Mike Beard vs. R. A. Dickey — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
R. A. Dickey
Gen XTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star

R. A. Dickey 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 4.04 and 1.312 for R. A. Dickey. 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 R. A. Dickey

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
400
1.74
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
1.3
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
0.52
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
0.51
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.42
50.42
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
930
4.04
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6221
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2073.2
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2033
8.82
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
1.15
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
663
2.88
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1477
6.41
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.41
6.41
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.032
1.032
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.39
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.39
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8791
38.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.15
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1015
4.41
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.26
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.26
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
0.79
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.3
1.3
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7917
34.36
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.15
38.15

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and R. A. Dickey

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
400
1.74
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
1.3
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6221
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2073.2
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.52
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386
1.68
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
2.26
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
505
2.19
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
96.88
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.93
96.93
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.263
1.263
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and R. A. Dickey

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
402
788.24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
306
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
267
523.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
88.24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
82.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.88
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.88
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.46
14.63
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
94.12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
98.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.49
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
56.86
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.28
10.36
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.96
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.84
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.24
6.24
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
R. A. Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
66.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
R. A. Dickey
Career
Per 600 PA