Mike Beard vs. Eli Grba — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Eli Grba
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Eli Grba 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 4.48 and 1.521 for Eli Grba. 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 Eli Grba

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
2.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.26
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.47
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.55
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.9
45.9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
4.48
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1609
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
536.1
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
513
8.61
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.61
8.61
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.04
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.43
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
4.77
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.32
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
4.28
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.25
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2387
40.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.81
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
5.34
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.466
1.466
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.486
1.486
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
458
34.93
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2091
35.09
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.06
40.06

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Eli Grba

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
2.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.26
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1609
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
536.1
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.57
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
1.49
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.18
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
2.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
2.06
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.79
91.79
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.911
0.911
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Eli Grba

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
143
449.21
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
191
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
160
502.62
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.657
0.657
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
109.95
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
81.68
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Grba
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.57
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
28.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.73
49.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
163.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
157.07
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.609
0.609
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
47.12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
59.69
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
94.24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.46
51.72
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
43.98
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Grba
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Eli Grba
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
131.94
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.55
4.55
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
47.12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.14
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Eli Grba
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.28
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Grba
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Grba
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Grba
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Eli Grba
Career
Per 600 PA