Mike Beard vs. Tommy Bridges — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tommy Bridges
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tommy Bridges 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. Tommy Bridges posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.57 and WHIP 1.368 compared to 3.74 and 1.534 for Mike Beard. By the career numbers, Tommy Bridges had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Beard and Tommy Bridges

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
1.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
1.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.62
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
0.44
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.43
58.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.38
85.38
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.64
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
3.74
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1122
3.57
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8479
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2826.1
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2675
8.52
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
0.58
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.43
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
1192
3.8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1674
5.33
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.33
5.33
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.014
1.014
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.19
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.11
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.03
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12165
38.74
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.15
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1321
4.21
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10938
34.83
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.74
38.74

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Tommy Bridges

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
27
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
9
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
637
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
613
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.419
0.419
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.446
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Tommy Bridges

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
424
222.77
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1142
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1003
526.97
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.509
0.509
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
95.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
146
76.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
14.19
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
4.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
18.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
28.9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
224
117.69
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
255
133.98
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
43.61
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
37.83
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
81.44
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54.58
28.68
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
38.88
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PAverified
271
142.38
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.21
4.21
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Tommy Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
34.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
6
3.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA