Belve Bean vs. Dick Matthews — Career Comparison

Belve Bean
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Matthews 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. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 5.32 and 1.634 for Belve Bean. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Belve Bean and Dick Matthews

Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
3.29
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.31
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.11
61.11
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
5.32
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
705
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
288
11.03
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.03
11.03
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.8
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
3.68
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
3.41
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
4.79
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.787
0.787
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1050
40.21
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.76
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
6.13
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.634
1.634
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
949
36.34
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.21
40.21
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Belve Bean and Dick Matthews

Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.28
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
27
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112.2
9
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.83
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.709
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Belve Bean and Dick Matthews

Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
670.13
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
600
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
561.04
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
39
520
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.688
0.688
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.544
0.544
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
148.05
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
8
106.67
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
101.3
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
7
93.33
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
38.96
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.79
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
46.75
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.27
64.47
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2.46
32.74
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
210.39
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
9
120
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
179.22
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
11
146.67
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.678
0.678
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.493
0.493
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.585
0.585
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
85.71
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
46.75
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
124.68
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.78
68.44
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
38.51
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
31.17
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
17
132.47
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
4.53
4.53
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.79
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Belve Bean
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA