Alex Beam vs. Kemp Wicker — Career Comparison

Alex Beam
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kemp Wicker
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kemp Wicker 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. Kemp Wicker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.66 and WHIP 1.560 compared to 6.5 and 1.444 for Alex Beam. By the career numbers, Kemp Wicker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Beam and Kemp Wicker

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.55
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.77
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.64
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.45
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.82
58.82
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.38
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
6.5
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.66
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.172
0.172
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
423
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
9
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.5
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
168
10.72
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.72
10.72
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.83
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
3.32
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.72
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
39.5
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
40.47
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.09
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
8
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
5.36
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.444
1.444
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
32
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
37.15
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.5
39.5
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.47
40.47

Fielding Stats for Alex Beam and Kemp Wicker

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
27
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
9
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.45
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.525
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Beam and Kemp Wicker

Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
461.54
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
600
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
530.77
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
69.23
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.2
13.81
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
80.77
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
92.31
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
46.15
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
92.31
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
138.46
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
19.25
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.35
4.06
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
23.08
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
92.31
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
46.15
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA