Alex Beam vs. Jack Nabors — Career Comparison

Alex Beam
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Nabors
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Nabors 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. Jack Nabors posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.87 and WHIP 1.472 compared to 6.5 and 1.444 for Alex Beam. By the career numbers, Jack Nabors had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Beam and Jack Nabors

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.74
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.23
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.83
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.15
71.15
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.43
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
6.5
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
3.87
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.172
0.172
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.5
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
8.88
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.06
0.06
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
4.37
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
3.14
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.834
0.834
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.2
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
39.5
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1113
37.15
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.37
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
8
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
5.21
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.444
1.444
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.472
1.472
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
32
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
974
32.51
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.5
39.5
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.15
37.15

Fielding Stats for Alex Beam and Jack Nabors

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
27
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
9
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82.35
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.615
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Beam and Jack Nabors

Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
350.56
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
600
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
573.03
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
60.67
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
60.67
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.18
7.92
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
60.67
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
80.9
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
19.25
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-12.5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.48
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
45
303.37
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
1.98
1.98
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA