Erskine Mayer vs. Al McBean — Career Comparison

Erskine Mayer
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Al McBean
Silent GenerationU.S. Virgin IslandsThrows RightBats RightPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Erskine Mayer 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. Erskine Mayer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.96 and WHIP 1.233 compared to 3.13 and 1.379 for Al McBean. By the career numbers, Erskine Mayer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Erskine Mayer and Al McBean

Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
1.55
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
3.43
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
1.04
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.64
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.57
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.56
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.44
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.42
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.52
56.52
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.26
57.26
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.35
67.35
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.58
18.58
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.59
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.18
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.53
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
2.96
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
373
3.13
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4281
27
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3217
27
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1427
9
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1072.1
9
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1415
8.92
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1058
8.88
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.92
8.92
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.88
8.88
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.27
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.53
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
345
2.18
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
365
3.06
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.47
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
482
3.04
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
575
4.83
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.97
1.97
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.877
0.877
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.29
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.34
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5906
37.25
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4518
37.92
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.34
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
1.56
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
600
3.78
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
3.61
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.233
1.233
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.327
1.327
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5507
34.73
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
4123
34.6
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Erskine Mayer and Al McBean

Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.44
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.64
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3218
27
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1072.2
9
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.61
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
2.11
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.2
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
485
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
2.93
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
2.73
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.7
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.12
93.12
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.914
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.793
0.793
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18.54
18.54
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.15
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Erskine Mayer and Al McBean

Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
245
292.83
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
425
897.89
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
600
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
284
600
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
453
541.43
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
264
557.75
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.509
0.509
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
100.4
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
109.86
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
77.69
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
90.85
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.95
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.45
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.37
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.23
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.39
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.34
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
22.71
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
9
19.01
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.67
34.27
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
15.39
32.52
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
136.25
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
145.77
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
135.06
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
59
124.65
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.066
0.066
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.388
0.388
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.355
0.355
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
46.61
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
21
44.37
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
33.47
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
52.82
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
77.69
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
90.85
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.49
34.05
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
14.27
30.16
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.2
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.11
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
33.47
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
6
12.68
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
109
130.28
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
106
223.94
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.61
4.61
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
2.68
2.68
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
23.9
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
27.46
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erskine Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.23
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erskine Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA