Mike Beard vs. Guy Bush — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Guy Bush
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Guy Bush 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. Mike Beard posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.74 and WHIP 1.534 compared to 3.86 and 1.399 for Guy Bush. By the career numbers, Mike Beard had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Beard and Guy Bush

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.79
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
1.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.58
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
0.45
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.41
56.41
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.83
56.83
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
0.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.11
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
1166
3.86
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8166
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2722
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2950
9.75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.75
9.75
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
859
2.84
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
3.28
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
850
2.81
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.628
0.628
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.17
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11750
38.85
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
0.48
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1369
4.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.399
1.399
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
458
34.93
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10850
35.87
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Guy Bush

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
27
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
9
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
643
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
802
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
781
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.38
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.419
0.419
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.441
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Guy Bush

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
544
326.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1000
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
888
532.8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
85.8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
77.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
7.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
8.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
19.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
159
95.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
194
116.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
34.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
31.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
65.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.61
15.97
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
30
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PAverified
162
97.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.17
6.17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
36.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
10
6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100