The Roaring 20s Best: Marberry Has All The Marbles!

Firpo Marberry was great as a starter and reliever. Next to Walter Johnson, there was no one better on the Nats during the mid-20s. Sadly, many of those years he started to many games for consideration on my list. However, he was so far ahead of his time, it's almost scary to think what was made of him back in Firpo's time. He started five games in 1926, but came hopping in to help Washington 59 times that season. Johnson and Marberry: The Big Train And the Caboose!

One thing to note. It is unknown just how many games he blew, or how many times he held the other team in check. So Firpo's stats are incomplete. Mace Brown, the previous entry, had much of the same problems. So it is not known. Still, to not include them would be to deny us baseball history.

Stat Set 1

Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L
Marberry	1926	64	47	0.734	138	12	7
Brown	1938	51	32	0.627	132.2	15	9
Beggs	1940	37	27	0.730	76.2	12	3
Murphy	1941	35	31	0.886	77.1	8	3
Page	1949	60	48	0.800	135.1	13	8
Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L
Konstanty	1950	74	62	0.838	152.0	16	7
Wilhelm	1952	71	32	0.451	159.1	15	3
Kinder	1953	69	52	0.754	107.0	10	6
Freeman	1956	64	47	0.734	108.2	14	5
Hyde	1958	53	44	0.830	103.0	10	3
Duren	1959	41	29	0.707	76.2	3	6
Face	1959	57	47	0.825	93.1	18	1
Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L
McDaniel	1960	63	47	0.746	104.1	12	4
Arroyo	1961	65	54	0.831	119.0	15	5
Radatz	1963	66	58	0.879	131.1	15	6
Perranoski	1963	69	47	0.681	129.0	16	3
Miller	1965	67	55	0.821	112.1	14	7
Regan	1966	65	48	0.738	116.2	14	1
Wood	1968	88	46	0.523	159.0	13	12
Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L
Hiller	1973	65	60	0.923	125.1	10	5
Marshall	1974	106	83	0.783	208.1	15	12
Gossage	1975	62	49	0.790	141.2	9	8
Lyle	1977	72	60	0.833	137.0	13	5
Stanley	1978	52	35	0.673	141.2	15	2
Tekulve	1979	94	67	0.713	134.1	10	8
Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L
Fingers	1981	47	41	0.872	78.0	6	3
Hernandez	1984	80	68	0.850	140.1	9	3
Lamp	1985	53	11	0.208	105.2	11	0
Eichhorn	1986	69	38	0.551	157.0	14	6
Henke	1987	72	62	0.861	94.0	0	6
Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L
Eckersley	1990	63	61	0.968	73.1	4	2
Wetteland	1993	70	58	0.829	85.1	9	3
Hoffman	1998	66	61	0.924	73.0	4	2
Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L
Rhodes	2001	71	16	0.225	68.0	8	0
Rivera	2008	64	60	0.938	70.2	6	5
Chapman	2012	68	52	0.765	71.2	5	5
Davis	2014	70	11	0.157	72.0	9	2
Pitcher	Year	GP	GF	GF%	IP	W	L

Stat Set 2

Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
Marberry	1926	22	????	????	????	3.00	43	2.80	1.348	3.1
Brown	1938	5	????	????	????	3.80	55	3.70	1.500	0.4
Beggs	1940	7	4	0.636	0	2.00	25	2.90	1.161	2.2
Murphy	1941	15	7	0.682	0	1.98	29	3.40	1.397	2.2
Page	1949	27	11	0.711	0	2.59	99	6.60	1.315	4.2
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
Konstanty	1950	22	4	0.846	0	2.66	56	3.32	1.039	4.7
Wilhelm	1952	11	1	0.917	1	2.43	108	6.11	1.155	2.7
Kinder	1953	27	8	0.771	4	1.85	39	3.30	1.140	4.5
Freeman	1956	18	3	0.857	2	3.40	50	4.10	1.344	2.6
Hyde	1958	18	5	0.783	0	1.75	49	4.30	1.136	4.9
Duren	1959	14	7	0.667	1	1.88	96	11.30	1.200	3.8
Face	1959	10	9	0.526	1	2.70	69	6.67	1.243	3.2
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
McDaniel	1960	26	6	0.813	1	1.29	95	8.21	0.863	6.0
Arroyo	1961	29	10	0.744	1	2.19	87	6.58	1.109	3.3
Radatz	1963	25	3	0.893	0	1.97	162	11.00	1.096	5.7
Perranoski	1963	21	8	0.724	0	1.67	75	5.23	1.202	4.5
Miller	1965	24	1	0.960	1	1.89	104	7.80	0.997	4.3
Regan	1966	21	7	0.750	1	1.62	88	6.82	0.934	5.0
Wood	1968	16	5	0.762	7	1.87	74	4.20	1.006	5.4
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
Hiller	1973	38	0	1.000	0	1.44	124	8.92	1.021	8.1
Marshall	1974	21	12	0.636	9	2.42	143	6.18	1.186	3.1
Gossage	1975	26	5	0.839	1	1.84	130	8.30	1.193	8.2
Lyle	1977	26	8	0.765	1	2.17	68	4.50	1.197	3.7
Stanley	1978	10	5	0.667	1	2.60	38	2.20	1.242	4.1
Tekulve	1979	31	6	0.838	8	2.79	75	5.00	1.176	3.2
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
Fingers	1981	28	6	0.824	0	1.04	61	7.00	0.872	4.2
Hernandez	1984	32	1	0.970	0	1.92	112	7.19	0.941	4.8
Lamp	1985	2	5	0.286	8	3.32	68	5.80	1.164	1.3
Eichhorn	1986	10	4	0.714	7	1.72	166	9.52	0.955	7.4
Henke	1987	34	8	0.810	1	2.49	128	12.30	0.926	3.3
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
Eckersley	1990	48	2	0.960	0	0.61	73	8.96	0.614	3.3
Wetteland	1993	43	1	0.977	0	1.37	113	11.95	1.008	4.2
Hoffman	1998	53	1	0.981	0	1.48	86	10.60	0.849	4.1
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR
Rhodes	2001	3	4	0.429	31	1.72	83	11.00	0.853	2.5
Rivera	2008	39	1	0.975	0	1.40	77	9.80	0.665	4.3
Chapman	2012	38	5	0.884	6	1.51	122	15.32	0.809	3.6
Davis	2014	3	0	1.000	33	1.00	109	13.60	0.847	3.7
Pitcher	Year	S	BS	S%	H	ERA	K	K/9	WHIP	WAR

Notes

Marberry appeared as a starter five times.

Stanley appeared as a starter three times.

Brown, McDaniel and Wood appeared as a starter two times.

Beggs appeared once as a starter.



I've decided to include the starter stuff under all stats because it helps to show how effective the pitcher actually was. Today's relievers do not have that luxury, but they also generally get to pitch more. Give and take, baseball history.

References

Firpo Marberry Pitching Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com (Baseball-Reference.com)
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marbefi01-pitch.shtml

SABR (Firpo Marberry) http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/d7ce09aa