Mike Beard vs. Fred Blaylock — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Blaylock
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Fred Blaylock 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 5.4 and 2.175 for Fred Blaylock. 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 Fred Blaylock

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.03
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.4
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
27
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.1
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
9.76
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
11.48
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.76
9.76
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.48
11.48
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.43
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
8.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526
40.12
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
47.93
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.81
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
8.1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.466
1.466
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.175
2.175
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
458
34.93
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
39.15
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.12
40.12
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.93
47.93

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Fred Blaylock

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.03
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
27
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.1
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
1.91
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
2.44
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.7
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.03
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Fred Blaylock

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
600
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
500
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
514.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
28.33
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
36.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
6
300
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA