Belve Bean vs. Cliff Carter — Career Comparison

Belve Bean
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cliff Carter
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaHarrisburg GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cliff Carter built a career as a starting pitcher and Belve Bean as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cliff Carter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.79 and WHIP 1.506 compared to 5.32 and 1.634 for Belve Bean. By the career numbers, Cliff Carter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Belve Bean and Cliff Carter

Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
3.29
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
1.44
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.31
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.12
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.62
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.56
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.54
52.54
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.78
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
5.32
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
4.79
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
705
27
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1347
27
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
9
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
9
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
11.03
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
10.02
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.03
11.03
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.02
10.02
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.8
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.32
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
3.68
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
3.53
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
3.41
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
3.73
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.787
0.787
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.806
0.806
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.38
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1050
40.21
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2023
40.55
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.76
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
6.13
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
307
6.15
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.13
6.13
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.16
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.68
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.634
1.634
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.506
1.506
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
949
36.34
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1777
35.62
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.21
40.21
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.55
40.55

Fielding Stats for Belve Bean and Cliff Carter

Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.46
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.11
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1388
27
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462.2
9
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
2.12
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.29
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
2.49
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.2
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.83
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.28
88.28
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.709
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.507
1.507
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
76
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Belve Bean and Cliff Carter

Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
670.13
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
85
240.57
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
77
600
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
600
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
561.04
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
192
543.4
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.688
0.688
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.668
0.668
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
19
148.05
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
152.83
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
13
101.3
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
133.02
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
38.96
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
19.81
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.79
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
46.75
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
19.81
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8.27
64.47
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.24
57.28
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
210.39
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
172.64
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
23
179.22
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
189.62
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.678
0.678
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.645
0.645
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.585
0.585
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.536
0.536
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
85.71
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
67.92
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
46.75
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
25.47
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
124.68
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
93.4
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
8.78
68.44
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.56
69.51
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
4
31.17
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
36.79
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
17
132.47
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.32
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
4.53
4.53
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
53
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.79
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA