Ed Barry vs. Mike Beard — Career Comparison

Ed Barry
Pre-GenerationalWisconsinThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ed Barry 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. Ed Barry posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.53 and WHIP 1.253 compared to 3.74 and 1.534 for Mike Beard. By the career numbers, Ed Barry had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Barry and Mike Beard

Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.37
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.68
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
3.74
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
8.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.57
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.85
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
3.87
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.747
0.747
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.57
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
330
37.59
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
5.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.81
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.253
1.253
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
33.84
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.59
37.59
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12

Fielding Stats for Ed Barry and Mike Beard

Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.37
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.82
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.51
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
2.44
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.28
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.667
1.667
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Barry and Mike Beard

Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
12
266.67
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
511.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
12.76
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
111.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.19
-4.3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-1.11
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
200
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA