Alex Beam vs. Ted Wingfield — Career Comparison

Alex Beam
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Wingfield
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ted Wingfield 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 Wingfield posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.18 and WHIP 1.455 compared to 6.5 and 1.444 for Alex Beam. By the career numbers, Ted Wingfield had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Beam and Ted Wingfield

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
1.84
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.93
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.39
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.72
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.29
35.29
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.44
50.44
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
6.5
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
4.18
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.172
0.172
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1660
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
553.1
9
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.5
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
624
10.15
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.15
10.15
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.39
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
2.94
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.11
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
39.5
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2426
39.46
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.57
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
8
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
5.5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.444
1.444
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.455
1.455
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
32
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2232
36.3
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.5
39.5
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.46
39.46

Fielding Stats for Alex Beam and Ted Wingfield

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
27
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
9
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.03
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.027
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Beam and Ted Wingfield

Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
343.28
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
201
600
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
192
573.13
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.564
0.564
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
134.33
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
107.46
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
17.91
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.97
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.99
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
26.87
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
32.61
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.14
42.2
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
173.13
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
146.27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.552
0.552
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.419
0.419
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
53.73
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
32.84
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
83.58
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
19.25
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.83
47.25
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.94
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
41.79
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.36
14.36
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.93
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.99
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wingfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.99
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wingfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0