Mike Beard vs. Rob Gardner — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rob Gardner
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rob Gardner 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 4.35 and 1.468 for Rob Gardner. 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 Rob Gardner

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
2.96
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.38
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.49
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.53
38.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
4.35
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
993
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
345
9.38
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.38
9.38
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.95
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.43
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
3.62
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.22
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
5.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.77
1.77
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.985
0.985
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.35
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1449
39.4
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.46
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.81
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
4.89
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.444
1.444
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
458
34.93
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
35.43
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.65
1.65
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.4
39.4

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Rob Gardner

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
2.96
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
993
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.3
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
1.47
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.79
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.77
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
96.88
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.48
98.48
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.596
0.596
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.53
38.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Rob Gardner

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
701.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
549.47
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
75.79
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
63.16
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.63
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.63
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.01
12.72
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
88.42
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
82.11
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.63
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.63
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
25.26
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.06
-0.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
233.68
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.57
2.57
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Rob Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
44.21
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA