Sean Marshall vs. Bill Williams — Career Comparison

Sean Marshall
MillenialVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Williams
UnknownNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Bill Williams 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 5.06 and 1.313 for Bill Williams. 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 Bill Williams

Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
5.79
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.86
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.54
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.67
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.58
44.58
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.9
14.9
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.23
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
3.86
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.06
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.158
0.158
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1846
27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
615.1
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
596
8.72
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.06
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.72
8.72
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.88
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
3.23
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.37
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
7.85
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.125
1.125
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.29
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.34
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2648
38.73
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
42.19
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.16
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.23
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.5
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.13
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.61
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.328
1.328
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2361
34.53
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
32.06
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.125
0.125
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.73
38.73
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19

Fielding Stats for Sean Marshall and Bill Williams

Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
5.8
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.86
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1847
27
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
615.2
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.63
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
1.39
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
2.06
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
2.02
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.87
97.87
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.86
14.86
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sean Marshall and Bill Williams

Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
396
2140.54
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
600
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
545.95
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.423
0.423
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
86.49
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
75.68
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.41
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.41
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.81
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.69
19.95
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
108.11
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
97.3
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.373
0.373
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.43
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
27.03
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
54.05
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.81
9.76
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.81
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
48
259.46
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.31
2.31
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
43.24
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.41
Bill Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Williams
Career
Per 600 PA