Mike Beard vs. Tom Glavine — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tom Glavine
Gen XMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardSilver SluggerAll-Star

Tom Glavine 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. Tom Glavine posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.54 and WHIP 1.347 compared to 3.74 and 1.534 for Mike Beard. By the career numbers, Tom Glavine had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Beard and Tom Glavine

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
682
1.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
1.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
0.62
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
0.41
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.04
60.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.05
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
3.74
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1734
3.54
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13240
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4413.1
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4298
8.76
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
0.73
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1500
3.06
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.3
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2607
5.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.931
0.931
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.13
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.13
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18604
37.94
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1900
3.87
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
0.46
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
0.86
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.314
1.314
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16697
34.05
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.94
37.94

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Tom Glavine

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
682
1.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
1.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13240
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4413.1
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
0.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
856
1.75
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1144
2.33
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1118
2.28
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
96.88
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.73
97.73
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.639
1.639
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Tom Glavine

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
709
258.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1645
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
500
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1323
482.55
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
246
89.73
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
79.51
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
9.12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.73
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.36
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
10.21
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68.16
24.86
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
278
101.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
349
127.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.454
0.454
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
33.92
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
32.83
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
66.38
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77.2
28.16
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.73
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
36.84
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PAverified
329
120
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
78.78
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.09
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
14
5.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.36
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.36
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100