Alex Beam vs. Bugs Bennett — Career Comparison

Alex Beam
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bugs Bennett
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bugs Bennett 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. Alex Beam posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 6.5 and WHIP 1.444 compared to 6.68 and 2.109 for Bugs Bennett. By the career numbers, Alex Beam had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Beam and Bugs Bennett

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.67
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.34
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.34
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
6.5
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
6.68
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.5
6.5
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.68
6.68
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.76
7.76
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.62
6.62
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.172
0.172
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33.2
9
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.5
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
11.23
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.23
11.23
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.8
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
7.5
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
7.75
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.5
7.5
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.75
7.75
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.34
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.34
1.34
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.01
1.01
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
39.5
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
44.91
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.8
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
8
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
8.29
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.444
1.444
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.109
2.109
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
32
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
36.62
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.5
39.5
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.91
44.91

Fielding Stats for Alex Beam and Bugs Bennett

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
27
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
9
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Beam and Bugs Bennett

Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
545.45
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
600
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
600
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.727
0.727
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
218.18
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
218.18
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
32.61
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.34
73
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
218.18
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
218.18
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.727
0.727
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
19.25
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.74
95.13
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.5
5.5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA