Mike Beard vs. Tom Brennan — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tom Brennan
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tom Brennan 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 4.4 and 1.406 for Tom Brennan. 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 Tom Brennan

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
2.63
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.82
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.37
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.37
47.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.25
31.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
4.4
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
657
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
9.76
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
10.48
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.76
9.76
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.82
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.89
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
4.19
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.676
0.676
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.16
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
939
38.59
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.78
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.81
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
5.1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.41
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.62
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.374
1.374
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
458
34.93
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
867
35.63
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.94
1.94
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.59
38.59

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Tom Brennan

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
2.63
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.82
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
657
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.86
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
1.77
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.44
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.36
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.63
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
96.88
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.97
96.97
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.25
31.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.21
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Tom Brennan

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
3700
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
4266.67
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
600
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
500
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
533.33
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
9.91
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
7.45
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-1.11
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.09
-6.12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
6
300
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tom Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA