Chris Beck vs. Joe Decker — Career Comparison

Chris Beck
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Decker
Baby BoomersIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Decker built a career as a starting pitcher and Chris Beck as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Decker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.17 and WHIP 1.531 compared to 5.88 and 1.746 for Chris Beck. By the career numbers, Joe Decker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chris Beck and Joe Decker

Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
7.13
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
1.93
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.33
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.46
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.28
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.56
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
45
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.08
69.08
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.24
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
5.88
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
4.17
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.79
6.79
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
390
27
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2130
27
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
9
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
710
9
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
10.25
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
702
8.9
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.25
10.25
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.9
8.9
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.87
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.74
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.87
1.87
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
5.19
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
4.78
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
5.95
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
458
5.81
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.95
5.95
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.239
1.239
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.176
1.176
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.47
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.48
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
596
41.26
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3125
39.61
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.73
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.27
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
6.09
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
4.6
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.42
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.35
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.32
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.11
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.66
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.715
1.715
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.52
1.52
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
507
35.1
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2679
33.96
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.26
41.26
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61

Fielding Stats for Chris Beck and Joe Decker

Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
7.13
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
1.92
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.33
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
390
27
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2133
27
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
9
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
711
9
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.62
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.73
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.9
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.1
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.66
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
1.94
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.52
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.84
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.77
94.77
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.214
0.214
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.954
0.954
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.08
69.08
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chris Beck and Joe Decker

Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
103
30900
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
1669.09
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
600
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
501.82
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
87.27
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
54.55
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.82
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.91
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
32.73
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
36.71
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
141.82
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
120
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.507
0.507
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
54.55
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
32.73
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
76.36
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.88
31.38
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
32.73
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
240
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
65.45
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA