Mike Beard vs. Bill Forman — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Forman
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Forman 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 5.4 and 1.371 for Bill Forman. 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 Bill Forman

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.31
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.54
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.54
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.77
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.4
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
27
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.2
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
6.94
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.94
6.94
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.43
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
3.28
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.54
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.771
0.771
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.77
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.54
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
38.57
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.81
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
6.94
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.371
1.371
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
31.63
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.57
38.57

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Bill Forman

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.5
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
1.91
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
2.44
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
6
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
2.36
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.25
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.333
2.333
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Bill Forman

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
600
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
500
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
99.33
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
112.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
6
300
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA