Alex Beam vs. Zach Lee — Career Comparison

Alex Beam
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Zach Lee
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Zach Lee 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. Alex Beam posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 6.5 and WHIP 1.444 compared to 8.53 and 2.211 for Zach Lee. By the career numbers, Alex Beam had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Beam and Zach Lee

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.84
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.42
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.71
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.71
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
6.5
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
8.53
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.5
6.5
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.53
8.53
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.97
8.97
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.76
5.76
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.172
0.172
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
27
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.2
9
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.5
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
13.5
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.42
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
6.39
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.39
6.39
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
6.39
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.39
6.39
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.421
1.421
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
39.5
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
46.18
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
8
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
8.53
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.53
8.53
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.71
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.71
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.444
1.444
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.211
2.211
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
32
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
39.08
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.386
0.386
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.5
39.5
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.18
46.18

Fielding Stats for Alex Beam and Zach Lee

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.84
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.42
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
27
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.2
9
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.71
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.71
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Beam and Zach Lee

Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
480
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
600
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
600
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
19.25
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.5
-60
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA