Alex Beam vs. Jose Fernandez — Career Comparison

Alex Beam
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jose Fernandez
MillenialCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanMiami MarlinsNational LeagueStarting PitcherRookie of the YearAll-Star

Jose Fernandez 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. Jose Fernandez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.58 and WHIP 1.080 compared to 6.5 and 1.444 for Alex Beam. By the career numbers, Jose Fernandez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Beam and Jose Fernandez

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.45
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.45
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.73
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.32
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.09
69.09
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
6.5
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
2.58
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.172
0.172
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.209
0.209
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1414
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
471.1
9
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.5
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
357
6.82
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.82
6.82
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.59
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.67
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.23
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
11.25
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.25
11.25
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.75
7.75
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.31
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.25
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
39.5
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1888
36.05
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
8
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.86
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.25
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.59
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.055
1.055
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
32
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1712
32.69
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.97
1.97
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.5
39.5
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.05
36.05

Fielding Stats for Alex Beam and Jose Fernandez

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.45
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.45
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1414
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
471.1
9
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.69
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.65
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
1.39
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
1.34
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.89
95.89
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.921
0.921
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Beam and Jose Fernandez

Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
290.57
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
159
600
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
513.21
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
109.43
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.02
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.55
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
26.42
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
32.61
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.69
32.8
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
154.72
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
113.21
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.51
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
52.83
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
86.79
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
19.25
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.56
32.29
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
162.26
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.7
3.7
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
79.25
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.32
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 600 PA