Alex Beam vs. Brandon Claussen — Career Comparison

Alex Beam
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Brandon Claussen
Gen XSouth DakotaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Brandon Claussen 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. Brandon Claussen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.04 and WHIP 1.544 compared to 6.5 and 1.444 for Alex Beam. By the career numbers, Brandon Claussen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Beam and Brandon Claussen

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.65
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.65
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.46
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.77
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
6.5
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5.04
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.172
0.172
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
948
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
9
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.5
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
10.22
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.37
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
3.45
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.23
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
6.49
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.49
6.49
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.104
1.104
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.2
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.43
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
39.5
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1423
40.53
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
8
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
5.61
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.54
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.31
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.6
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.444
1.444
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.519
1.519
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
32
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1257
35.8
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.5
39.5
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.53
40.53

Fielding Stats for Alex Beam and Brandon Claussen

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.65
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.65
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
948
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
9
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.37
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
1.11
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.51
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
1.48
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.11
98.11
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.897
0.897
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Beam and Brandon Claussen

Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
305.26
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
521.05
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.325
0.325
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
52.63
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
52.63
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.18
6.19
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
52.63
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
73.68
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.53
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
36.84
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
19.25
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.19
-11.51
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 600 PA
40
210.53
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 600 PA
2.85
2.85
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.89
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.26
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Claussen
Career
Per 600 PA