Sean Marshall vs. Lefty Williams — Career Comparison

Sean Marshall
MillenialVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lefty Williams
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Lefty 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 4.41 and 1.319 for Lefty 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 Lefty Williams

Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
5.79
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.5
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.86
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.54
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.67
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.3
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.58
44.58
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.9
14.9
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.23
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
3.86
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
4.41
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1846
27
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1078
27
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
615.1
9
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
359.1
9
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
596
8.72
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
369
9.24
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.72
8.72
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.24
9.24
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.88
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
3.23
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
2.63
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.37
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
7.85
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
3.71
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.29
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.34
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2648
38.73
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1522
38.12
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.16
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.33
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.23
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
5.23
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.5
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.18
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.13
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.61
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.8
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.328
1.328
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2361
34.53
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1361
34.09
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.73
38.73
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.12
38.12

Fielding Stats for Sean Marshall and Lefty Williams

Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
5.8
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.53
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.86
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.99
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1847
27
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1150
27
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
615.2
9
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
383.1
9
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.63
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.47
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
1.39
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.65
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
2.06
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.29
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
2.02
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
3.12
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.87
97.87
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
95
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.046
2.046
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.86
14.86
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.62
64.62
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sean Marshall and Lefty Williams

Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
396
2140.54
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
65
234.94
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
111
600
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
600
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
101
545.95
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
149
538.55
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.423
0.423
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
16
86.49
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
122.89
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
14
75.68
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
97.59
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.41
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.3
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.41
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.81
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.3
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
3.69
19.95
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.87
39.28
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
20
108.11
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
148.19
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
18
97.3
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
148.19
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.538
0.538
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
6
32.43
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
101.2
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
5
27.03
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
57.83
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
10
54.05
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
159.04
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1.81
9.76
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
45.07
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.61
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.81
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
21.69
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
48
259.46
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.46
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.5
41.5
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
43.24
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
36.14
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.41
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA