Alex Beam vs. Jim McGlothlin — Career Comparison

Alex Beam
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim McGlothlin
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim McGlothlin 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. Jim McGlothlin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.61 and WHIP 1.304 compared to 6.5 and 1.444 for Alex Beam. By the career numbers, Jim McGlothlin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Beam and Jim McGlothlin

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
1.77
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.39
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.46
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.53
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.53
46.53
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.52
78.52
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.25
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
6.5
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
3.61
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.172
0.172
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3901
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1300.1
9
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.5
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1247
8.63
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.63
8.63
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
0.87
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
2.89
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.21
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
709
4.91
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.34
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.17
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
39.5
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5424
37.54
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.19
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
8
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
4.01
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.21
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
32
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4935
34.16
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.5
39.5
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Alex Beam and Jim McGlothlin

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
1.77
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.39
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3903
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1301
9
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.68
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
243
1.68
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
358
2.48
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
2.37
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.53
95.53
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.336
1.336
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.52
78.52
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.17
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Beam and Jim McGlothlin

Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
256
355.56
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
432
600
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
380
527.78
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.426
0.426
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
66.67
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
45.83
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
12.5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.17
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.17
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
20.83
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.12
21
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
100
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
100
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
37.5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
20.83
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
54.17
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
19.25
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.37
8.85
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
33.33
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
163
226.39
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.65
2.65
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
38.89
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.39
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA