Mike Beard vs. Rich Beck — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rich Beck
Silent GenerationWashingtonThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rich Beck 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. Rich Beck posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.14 and WHIP 1.429 compared to 3.74 and 1.534 for Mike Beard. By the career numbers, Rich Beck had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Beard and Rich Beck

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.29
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
3.74
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
9.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
37.71
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.57
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.381
1.381
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
34.71
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.71
37.71

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Rich Beck

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.29
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.29
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
2.44
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
2.36
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
96.88
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.333
2.333
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Rich Beck

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
3
225
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
600
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
500
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
525
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
9.91
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
1.16
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-1.11
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.43
-32.26
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
6
300
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
300
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Rich Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Beck
Career
Per 600 PA