Al McBean vs. Tom Means — Career Comparison

Al McBean
Silent GenerationU.S. Virgin IslandsThrows RightBats RightPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tom Means
UnknownThrows RightBats RightChicago Columbia GiantsWestern League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Tom Means 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 4.05 and 0.900 for Tom Means. By the career numbers, Al McBean had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al McBean and Tom Means

Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
3.43
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.64
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.56
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.42
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.26
57.26
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18.58
18.58
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.18
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.53
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
3.13
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
4.05
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.191
0.191
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3217
27
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
27
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1072.1
9
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
9
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1058
8.88
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
5.4
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.53
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
365
3.06
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.7
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.47
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
575
4.83
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.877
0.877
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.29
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4518
37.92
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
33.75
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
1.56
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
3.61
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
5.4
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.35
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.327
1.327
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4123
34.6
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
28.35
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.92
37.92
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.75
33.75

Fielding Stats for Al McBean and Tom Means

Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.44
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.15
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.64
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.57
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3218
27
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
27
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1072.2
9
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.2
9
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.61
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.72
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
2.11
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.2
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
2.93
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.72
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
2.73
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.72
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.12
93.12
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.793
0.793
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.54
18.54
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.15
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al McBean and Tom Means

Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
425
897.89
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
284
600
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
264
557.75
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
6
450
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.509
0.509
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
109.86
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
90.85
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.45
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.23
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.34
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.01
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.39
32.52
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
24.79
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
145.77
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
124.65
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0.452
0.452
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.355
0.355
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
44.37
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
52.82
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
90.85
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.27
30.16
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
34.87
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.11
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
12.68
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
106
223.94
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.68
2.68
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
27.46
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.23
Tom Means
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Means
Career
Per 600 PA