Alex Beam vs. Bill McCahan — Career Comparison

Alex Beam
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill McCahan
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill McCahan 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. Bill McCahan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.84 and WHIP 1.521 compared to 6.5 and 1.444 for Alex Beam. By the career numbers, Bill McCahan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Beam and Bill McCahan

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.76
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.24
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.5
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.43
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
70.18
70.18
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.53
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
6.5
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
3.84
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.172
0.172
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
872
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290.2
9
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.5
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
9.2
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.2
9.2
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.46
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
4.49
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
2.35
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.25
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
39.5
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1288
39.88
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.28
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
8
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
4.4
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.444
1.444
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.521
1.521
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
32
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1143
35.39
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.5
39.5
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.88
39.88

Fielding Stats for Alex Beam and Bill McCahan

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
27
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
9
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.105
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Beam and Bill McCahan

Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
325.71
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
105
600
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
96
548.57
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.524
0.524
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
114.29
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
97.14
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
17.14
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
17.14
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
32.61
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.76
32.89
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
131.43
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
148.57
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.495
0.495
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
68.57
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
51.43
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
120
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
19.25
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.36
36.35
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
34.29
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
62.86
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.55
9.55
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
0.55
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
17.14
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.71
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA