Alex Beam vs. Jim Carter — Career Comparison

Alex Beam
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Carter
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNewark EaglesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Jim Carter 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. Jim Carter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.44 and WHIP 1.595 compared to 6.5 and 1.444 for Alex Beam. By the career numbers, Jim Carter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Beam and Jim Carter

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.05
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.68
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.34
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
6.5
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
4.44
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.172
0.172
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26.1
9
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.5
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
8.89
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.89
8.89
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
5.47
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.47
5.47
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.08
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.949
0.949
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.34
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
39.5
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
42.04
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.03
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
8
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
6.15
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.15
6.15
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.71
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.68
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.444
1.444
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.595
1.595
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
32
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
34.52
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.5
39.5
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.04
42.04

Fielding Stats for Alex Beam and Jim Carter

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.05
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.68
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26.1
9
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.34
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.71
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.05
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.05
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Beam and Jim Carter

Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
350
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
600
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
500
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
16.34
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
19.25
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.34
16.94
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Jim Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Carter
Career
Per 600 PA