Mike Beard vs. Stew Bolen — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Stew Bolen
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Stew Bolen 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 6.09 and 1.827 for Stew Bolen. 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 Stew Bolen

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
2.65
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.19
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.84
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.75
18.75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.46
41.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.19
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
6.09
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
9.76
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
11.01
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.76
9.76
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.01
11.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.45
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.43
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
5.44
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
4.66
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.122
1.122
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.71
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
526
40.12
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
656
42.47
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.84
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.81
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
6.6
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.6
6.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.466
1.466
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.827
1.827
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
458
34.93
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
566
36.65
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.49
2.49
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.335
0.335
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.12
40.12
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.47
42.47

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Stew Bolen

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
27
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
9
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.84
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.419
0.419
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.805
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Stew Bolen

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
41
502.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
563.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.51
30.74
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
146.94
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.351
0.351
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.74
33.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
6
300
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.25
12.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Stew Bolen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Stew Bolen
Career
Per 600 PA