Mike Beard vs. Walker Buehler — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Walker Buehler
MillenialKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Walker Buehler 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. Walker Buehler posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.52 and WHIP 1.159 compared to 3.74 and 1.534 for Mike Beard. By the career numbers, Walker Buehler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Beard and Walker Buehler

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
1.68
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
1.56
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.61
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.28
66.28
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.99
92.99
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
3.74
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
3.52
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2519
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
839.2
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
718
7.7
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.7
7.7
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.14
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
2.69
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
846
9.07
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.07
9.07
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.307
1.307
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.24
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.41
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3467
37.16
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
3.88
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.12
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.64
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.154
1.154
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3151
33.77
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Walker Buehler

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
1.68
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
1.56
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2519
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
839.2
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.57
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
0.93
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
1.54
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
1.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
96.88
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.22
97.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.892
0.892
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.99
92.99
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Walker Buehler

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
486.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
171
526.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
58.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
49.23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.71
14.51
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
73.85
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
92.31
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.305
0.305
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
33.85
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
18.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
49.23
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.21
-0.65
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
33.85
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
300
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
99
304.62
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
1.97
1.97
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Walker Buehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
40
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Walker Buehler
Career
Per 600 PA