Alex Beam vs. Fred Fussell — Career Comparison

Alex Beam
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Fussell
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Fussell 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. Fred Fussell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.86 and WHIP 1.537 compared to 6.5 and 1.444 for Alex Beam. By the career numbers, Fred Fussell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Beam and Fred Fussell

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
2.44
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.82
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.43
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.52
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.16
45.16
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.75
33.75
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.34
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.15
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
6.5
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
4.86
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.172
0.172
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
884
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294.2
9
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.5
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
365
11.15
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.15
11.15
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.49
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.69
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
3.15
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.648
0.648
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.31
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.15
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
39.5
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1307
39.92
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.01
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
8
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
5.59
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.59
5.59
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.444
1.444
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.537
1.537
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
32
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1214
37.08
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.5
39.5
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.92
39.92

Fielding Stats for Alex Beam and Fred Fussell

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
27
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
9
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.06
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.838
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Beam and Fred Fussell

Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
452.83
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
106
600
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
566.04
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.439
0.439
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
84.91
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
62.26
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
11.32
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.32
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
22.64
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.35
30.31
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
130.19
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
113.21
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
62.26
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.98
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
67.92
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
19.25
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.4
19.24
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.66
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
22.64
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
147.17
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.66
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA