Mike Beard vs. Josh Beckett — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Josh Beckett
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Josh Beckett 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 3.88 and 1.245 for Josh Beckett. By the career numbers, Mike Beard had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Beard and Josh Beckett

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
1.47
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.61
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.47
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.56
56.56
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.1
99.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
884
3.88
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6153
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1897
8.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
1.04
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
629
2.76
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1901
8.34
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.234
1.234
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.26
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.33
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8579
37.65
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
957
4.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.29
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.18
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
0.61
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7767
34.08
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.65
37.65

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Josh Beckett

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
1.47
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6153
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.58
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
0.97
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372
1.63
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
353
1.55
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.89
94.89
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.054
1.054
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.1
99.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Josh Beckett

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
335
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
335
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
517.61
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.463
0.463
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
73.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
46.57
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
21.49
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
26.87
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.08
21.63
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
111.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
94.93
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
34.03
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
32.24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
60.9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.4
9.68
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
21.49
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
197.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.05
3.05
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
59.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.16
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA