Mike Beard vs. Sam Gray — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sam Gray
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Sam Gray 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 4.18 and 1.453 for Sam Gray. 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 Sam Gray

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379
1.75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.07
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.51
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.53
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.12
49.12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.95
60.95
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.47
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
907
4.18
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5854
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1951.1
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
9.76
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2196
10.13
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.76
9.76
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.51
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
639
2.95
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
730
3.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.702
0.702
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.17
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8570
39.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.39
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.81
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1116
5.15
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.453
1.453
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
458
34.93
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7902
36.45
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Sam Gray

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
27
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
9
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
518
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.66
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.419
0.419
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.267
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Sam Gray

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
379
315.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
721
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
648
539.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
103.19
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
82.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.64
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.66
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
20.8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39.89
33.19
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
129.82
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
138.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.481
0.481
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
40.78
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
40.78
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
79.89
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.56
33.75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.83
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
34.12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
146
121.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.94
4.94
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
25.8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.83
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.83
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100