Alex Beam vs. Mike Matthews — Career Comparison

Alex Beam
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Matthews
Gen XVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Alex Beam and Mike Matthews are fairly close on the surface numbers. Alex Beam posted stronger numbers in WHIP (1.444 vs 1.535) and home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 1.07). Mike Matthews had the advantage in ERA (4.54 vs 6.5). By the career numbers, Alex Beam had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Alex Beam and Mike Matthews

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
8.5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.37
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.52
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.37
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
6.5
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
4.54
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.172
0.172
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
731
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
243.2
9
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.5
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
8.75
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.75
8.75
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.07
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
4.47
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.59
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
6.46
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.46
6.46
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.7
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.48
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
39.5
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1073
39.63
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.74
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
8
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
4.76
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.41
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.48
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.89
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.444
1.444
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.469
1.469
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
32
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
915
33.8
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.5
39.5
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.63
39.63

Fielding Stats for Alex Beam and Mike Matthews

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
8.5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.37
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
731
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
243.2
9
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.26
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
1.15
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
1.51
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
1.4
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.68
92.68
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.165
0.165
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Beam and Mike Matthews

Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
231
4950
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
600
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
535.71
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
64.29
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.31
27.97
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
128.57
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
64.29
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
0.36
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
19.25
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.25
5.28
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
192.86
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.11
3.11
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
64.29
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA