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
5.84
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.36
1.36
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.216
1.216
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.29
Colin Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.34
Colin Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Colin Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2648
38.73
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
37.95
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.16
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.23
Colin Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
4.38
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.5
Colin Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.13
Colin Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.61
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.328
1.328
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.378
1.378
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2361
34.53
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
31.38
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Colin Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.73
38.73
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Sean Marshall and Colin Ward

Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
5.8
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
4.38
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.86
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1847
27
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
615.2
9
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.63
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
1.39
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Colin Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
2.06
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.46
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
2.02
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.46
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.87
97.87
Colin Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.348
0.348
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.86
14.86
Colin Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colin Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sean Marshall and Colin Ward

Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
396
2140.54
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
6
1800
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
600
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
545.95
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.423
0.423
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
86.49
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
75.68
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.41
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.41
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.81
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.69
19.95
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
108.11
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
97.3
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.373
0.373
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.43
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
27.03
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
54.05
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.81
9.76
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.54
-162.53
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.81
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
259.46
Colin Ward
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.31
2.31
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
43.24
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.41
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
Colin Ward
Career
Per 600 PA