Al McBean vs. Bill Phebus — Career Comparison

Al McBean
Silent GenerationU.S. Virgin IslandsThrows RightBats RightPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Phebus
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Phebus 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 3.31 and 1.491 for Bill Phebus. 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 Bill Phebus

Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
3.43
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.15
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.64
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.99
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.56
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.5
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.42
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.33
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.26
57.26
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.58
18.58
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.15
46.15
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.18
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.66
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.53
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
3.13
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
3.31
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3217
27
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
27
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1072.1
9
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.1
9
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1058
8.88
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
7.62
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.53
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.66
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
3.06
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
5.8
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.47
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.8
5.8
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
575
4.83
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.98
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.877
0.877
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.976
0.976
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.29
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.5
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4518
37.92
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
40.91
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
1.56
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.83
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
3.61
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
4.64
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.327
1.327
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.491
1.491
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4123
34.6
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
34.62
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91

Fielding Stats for Al McBean and Bill Phebus

Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.44
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.64
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3218
27
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1072.2
9
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.61
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
2.11
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.2
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
2.93
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
2.73
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.12
93.12
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.793
0.793
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.615
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18.54
18.54
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.15
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Al McBean and Bill Phebus

Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
425
897.89
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
13
433.33
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
284
600
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
264
557.75
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
10
333.33
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.509
0.509
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.639
0.639
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
109.86
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
90.85
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.45
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.23
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.34
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.01
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.39
32.52
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
16.68
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
145.77
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
124.65
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
233.33
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.355
0.355
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
44.37
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
52.82
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
90.85
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.27
30.16
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
41.76
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.11
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
6
12.68
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
233.33
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
106
223.94
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
166.67
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
2.68
2.68
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.6
3.6
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
1.4
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
27.46
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.23
Bill Phebus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Phebus
Career
Per 600 PA