Alex Beam vs. Hank McDonald — Career Comparison

Alex Beam
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Hank McDonald
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Hank McDonald 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. Hank McDonald posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.87 and WHIP 1.688 compared to 6.5 and 1.444 for Alex Beam. By the career numbers, Hank McDonald had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Beam and Hank McDonald

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.06
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.02
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.19
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.57
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
6.5
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
5.87
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.87
5.87
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.172
0.172
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
423
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
9
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.5
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
10.15
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.15
10.15
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.57
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.04
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
2.94
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.64
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
39.5
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
657
41.94
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.96
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
8
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
7.28
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.28
7.28
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.444
1.444
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.688
1.688
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
32
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
574
36.64
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.5
39.5
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.94
41.94

Fielding Stats for Alex Beam and Hank McDonald

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
27
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
9
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.12
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Beam and Hank McDonald

Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
654.55
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
600
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
531.82
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.352
0.352
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
54.55
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.94
12.78
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
54.55
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
122.73
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.307
0.307
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40.91
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40.91
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
19.25
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.3
4.15
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
68.18
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
190.91
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.14
3.14
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
Hank McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA