Alex Beam vs. Harry Cunningham — Career Comparison

Alex Beam
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Harry Cunningham
Greatest GenerationIllinoisNorth AmericaMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Harry Cunningham 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. Harry Cunningham posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.92 and WHIP 1.589 compared to 6.5 and 1.444 for Alex Beam. By the career numbers, Harry Cunningham had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Beam and Harry Cunningham

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.47
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.04
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.43
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.56
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.48
43.48
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
70.59
70.59
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.65
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
6.5
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
4.92
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.172
0.172
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
625
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208.1
9
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.5
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
11.15
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.15
11.15
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.48
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
3.11
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
4.23
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.816
0.816
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.22
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
39.5
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
959
41.43
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.26
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
8
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
6.22
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.22
6.22
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.78
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.39
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.444
1.444
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.584
1.584
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
32
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
864
37.32
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.5
39.5
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.43
41.43

Fielding Stats for Alex Beam and Harry Cunningham

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.59
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.03
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
680
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
226.2
9
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.56
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.14
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.24
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
2.94
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.7
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.89
91.89
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.7
1.7
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
65
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Beam and Harry Cunningham

Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
247.83
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
600
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
554.35
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.505
0.505
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
91.3
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
58.7
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
32.61
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
32.61
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.75
37.49
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
143.48
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
136.96
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.487
0.487
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.09
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
52.17
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
71.74
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
19.25
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.13
33.46
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
45.65
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA