Mike Beard vs. Alan Benes — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Alan Benes
Gen XIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Alan Benes 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 4.59 and 1.462 for Alan Benes. 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 Alan Benes

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
2.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.28
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.53
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.51
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.88
50.88
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.87
60.87
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
4.59
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1482
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
494
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
8.98
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.07
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.43
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
4.01
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.16
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
7.31
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.257
1.257
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.44
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.26
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2153
39.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.44
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.81
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
5.17
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.44
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.31
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.443
1.443
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1878
34.21
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.22
39.22

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Alan Benes

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
2.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.28
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1482
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
494
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.56
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.73
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
1.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.29
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.95
95.95
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.617
0.617
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.87
60.87
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Alan Benes

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
456.95
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
151
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139
552.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
87.42
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
63.58
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
23.84
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
23.84
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.79
19.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
111.26
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
99.34
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
23.84
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
31.79
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
55.63
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.37
9.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
11.92
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
53
210.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.85
2.85
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
35.76
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.97
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA