Ed Beatin vs. Bob Meyer — Career Comparison

Ed Beatin
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland SpidersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bob Meyer
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bob Meyer built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Beatin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Beatin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.68 and WHIP 1.447 compared to 4.38 and 1.639 for Bob Meyer. By the career numbers, Ed Beatin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Beatin and Bob Meyer

Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
1.04
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.64
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
1.03
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.25
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.46
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.53
Bob Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.84
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.15
46.15
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.08
99.08
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.37
47.37
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.99
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
3.68
Bob Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.38
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2838
27
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
388
27
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
946
9
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
129.1
9
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 9 Innings
997
9.49
Bob Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
9.19
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Bob Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.19
9.19
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.3
Bob Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.77
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
3.54
Bob Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
5.57
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
3.19
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
6.4
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Bob Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.4
6.4
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.747
0.747
Bob Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.35
Bob Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.35
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.29
Bob Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bob Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4216
40.11
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
40.5
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bob Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.42
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 9 Innings
594
5.65
Bob Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
5.01
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Bob Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.01
5.01
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.639
1.639
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3814
36.29
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
496
34.52
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Bob Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11
Bob Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Ed Beatin and Bob Meyer

Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
1.06
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.65
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.26
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2907
27
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
387
27
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
969
9
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
9
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.49
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
1.74
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.12
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.2
Bob Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
2.42
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.67
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
2.23
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.4
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.95
91.95
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.105
2.105
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.526
0.526
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.37
47.37
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Beatin and Bob Meyer

Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
162.86
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
600
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
420
600
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
41
600
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
388
554.29
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
35
512.2
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.451
0.451
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
80
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
29.27
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
60
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
29.27
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.14
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.14
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.71
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
20
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.99
29.98
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
2.35
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
118.57
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
29.27
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
125.71
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
43.9
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.423
0.423
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.052
0.052
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
65.71
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.63
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
54.29
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
114.29
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.63
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.78
22.55
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.88
-27.47
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
45.71
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.63
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
90
128.57
Bob Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
292.68
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.67
4.67
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
2.05
2.05
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
73.17
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.29
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Beatin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.29
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Beatin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bob Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA