Mike Beard vs. Sam Frock — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sam Frock
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Sam Frock 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. Sam Frock posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.23 and WHIP 1.344 compared to 3.74 and 1.534 for Mike Beard. By the career numbers, Sam Frock had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Beard and Sam Frock

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.65
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.97
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.6
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.47
39.47
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.73
58.73
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
3.74
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
3.23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1029
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
9.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.13
9.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.97
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
3.28
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
2.91
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.653
0.653
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1393
36.55
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.42
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.81
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
5.01
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.344
1.344
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1269
33.3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.55
36.55

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Sam Frock

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.74
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.99
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
978
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
326
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.91
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.46
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.44
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.73
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.36
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.68
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
96.88
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.98
97.98
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Sam Frock

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
63
307.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
570.73
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
97.56
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
97.56
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
16.56
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
97.56
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
102.44
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
43.9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
73.17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.28
11.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.88
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
209.76
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.86
2.86
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
24.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.88
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.88
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Frock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100