Mike Beard vs. Wally Bunker — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Wally Bunker
Silent GenerationWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Wally Bunker 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. Wally Bunker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.51 and WHIP 1.222 compared to 3.74 and 1.534 for Mike Beard. By the career numbers, Wally Bunker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Beard and Wally Bunker

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
1.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.26
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.5
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.43
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.57
53.57
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.79
73.79
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.28
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
3.74
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
423
3.51
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3256
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1085.1
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
976
8.09
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.09
8.09
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.94
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
2.77
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
569
4.72
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.832
0.832
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.19
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4472
37.08
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.15
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
473
3.92
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4115
34.12
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.08
37.08

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Wally Bunker

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
1.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.26
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3256
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1085.1
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.58
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179
1.48
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
257
2.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
2.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
96.88
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.89
96.89
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.209
1.209
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.79
73.79
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Wally Bunker

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
321.76
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
386
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
331
514.51
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
48.19
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
35.75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.44
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.44
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.89
12.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
60.62
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
104.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
31.09
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
26.42
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
57.51
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-1.11
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.44
-2.23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
55.96
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
225.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.66
2.66
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
29.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
6.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.55
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.55
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100