Alex Beam vs. Ollie Boyd — Career Comparison

Alex Beam
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ollie Boyd
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ollie Boyd built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex Beam as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Alex Beam posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 6.5 and WHIP 1.444 compared to 7.27 and 1.846 for Ollie Boyd. By the career numbers, Alex Beam had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Beam and Ollie Boyd

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.08
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
6.5
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.27
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.5
6.5
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.27
7.27
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.172
0.172
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.342
0.342
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.5
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13.5
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.12
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6.23
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.23
6.23
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.039
1.039
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
39.5
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
43.62
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
8
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7.27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.27
7.27
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.444
1.444
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.846
1.846
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
32
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
39.46
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.406
0.406
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.5
39.5
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.62
43.62

Fielding Stats for Alex Beam and Ollie Boyd

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.08
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.12
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3.12
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.12
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Beam and Ollie Boyd

Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
600
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
600
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
21.64
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
19.25
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
23.33
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA