Mike Beard vs. Jerry Bell — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jerry Bell
Baby BoomersTennesseeThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jerry 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. Jerry Bell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.28 and WHIP 1.364 compared to 3.74 and 1.534 for Mike Beard. By the career numbers, Jerry Bell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Beard and Jerry Bell

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
2.19
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.89
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.54
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.35
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.71
60.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.58
40.58
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
3.74
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
3.28
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
849
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
8.33
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.33
8.33
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.54
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.43
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
3.63
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.32
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
3.28
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
2.83
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.83
2.83
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.717
0.717
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.38
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1186
37.72
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.45
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
3.85
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.329
1.329
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1046
33.27
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.72
37.72

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Jerry Bell

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
2.19
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.89
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
851
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283.2
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.63
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.62
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
2.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
2.25
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.95
95.95
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.029
1.029
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.58
40.58
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Jerry Bell

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
69
2760
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Jerry Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
560
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
9.91
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
2.54
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-1.11
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.8
-31.95
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
300
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
10
400
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Jerry Bell
Career
Per 600 PA