Sean Marshall vs. Milt Watson — Career Comparison

Sean Marshall
MillenialVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Milt Watson
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Milt Watson 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. Milt Watson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.57 and WHIP 1.354 compared to 3.86 and 1.368 for Sean Marshall. By the career numbers, Milt Watson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sean Marshall and Milt Watson

Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
5.79
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
1.91
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.86
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.54
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.45
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.67
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.64
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.58
44.58
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.18
41.18
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.9
14.9
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.4
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.23
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
3.86
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
3.57
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1846
27
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
27
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
615.1
9
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
9
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
596
8.72
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
435
9.23
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.72
8.72
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.23
9.23
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.88
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.21
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
3.23
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.95
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.37
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
7.85
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
2.4
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.36
1.36
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.26
1.26
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.594
0.594
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.29
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.17
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.34
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.36
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2648
38.73
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1803
38.27
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.16
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.23
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
4.37
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.5
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.13
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.61
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.328
1.328
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2361
34.53
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1647
34.96
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.29
2.29
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.73
38.73
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.27
38.27

Fielding Stats for Sean Marshall and Milt Watson

Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
5.8
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.86
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1847
27
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
615.2
9
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.63
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.39
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
2.06
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
2.02
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.87
97.87
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.15
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.348
0.348
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.511
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.86
14.86
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Sean Marshall and Milt Watson

Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
396
2140.54
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
90
380.28
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
111
600
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
142
600
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
101
545.95
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139
587.32
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.423
0.423
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
86.49
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
16
67.61
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
75.68
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
63.38
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.41
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.23
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.41
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.81
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.23
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.69
19.95
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.93
8.14
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
108.11
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
17
71.83
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
97.3
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
17
71.83
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.373
0.373
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.43
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
21.13
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
27.03
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.68
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
54.05
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
33.8
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.81
9.76
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.87
-12.12
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.23
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.81
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
48
259.46
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
156.34
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
3.84
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
43.24
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.45
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.41
Milt Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
Milt Watson
Career
Per 600 PA