Mike Beard vs. Kevin Foster — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kevin Foster
Gen XIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kevin Foster 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 4.86 and 1.436 for Kevin Foster. 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 Kevin Foster

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
1.77
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.47
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.57
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.53
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.61
51.61
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
83
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
275
4.86
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1529
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
509.2
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
8.83
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
1.55
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.43
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
3.88
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.21
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.36
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.36
7.36
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.19
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2205
38.94
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.81
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
5.19
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.34
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.413
1.413
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1931
34.1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.94
38.94

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Kevin Foster

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
1.77
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.47
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1529
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
509.2
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.87
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
1.31
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
1.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
96.88
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.65
98.65
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
83
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Kevin Foster

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
335.38
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
501.54
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
95.38
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
67.69
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
18.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
27.69
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.52
35.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
135.38
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
126.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.507
0.507
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.424
0.424
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
46.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
58.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
101.54
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.5
35.38
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
27.69
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
181.54
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.31
3.31
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
67.69
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Kevin Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100