Alex Beam vs. Wilmer Fields — Career Comparison

Alex Beam
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Wilmer Fields
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Wilmer Fields 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. Wilmer Fields posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.47 and WHIP 1.299 compared to 6.5 and 1.444 for Alex Beam. By the career numbers, Wilmer Fields had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Beam and Wilmer Fields

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.6
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.14
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.88
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.67
76.67
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.43
71.43
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.65
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
6.5
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
3.47
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.172
0.172
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
709
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236.1
9
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.5
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
8.83
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.84
8.84
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
2.86
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
4.15
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.779
0.779
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
39.5
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1009
38.42
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.3
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
8
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
4.19
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.72
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.14
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.299
1.299
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
32
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
911
34.69
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.5
39.5
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.42
38.42

Fielding Stats for Alex Beam and Wilmer Fields

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.53
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.07
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1444
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
481.1
9
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.97
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
1.27
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
2.34
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.24
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
96
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.463
1.463
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.51
69.51
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Beam and Wilmer Fields

Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
230.77
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
247
600
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
236
573.28
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.675
0.675
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
153.04
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
114.17
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
21.86
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
12.15
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.86
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
38.87
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
32.61
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.48
61.88
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
213.77
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
172.47
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.373
0.373
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.664
0.664
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.561
0.561
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
82.59
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
106.88
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
184.62
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
19.25
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.04
70.55
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
19.43
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.86
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123.5
123.5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.29
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.43
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.43
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100