Mike Beard vs. Jake Faria — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jake Faria
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jake Faria 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 4.87 and 1.444 for Jake Faria. 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 Jake Faria

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
3.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.73
39.73
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
4.87
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
615
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
8.87
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.32
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.43
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
4.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
8.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.25
8.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.371
1.371
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.61
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.48
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
901
39.56
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.57
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.81
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
5.05
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.44
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.66
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.439
1.439
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
785
34.46
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.58
1.58
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.56
39.56

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Jake Faria

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
3.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
615
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.61
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.7
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.36
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.32
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.77
96.77
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.419
0.419
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.411
0.411
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.73
39.73
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Jake Faria

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
74
3700
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
14800
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
600
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
500
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
109.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
100
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
106.89
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
6
300
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jake Faria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Faria
Career
Per 600 PA