Mike Beard vs. Gary Bell — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gary Bell
Silent GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Gary Bell 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. Gary Bell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.68 and WHIP 1.340 compared to 3.74 and 1.534 for Mike Beard. By the career numbers, Gary Bell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Beard and Gary Bell

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
1.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.54
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Gary Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.52
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Gary Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.84
50.84
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.89
44.89
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.23
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
3.74
Gary Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
825
3.68
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6045
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2015
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Gary Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1794
8.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.01
8.01
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Gary Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
0.92
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Gary Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Gary Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.43
Gary Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
842
3.76
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Gary Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.29
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Gary Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1378
6.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.15
6.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.102
1.102
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Gary Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.31
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Gary Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8561
38.24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
0.73
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Gary Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
932
4.16
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Gary Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7665
34.24
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Gary Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Gary Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.24
38.24

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Gary Bell

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
1.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6045
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2015
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.63
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
278
1.24
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Gary Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
435
1.94
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
419
1.87
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Gary Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.32
96.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.807
0.807
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.89
44.89
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Gary Bell

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
521
472.92
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
661
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
569
516.49
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
95.31
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
80.79
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
11.8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.82
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.91
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
14.52
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27.05
24.55
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
113.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
120.73
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.441
0.441
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.326
0.326
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Gary Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
41.75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
37.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
78.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.49
24.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.72
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
22.69
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Gary Bell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
152
137.97
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.35
4.35
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Gary Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
55.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.72
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gary Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.26
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.91
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.91
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100