Alex Beam vs. Albie Lopez — Career Comparison

Alex Beam
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Albie Lopez
Gen XArizonaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Albie Lopez 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. Albie Lopez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.94 and WHIP 1.556 compared to 6.5 and 1.444 for Alex Beam. By the career numbers, Albie Lopez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Beam and Albie Lopez

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
3.18
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
0.98
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.5
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.62
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.76
44.76
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.98
30.98
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.09
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
6.5
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
4.94
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.69
4.69
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.172
0.172
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2524
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
841.1
9
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.5
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 9 Innings
938
10.03
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.03
10.03
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
1.2
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
3.67
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.3
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
5.97
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.97
5.97
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.88
1.88
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.071
1.071
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.36
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.19
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
39.5
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3713
39.72
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.67
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
8
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
5.47
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.47
5.47
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.27
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.25
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.94
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.444
1.444
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.523
1.523
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
32
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3304
35.34
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.5
39.5
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.72
39.72

Fielding Stats for Alex Beam and Albie Lopez

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
3.18
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.98
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2524
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
841.1
9
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.46
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
1.13
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.11
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
1.7
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
1.59
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.71
93.71
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.502
0.502
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.98
30.98
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Beam and Albie Lopez

Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
297
3426.92
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
600
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
530.77
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
23.08
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
23.08
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
1.38
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
23.08
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
57.69
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
19.25
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.81
-32.4
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
23.08
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
25
288.46
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
2.08
2.08
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albie Lopez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
Albie Lopez
Career
Per 600 PA