Sean Marshall vs. Ed Whitson — Career Comparison

Sean Marshall
MillenialVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ed Whitson
Baby BoomersTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ed Whitson 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 led in home run suppression (HR9+ 114 vs 77), run prevention (ERA+ 107 vs 83), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 109 vs 87). Role difference aside, Sean Marshall holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Sean Marshall and Ed Whitson

Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
5.79
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
1.82
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.86
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
1.34
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.54
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
0.51
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.67
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.49
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.58
44.58
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.6
50.6
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.9
14.9
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.67
73.67
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.14
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.23
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
3.86
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
944
3.79
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1846
27
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6720
27
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
615.1
9
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2240
9
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
596
8.72
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2240
9
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.72
8.72
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.88
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
0.85
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
3.23
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
698
2.8
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.37
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.22
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
7.85
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1266
5.09
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.877
0.877
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.29
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.13
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.34
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.12
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.06
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2648
38.73
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9479
38.09
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.16
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
4.23
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1045
4.2
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.5
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.41
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.13
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.31
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.61
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
0.64
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.328
1.328
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2361
34.53
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8573
34.45
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.73
38.73
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.09
38.09

Fielding Stats for Sean Marshall and Ed Whitson

Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
5.8
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
1.82
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.86
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.33
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1847
27
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6720
27
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
615.2
9
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2240
9
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.63
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
0.49
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.39
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
1.1
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.08
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
2.06
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
1.68
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
2.02
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397
1.6
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.87
97.87
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.98
94.98
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.878
0.878
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.86
14.86
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.45
73.45
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sean Marshall and Ed Whitson

Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
396
2140.54
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
461
411
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
111
600
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
673
600
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
101
545.95
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
576
513.52
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.423
0.423
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.389
0.389
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
86.49
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
64.19
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
75.68
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
55.27
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.41
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.02
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.41
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.89
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.81
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
8.92
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.69
19.95
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.81
11.42
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
108.11
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
74.89
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
97.3
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
80.24
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.373
0.373
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.43
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
21.4
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
27.03
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
24.07
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
54.05
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
44.58
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.81
9.76
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.71
-0.63
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.81
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
16.05
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
259.46
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
169
150.67
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
8
43.24
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
70.43
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
5.41
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.67
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA