Mike Beard vs. Buster Brown — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Buster Brown
Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Buster Brown 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. Buster Brown posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.21 and WHIP 1.377 compared to 3.74 and 1.534 for Mike Beard. By the career numbers, Buster Brown had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Beard and Buster Brown

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
1.45
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
1.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.32
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.64
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.12
33.12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.51
70.51
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.66
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
3.74
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
3.21
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4355
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1451.2
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1368
8.48
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.43
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
631
3.91
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
3.28
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
501
3.11
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.33
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6029
37.38
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.34
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
715
4.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.377
1.377
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5339
33.1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.38
37.38

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Buster Brown

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
2.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3087
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1029
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.66
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.91
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.8
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.26
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.44
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
4.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.36
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
509
4.45
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.43
94.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.175
2.175
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.85
50.85
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Buster Brown

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
253.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
557
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
522
562.3
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
102.33
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
66.79
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
24.78
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.54
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
35.55
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.37
33.8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
151.89
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
122.8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.481
0.481
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Buster Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
40.93
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
24.78
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
62.48
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27.6
29.73
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
19.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Buster Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
139
149.73
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.01
4.01
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Buster Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
17.24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Buster Brown
Career
Per 600 PA