Alex Beam vs. Dustin May — Career Comparison

Alex Beam
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dustin May
Gen ZTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dustin May 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. Dustin May posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.86 and WHIP 1.210 compared to 6.5 and 1.444 for Alex Beam. By the career numbers, Dustin May had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Beam and Dustin May

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.97
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.58
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.53
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.56
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.72
48.72
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.28
80.28
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
6.5
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
3.86
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.172
0.172
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.228
0.228
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
972
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
9
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.5
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
7.67
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.67
7.67
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.11
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
3.14
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
8.25
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.25
8.25
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.69
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
39.5
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356
37.67
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
8
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
4.22
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.17
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.78
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.201
1.201
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
32
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1209
33.58
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.5
39.5
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.67
37.67

Fielding Stats for Alex Beam and Dustin May

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.97
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.58
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
972
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
9
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.72
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
1.39
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
1.28
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
92
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.648
0.648
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.28
80.28
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Beam and Dustin May

Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
2840
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
600
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
560
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
2.54
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
19.25
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.77
-30.64
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
7
280
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
2.14
2.14
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
Dustin May
Career
Per 600 PA