Mike Beard vs. Cal Dorsett — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cal Dorsett
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cal Dorsett 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 11.85 and 2.780 for Cal Dorsett. 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 Cal Dorsett

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
5.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.32
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Cal Dorsett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.66
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Cal Dorsett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Cal Dorsett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
11.85
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.85
11.85
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.3
12.3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.88
6.88
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.385
0.385
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
27
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.2
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
9.76
Cal Dorsett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
16.46
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.76
9.76
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.46
16.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Cal Dorsett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.32
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.43
Cal Dorsett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
8.56
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Cal Dorsett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.56
8.56
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.95
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Cal Dorsett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Cal Dorsett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Cal Dorsett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Cal Dorsett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Cal Dorsett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.38
Cal Dorsett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.66
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526
40.12
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
51.37
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.83
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.63
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.81
Cal Dorsett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
13.17
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.17
13.17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Cal Dorsett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Cal Dorsett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.466
1.466
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.781
2.781
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
458
34.93
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
42.8
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.404
0.404
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.12
40.12
Cal Dorsett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.37
51.37

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Cal Dorsett

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
27
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
9
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Cal Dorsett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Cal Dorsett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.419
0.419
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Cal Dorsett

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
8
1600
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
600
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
500
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
9.91
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Dorsett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Dorsett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-1.11
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.17
-33.76
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
6
300
Cal Dorsett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal Dorsett
Career
Per 600 PA