Alex Beam vs. Jack Cronin — Career Comparison

Alex Beam
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Cronin
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Cronin 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. Jack Cronin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.4 and WHIP 1.308 compared to 6.5 and 1.444 for Alex Beam. By the career numbers, Jack Cronin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Beam and Jack Cronin

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
1.25
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
0.99
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.42
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.57
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.57
42.57
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.69
79.69
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
0.86
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
6.5
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
3.4
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.172
0.172
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2770
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
923.1
9
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.5
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
973
9.48
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.27
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.29
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.1
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.599
0.599
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.14
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.36
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
39.5
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3881
37.83
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.23
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
8
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
502
4.89
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
32
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3609
35.18
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.5
39.5
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.83
37.83

Fielding Stats for Alex Beam and Jack Cronin

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.22
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.31
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3009
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1003
9
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.62
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
2.23
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.3
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
350
3.14
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
2.84
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.57
90.57
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.331
2.331
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Beam and Jack Cronin

Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
136
204
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
400
600
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
367
550.5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.497
0.497
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
99
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
78
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
15
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
21
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.62
30.93
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
126
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
129
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.451
0.451
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.369
0.369
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
36
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
51
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
87
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
19.25
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.48
29.22
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
22.5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
89
133.5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
4.49
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
19.5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Cronin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100