Willie Adams vs. Mike Beard — Career Comparison

Willie Adams
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Willie Adams built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Beard as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Beard posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.74 and WHIP 1.534 compared to 4.37 and 1.572 for Willie Adams. By the career numbers, Mike Beard had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Willie Adams and Mike Beard

Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
2.06
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.66
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.51
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.31
32.31
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
4.37
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284.1
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
9.59
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.59
9.59
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
4.56
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.43
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
2.34
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
3.28
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.767
0.767
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.25
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.6
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1238
39.19
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.95
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
5.44
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.81
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.572
1.572
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.466
1.466
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1075
34.03
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.19
39.19
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12

Fielding Stats for Willie Adams and Mike Beard

Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
27
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
9
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.39
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.231
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.419
0.419
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Adams and Mike Beard

Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
65
423.91
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
573.91
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.102
0.102
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
58.7
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
45.65
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
10.96
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
78.26
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
78.26
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.09
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
39.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.34
-8.72
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-1.11
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
176.09
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.41
3.41
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA