Mike Beard vs. Danny Duffy — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny Duffy
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny Duffy 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 3.95 and 1.321 for Danny Duffy. 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 Danny Duffy

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
1.8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.57
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.52
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.52
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.18
87.18
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
3.95
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3517
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1172.1
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1111
8.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.53
8.53
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
1.11
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1048
8.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.05
8.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.262
1.262
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.4
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4974
38.19
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
4.18
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.16
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.21
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.316
1.316
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4448
34.15
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.19
38.19

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Danny Duffy

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
1.8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.57
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3517
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1172.1
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.16
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
0.91
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
1.17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
1.07
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.11
92.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.598
0.598
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.18
87.18
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Danny Duffy

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
74
3700
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
234
5850
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
550
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
9.91
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.37
9.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
75
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-1.11
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-4.88
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
275
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.18
2.18
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
50
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA