Joe Beckwith vs. Bob Smith — Career Comparison

Joe Beckwith
Baby BoomersAlabamaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bob Smith
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bob Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Beckwith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Beckwith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.54 and WHIP 1.450 compared to 3.94 and 1.399 for Bob Smith. By the career numbers, Joe Beckwith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Beckwith and Bob Smith

Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
4.88
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
435
1.74
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
0.92
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.38
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.42
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.41
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
0.56
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.65
48.65
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.27
43.27
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.18
2.18
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.64
52.64
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.51
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.16
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.54
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
983
3.94
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1266
27
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6739
27
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
422
9
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2246.1
9
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
9.21
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2472
9.9
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.21
9.21
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.83
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.53
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
3.2
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
2.68
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.64
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
6.8
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
618
2.48
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.8
6.8
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.32
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.04
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.07
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1823
38.88
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9652
38.67
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.98
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
0.63
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
4.03
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1139
4.56
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.58
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.79
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.399
1.399
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1625
34.66
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8964
35.91
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.67
38.67

Fielding Stats for Joe Beckwith and Bob Smith

Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
4.88
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1266
27
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
9
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.73
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
659
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.09
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1391
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.13
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.94
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2139
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.81
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2050
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.41
93.41
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.84
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.371
0.371
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.962
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Beckwith and Bob Smith

Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
229
6245.45
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
742
248.3
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1793
600
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
19
518.18
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1689
565.2
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
409
136.87
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
323
108.09
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
21.42
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
5.69
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.67
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
28.78
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
2.84
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135.95
45.49
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
522
174.68
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
54.55
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
462
154.6
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.574
0.574
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
154
51.53
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
55.55
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
315
105.41
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.95
-25.79
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
152.81
51.14
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.33
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
17.4
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
272.73
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
36.81
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
2.2
2.2
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.3
16.3
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
17.07
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Beckwith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5
1.67
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
5.35
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
4.35
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
9.7
Joe Beckwith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.17
55.17