Alex Beam vs. Bobo Newsom — Career Comparison

Alex Beam
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bobo Newsom
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Bobo Newsom 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. Bobo Newsom posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.98 and WHIP 1.463 compared to 6.5 and 1.444 for Alex Beam. By the career numbers, Bobo Newsom had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Beam and Bobo Newsom

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
600
1.44
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
1.16
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
0.51
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
0.53
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.73
48.73
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.5
80.5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
246
0.59
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.07
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.05
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
6.5
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1664
3.98
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.172
0.172
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11278
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3759.1
9
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.5
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
3769
9.02
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.02
9.02
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
0.49
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1732
4.15
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2082
4.98
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.015
1.015
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.14
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.15
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.02
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
39.5
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16467
39.42
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.17
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
8
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1908
4.57
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.444
1.444
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.463
1.463
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
32
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14674
35.13
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.5
39.5
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.42
39.42

Fielding Stats for Alex Beam and Bobo Newsom

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
600
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
27
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
9
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
534
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
674
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
646
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.85
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.077
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Beam and Bobo Newsom

Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
609
253.57
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1441
600
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1337
556.7
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.456
0.456
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
253
105.34
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
221
92.02
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
11.66
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.25
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.42
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
13.32
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50.22
20.91
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
120.75
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
271
112.84
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.028
0.028
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
35.81
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
42.47
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
77.86
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
19.25
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42.48
17.69
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.42
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
7.08
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
266
110.76
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.42
5.42
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
35.81
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
30
12.49
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.42
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.42
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.83
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50