Alex Beam vs. Spoon Carter — Career Comparison

Alex Beam
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Spoon Carter
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Spoon 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. Spoon Carter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.86 and WHIP 1.483 compared to 6.5 and 1.444 for Alex Beam. By the career numbers, Spoon Carter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Beam and Spoon Carter

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.69
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.98
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.63
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.37
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.1
63.1
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.75
57.75
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
6.5
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
4.86
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.172
0.172
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2263
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
754.1
9
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.5
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
853
10.18
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.18
10.18
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.51
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
265
3.16
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
3.88
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
0.782
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.23
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
39.5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3348
39.95
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.42
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
8
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
5.66
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.66
5.66
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.92
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.57
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.444
1.444
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.482
1.482
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
32
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2986
35.63
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.5
39.5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95

Fielding Stats for Alex Beam and Spoon Carter

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.68
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2360
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
786.2
9
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.34
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
1.88
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.17
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
2.39
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
2.22
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.82
92.82
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.18
59.18
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Beam and Spoon Carter

Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
262.5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
600
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
302
539.29
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
107.14
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
89.29
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
14.29
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
17.86
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
32.61
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.31
32.7
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
130.36
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
137.5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.483
0.483
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.043
0.043
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
57.14
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
41.07
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
96.43
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
19.25
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.12
35.93
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
28.57
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
336
336
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
30.36
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA