Alex Beam vs. Danny Cox — Career Comparison

Alex Beam
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny Cox
Baby BoomersEnglandThrows RightBats RightEuropeSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny Cox 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. Danny Cox posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.64 and WHIP 1.364 compared to 6.5 and 1.444 for Alex Beam. By the career numbers, Danny Cox had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Beam and Danny Cox

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
1.93
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.21
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.51
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.52
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.66
49.66
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.59
62.59
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.15
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
6.5
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
525
3.64
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.172
0.172
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3894
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1298
9
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.5
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
1292
8.96
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.96
8.96
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
0.71
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.32
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
723
5.01
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.01
5.01
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.28
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.13
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
39.5
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5464
37.89
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.24
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
8
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
4.17
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.47
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.28
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.89
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.328
1.328
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
32
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4905
34.01
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.5
39.5
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.89
37.89

Fielding Stats for Alex Beam and Danny Cox

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
1.93
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.21
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3894
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1298
9
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.85
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
1.05
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
2.01
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
1.9
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.48
94.48
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.986
0.986
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.59
62.59
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Beam and Danny Cox

Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
281
405.29
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
416
600
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
359
517.79
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.355
0.355
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
56.25
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
50.48
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
4.33
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.44
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
5.77
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.75
8.29
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
63.46
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
77.88
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
24.52
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
17.31
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
41.83
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
19.25
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.47
-7.89
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.88
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
18.75
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
152
219.23
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
2.74
2.74
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
59.13
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.44
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.21
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA