Mike Beard vs. Jimmy Boyd — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jimmy Boyd
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaNorth AmericaNewark EaglesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Jimmy Boyd 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. Jimmy Boyd posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.29 and WHIP 0.857 compared to 3.74 and 1.534 for Mike Beard. By the career numbers, Jimmy Boyd had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Beard and Jimmy Boyd

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.57
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
3.74
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
5.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.57
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.86
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.714
0.714
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
34.71
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.57
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.857
0.857
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
32.14
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.182
0.182
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.71
34.71

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Jimmy Boyd

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.57
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
1.91
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.57
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
2.44
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.57
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
2.36
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.57
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
96.88
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Jimmy Boyd

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
600
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
500
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
9.91
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-1.11
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-60
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
6
300
Jimmy Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA