Grant Balfour vs. Mike Beard — Career Comparison

Grant Balfour
Gen XAustraliaThrows RightBats RightOceaniaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Grant Balfour posted a stronger line than Mike Beard. Grant Balfour posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.49 vs 3.74) and WHIP (1.245 vs 1.534). By the career numbers, Grant Balfour had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Grant Balfour and Mike Beard

Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
8.91
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
5.64
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.38
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.6
56.6
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
3.49
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
3.74
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.209
0.209
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1619
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539.2
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
6.77
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.77
6.77
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.78
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
4.2
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.43
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.23
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
9.52
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.52
9.52
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.525
1.525
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2241
37.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
3.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.83
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
3.59
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.25
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.32
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.52
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.219
1.219
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1947
32.47
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.37
37.37
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12

Fielding Stats for Grant Balfour and Mike Beard

Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
8.91
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
5.64
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1619
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539.2
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.28
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
1.03
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.41
98.41
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
96.88
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.116
0.116
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.419
0.419
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Balfour and Mike Beard

Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
534
160200
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
74
3700
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
600
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
500
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
9.91
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-1.11
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
300
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA