Alex Beam vs. Brandon Woodruff — Career Comparison

Alex Beam
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Brandon Woodruff
MillenialMississippiThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Brandon Woodruff 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. Brandon Woodruff posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.1 and WHIP 1.035 compared to 6.5 and 1.444 for Alex Beam. By the career numbers, Brandon Woodruff had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Beam and Brandon Woodruff

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.72
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.53
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.64
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.34
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.43
65.43
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.44
89.44
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
6.5
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
3.1
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.172
0.172
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.212
0.212
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2235
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
745
9
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.5
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
7.01
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.01
7.01
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
1.01
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
2.3
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
10.52
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.52
10.52
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.13
6.13
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.424
1.424
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.39
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
39.5
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2984
36.05
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
8
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
3.25
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.14
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.52
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.034
1.034
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
32
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2742
33.12
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.5
39.5
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.05
36.05

Fielding Stats for Alex Beam and Brandon Woodruff

Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.72
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.53
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2235
27
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
745
9
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.46
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.86
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
1.35
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
1.32
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.32
97.32
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.768
0.768
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.44
89.44
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Beam and Brandon Woodruff

Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
683.72
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
600
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
534.88
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.527
0.527
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
102.33
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
79.07
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
18.6
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.65
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
23.26
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.94
32.28
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
134.88
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
130.23
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
23.26
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
32.56
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
51.16
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
19.25
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.36
29.56
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.91
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 600 PA
51
237.21
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 600 PA
2.53
2.53
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
37.21
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.65
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Woodruff
Career
Per 600 PA