Boom-Boom Beck vs. Fred Rath Jr. — Career Comparison

Boom-Boom Beck
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fred Rath Jr.
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Boom-Boom Beck built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Rath Jr. as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Rath Jr. posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.69 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 4.3 and 1.415 for Boom-Boom Beck. By the career numbers, Fred Rath Jr. had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Boom-Boom Beck and Fred Rath Jr.

Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
2.31
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.87
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.33
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.6
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.51
35.51
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.74
37.74
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.38
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
494
4.3
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3102
27
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1034
9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1121
9.76
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
10.13
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.76
9.76
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.55
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
2.98
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
3.06
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.671
0.671
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.37
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4545
39.56
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
38.81
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
0.82
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
561
4.88
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.415
1.415
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4161
36.22
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
33.75
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.12
2.12
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.56
39.56
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Boom-Boom Beck and Fred Rath Jr.

Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
27
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.1
9
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.75
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.906
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Boom-Boom Beck and Fred Rath Jr.

Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
266
456
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
350
600
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
327
560.57
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
104.57
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
80.57
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
24
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
24
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.94
20.48
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
128.57
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
111.43
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.426
0.426
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
29.14
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
34.29
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
63.43
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.12
13.93
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.86
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
78.86
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.61
7.61
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
32.57
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
13
22.29
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Boom-Boom Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA