Rod Beck vs. Ed Donnelly — Career Comparison

Rod Beck
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Ed Donnelly
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ed Donnelly built a career as a starting pitcher and Rod Beck as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rod Beck posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.3 and WHIP 1.207 compared to 4.03 and 1.534 for Ed Donnelly. By the career numbers, Rod Beck had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rod Beck and Ed Donnelly

Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
704
8.25
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.71
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.9
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.45
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.33
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.53
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.49
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.78
45.78
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.38
52.38
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.57
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
3.35
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
3.3
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
4.03
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2304
27
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
663
27
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
768
9
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
9
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
8.24
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
10.51
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.51
10.51
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
1.14
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.41
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
2.24
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
3.3
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.39
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
644
7.55
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
3.38
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.55
7.55
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.087
1.087
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.742
0.742
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.27
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.23
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.29
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3170
37.15
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
989
40.28
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
6.08
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.53
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
3.61
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
5.78
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.4
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.3
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.47
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.164
1.164
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.534
1.534
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2899
33.97
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
901
36.69
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.15
37.15
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.28
40.28

Fielding Stats for Rod Beck and Ed Donnelly

Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
704
8.25
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2304
27
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
768
9
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.46
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.13
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.63
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.58
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.12
97.12
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.192
0.192
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.667
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Rod Beck and Ed Donnelly

Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
704
21120
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
43
286.67
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
600
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
570
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
83
553.33
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
0.45
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
4
120
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
133.33
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
106.67
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.67
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.67
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.76
22.81
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.55
43.66
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
4
120
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
160
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
4
120
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
153.33
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.557
0.557
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
73.33
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
86.67
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
24.13
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.31
48.73
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.33
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
300
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
133.33
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.5
4.5
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100