Ernie Beam vs. Joe Boyle — Career Comparison

Ernie Beam
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Boyle
Gen ZMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Boyle built a career as a starting pitcher and Ernie Beam as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Boyle posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.98 and WHIP 1.444 compared to 11.31 and 2.351 for Ernie Beam. By the career numbers, Joe Boyle had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ernie Beam and Joe Boyle

Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.28
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
2.26
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.71
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.47
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.73
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.78
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.86
75.86
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.09
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
11.31
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
4.98
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.31
11.31
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.36
8.36
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.217
0.217
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
27
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
347
27
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.2
9
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115.2
9
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
12.04
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
7.24
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.04
12.04
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.24
7.24
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.86
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
9.12
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
5.68
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.12
9.12
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.68
5.68
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.09
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
10.04
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.04
10.04
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.135
1.135
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.746
1.746
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.82
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.7
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.54
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
47.43
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
512
39.84
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.92
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
12.04
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
5.6
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.04
12.04
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.6
5.6
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.62
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.351
2.351
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.435
1.435
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
37.95
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
33.3
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.43
47.43
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.84
39.84

Fielding Stats for Ernie Beam and Joe Boyle

Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.9
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
2.26
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.71
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
27
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
347
27
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
9
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115.2
9
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.29
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.16
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.47
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.74
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.86
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.45
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.7
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.82
81.82
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.86
75.86
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ernie Beam and Joe Boyle

Ernie Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
500
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
550
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.527
0.527
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.72
36.17
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.72
35.96
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
4
200
Joe Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernie Beam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ernie Beam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Joe Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA