Alex Beam vs. Ted Shaw — Career Comparison

Alex Beam
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Shaw
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ted Shaw 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. Ted Shaw posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.77 and WHIP 1.427 compared to 6.5 and 1.444 for Alex Beam. By the career numbers, Ted Shaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Beam and Ted Shaw

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.4
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.01
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.55
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.81
55.81
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.13
72.13
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.71
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
6.5
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
4.77
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.172
0.172
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.5
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
9.43
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.41
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
3.42
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
4.38
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.23
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
39.5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1721
39.48
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.23
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
8
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
5.78
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.78
5.78
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.38
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.67
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.427
1.427
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
32
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1492
34.23
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.5
39.5
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.48
39.48

Fielding Stats for Alex Beam and Ted Shaw

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.4
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.03
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1177
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392.1
9
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.2
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
2.55
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.39
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.69
93.69
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.705
1.705
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.77
73.77
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Beam and Ted Shaw

Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
232.37
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
600
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
156
541.04
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
128.32
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
97.11
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
20.81
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.94
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
31.21
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
32.61
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.19
52.69
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
173.41
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
166.47
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
79.77
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
58.96
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
135.26
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
19.25
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.01
58.99
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
34.68
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.81
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100