Bill Drake vs. Al McBean — Career Comparison

Bill Drake
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Al McBean
Silent GenerationU.S. Virgin IslandsThrows RightBats RightPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Drake built a career as a starting pitcher and Al McBean as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Al McBean posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.13 and WHIP 1.379 compared to 3.69 and 1.393 for Bill Drake. By the career numbers, Al McBean had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Drake and Al McBean

Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
1.36
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
3.43
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.05
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.64
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.58
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.56
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.51
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.42
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.02
53.02
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.26
57.26
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.42
77.42
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.58
18.58
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.72
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.18
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.53
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
506
3.69
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
3.13
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3704
27
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3217
27
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1234.2
9
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1072.1
9
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1298
9.46
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1058
8.88
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.46
9.46
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.88
8.88
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.21
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.53
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
422
3.08
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
3.06
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.47
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
556
4.05
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
575
4.83
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.792
0.792
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.877
0.877
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.29
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.23
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4862
35.44
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4518
37.92
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.19
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
1.56
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
654
4.77
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
3.61
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.04
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.66
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.393
1.393
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.327
1.327
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4267
31.1
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4123
34.6
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.345
0.345
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.44
35.44
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Bill Drake and Al McBean

Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
1.52
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.44
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.14
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.64
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3358
27
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3218
27
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1119.1
9
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1072.2
9
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.61
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
3.41
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
2.11
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.28
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.2
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
497
4
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
349
2.93
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
3.71
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
2.73
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.96
92.96
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.12
93.12
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.444
2.444
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.793
0.793
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.13
75.13
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.54
18.54
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.15
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Drake and Al McBean

Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
194
220.04
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
425
897.89
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
529
600
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
284
600
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
470
533.08
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
264
557.75
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.509
0.509
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
105.48
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
109.86
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
81.66
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
90.85
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
13.61
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.45
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.4
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.23
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.81
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.34
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
23.82
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
9
19.01
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.61
42.66
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
15.39
32.52
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
146.31
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
69
145.77
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
148.58
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
59
124.65
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.459
0.459
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.355
0.355
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
55.58
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
21
44.37
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
55.58
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
25
52.82
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
104.35
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
43
90.85
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39.56
44.87
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
14.27
30.16
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.81
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.11
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
36.29
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
6
12.68
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.54
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
106
223.94
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132.25
132.25
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
2.68
2.68
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
23.82
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
27.46
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.23
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.81
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.81
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA