Mike Beard vs. Walt Dickson — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Walt Dickson
Pre-GenerationalTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh RebelsFederal LeagueStarting Pitcher

Walt Dickson 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. Walt Dickson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.6 and WHIP 1.401 compared to 3.74 and 1.534 for Mike Beard. By the career numbers, Walt Dickson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Beard and Walt Dickson

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
1.72
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.33
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.64
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.21
34.21
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.96
58.96
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.51
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
3.74
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
3.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2100
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
700
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
759
9.76
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
2.85
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
3.28
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
2.6
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.606
0.606
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.13
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2814
36.18
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.48
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.81
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
381
4.9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.401
1.401
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2584
33.22
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.18
36.18

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Walt Dickson

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
5.64
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
40.2
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
27
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
6.3
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.91
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
62.4
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
3.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.44
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
72.3
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.36
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
68.7
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.02
95.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.709
1.709
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Walt Dickson

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
134
321.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
223
535.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
72
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
69.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.15
14.77
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
74.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
108
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
38.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
19.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
57.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
8.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
33.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
117.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.1
5.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
28.8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Dickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100