Blaine Beatty vs. Joe Sparma — Career Comparison

Blaine Beatty
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Sparma
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Sparma built a career as a starting pitcher and Blaine Beatty as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Blaine Beatty posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.3 and WHIP 1.340 compared to 3.94 and 1.417 for Joe Sparma. By the career numbers, Blaine Beatty had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Blaine Beatty and Joe Sparma

Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.02
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
1.9
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.57
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.48
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.54
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.54
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.6
77.6
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.32
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.1
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.3
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
379
3.94
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.237
0.237
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
27
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2594
27
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.2
9
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
864.2
9
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
8.04
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
774
8.06
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.04
8.04
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.06
8.06
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.57
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.8
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.45
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
436
4.54
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.57
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
5.74
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
6.1
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.1
6.1
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.021
1.021
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.182
1.182
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.57
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.44
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.28
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
38.49
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3755
39.08
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.57
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.19
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.3
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
423
4.4
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.57
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.57
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.277
1.277
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.399
1.399
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
33.89
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3288
34.22
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.08
39.08

Fielding Stats for Blaine Beatty and Joe Sparma

Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.02
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
1.91
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.57
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.48
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
27
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2593
27
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.2
9
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
864.1
9
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.72
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.59
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.57
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.02
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.16
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.3
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
1.77
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.3
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
1.61
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.18
91.18
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.571
0.571
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.847
0.847
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.6
77.6
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Blaine Beatty and Joe Sparma

Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
2100
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
185
359.22
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
309
600
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
522.33
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
62.14
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
52.43
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.83
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.88
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.71
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.92
11.49
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
75.73
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
81.55
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.295
0.295
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
21.36
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
21.36
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
42.72
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.86
-1.66
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
19.42
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
108
209.71
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.86
2.86
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
56.31
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.94
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.94
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA