Mike Beard vs. Buttons Briggs — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Buttons Briggs
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Buttons Briggs 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. Buttons Briggs posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.41 and WHIP 1.415 compared to 3.74 and 1.534 for Mike Beard. By the career numbers, Buttons Briggs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Beard and Buttons Briggs

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
1.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.46
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.49
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.35
48.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.51
91.51
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.88
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
3.74
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
3.41
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2567
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
855.2
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
9.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.25
9.25
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.43
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
332
3.49
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
3.56
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.783
0.783
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.18
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.41
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3656
38.45
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.08
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.81
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
477
5.02
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.415
1.415
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3285
34.55
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.45
38.45

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Buttons Briggs

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
1.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2568
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
856
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.44
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.68
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
2.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
2.12
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.73
95.73
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.906
1.906
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.17
47.17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Buttons Briggs

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
106
181.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
350
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
324
555.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
82.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
72
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.62
21.63
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
101.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
114.86
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
32.57
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
29.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.07
15.54
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
32.57
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
113.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.3
5.3
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100