Mike Beard vs. Casey Fossum — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Casey Fossum
Gen XNew JerseyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Casey Fossum 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 5.45 and 1.534 for Casey Fossum. 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 Casey Fossum

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.46
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.61
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.01
43.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.63
50.63
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
476
5.45
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2358
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
786
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
9.76
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
873
10
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.76
9.76
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
1.31
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.43
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
319
3.65
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.16
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
607
6.95
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.95
6.95
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.178
1.178
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.32
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.72
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
526
40.12
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3537
40.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.4
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.81
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
535
6.13
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.21
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.31
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.74
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.466
1.466
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.517
1.517
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
458
34.93
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3110
35.61
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.12
40.12
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Casey Fossum

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2358
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
786
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.44
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.04
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
1.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.48
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
96.88
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.47
98.47
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.544
0.544
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.63
50.63
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Casey Fossum

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
2823.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
541.18
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
9.91
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.29
3.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
58.82
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
35.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
35.29
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-1.11
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.94
-22.87
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
188.24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.19
3.19
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA