Alex Beam vs. Syl Johnson — Career Comparison

Alex Beam
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Syl Johnson
Lost GenerationOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Syl Johnson 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. Syl Johnson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.06 and WHIP 1.283 compared to 6.5 and 1.444 for Alex Beam. By the career numbers, Syl Johnson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Beam and Syl Johnson

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
2.25
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
0.87
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
0.47
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.49
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.91
48.91
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.75
38.75
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.34
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.05
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.18
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
6.5
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
977
4.06
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.172
0.172
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6497
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2165.2
9
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.5
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2290
9.52
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
0.72
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
2.03
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
920
3.82
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.09
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.2
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
39.5
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9124
37.92
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
0.84
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
8
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1099
4.57
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.283
1.283
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
32
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8588
35.69
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.5
39.5
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Alex Beam and Syl Johnson

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
27
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
9
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
367
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.46
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.653
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Beam and Syl Johnson

Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
542
429.59
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
757
600
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
702
556.41
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
100.66
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
79.26
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
14.27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.96
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.17
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
21.4
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34.64
27.46
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
132.36
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
152
120.48
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.447
0.447
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
40.42
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
42.01
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
79.26
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
19.25
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.59
22.66
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.59
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
18.23
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
214
169.62
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.54
3.54
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
23.78
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
8.72
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.79
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.79
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
Syl Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100