Al McBean vs. Bill Powell — Career Comparison

Al McBean
Silent GenerationU.S. Virgin IslandsThrows RightBats RightPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Powell
Lost GenerationWest VirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Powell 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. Bill Powell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.87 and WHIP 1.406 compared to 3.13 and 1.379 for Al McBean. By the career numbers, Bill Powell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al McBean and Bill Powell

Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
3.43
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.81
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.64
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.17
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.56
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.43
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.42
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.85
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.26
57.26
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.58
18.58
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.71
64.71
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.18
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.43
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.53
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
373
3.13
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.87
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3217
27
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
27
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1072.1
9
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.2
9
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1058
8.88
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
8.08
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.53
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
3.06
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
4.57
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.47
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
575
4.83
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.66
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.877
0.877
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.803
0.803
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.29
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.32
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.64
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4518
37.92
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
353
37.52
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
1.56
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.43
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
3.61
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
4.46
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.327
1.327
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.406
1.406
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4123
34.6
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
304
32.31
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.92
37.92
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52

Fielding Stats for Al McBean and Bill Powell

Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
3.44
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.87
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.64
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.1
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3218
27
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
27
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1072.2
9
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
9
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.61
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.66
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
2.11
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.29
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.2
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
2.93
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
4.06
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
2.73
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
3.95
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.12
93.12
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.3
97.3
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.793
0.793
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.118
2.118
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.54
18.54
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.82
58.82
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.15
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al McBean and Bill Powell

Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
425
897.89
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
17
364.29
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
284
600
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
28
600
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
264
557.75
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
26
557.14
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.509
0.509
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
109.86
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
150
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
90.85
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
128.57
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
8.45
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.23
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.34
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
19.01
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.39
32.52
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.33
49.94
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
145.77
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
171.43
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
124.65
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
171.43
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.604
0.604
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.355
0.355
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.474
0.474
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
44.37
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
42.86
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
52.82
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
90.85
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
42.86
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.27
30.16
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.78
59.63
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.11
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
12.68
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
106
223.94
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
107.14
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
2.68
2.68
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.6
5.6
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Al McBean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
27.46
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.23
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al McBean
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA