Mike Beard vs. Matt Garza — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Matt Garza
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Matt Garza 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 4.09 and 1.338 for Matt Garza. 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 Matt Garza

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.49
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.49
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.56
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.73
46.73
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
777
4.09
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5132
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1710.2
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1681
8.84
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.84
8.84
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
1.04
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
581
3.06
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1380
7.26
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.26
7.26
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.146
1.146
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.28
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.26
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7313
38.47
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
876
4.61
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.31
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.26
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.77
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.322
1.322
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6575
34.59
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.47
38.47

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Matt Garza

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.49
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5132
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1710.2
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.51
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
0.68
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
1.33
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
1.18
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.29
89.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.776
0.776
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Matt Garza

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
554.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
314
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
523.57
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
0.291
0.291
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
42.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
36.31
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.73
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.73
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
9.91
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.46
4.7
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
47.77
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
59.24
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
0.072
0.072
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.38
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.64
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
21.02
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-1.11
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
-10.87
-20.77
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.73
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
11.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PAverified
155
296.18
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.03
2.03
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
59.24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.82
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.91
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Garza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.91
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Garza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0