Mike Beard vs. Larry Gura — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Larry Gura
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Larry Gura 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 3.76 and 1.298 for Larry Gura. 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 Larry Gura

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
1.77
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.55
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Larry Gura
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.43
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Larry Gura
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.5
56.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.76
64.76
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.31
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.06
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Larry Gura
Career
Per 9 Innings
855
3.76
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Larry Gura
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6141
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2047
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Larry Gura
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2020
8.88
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.88
8.88
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Larry Gura
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
0.9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Larry Gura
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Larry Gura
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Larry Gura
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
600
2.64
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Larry Gura
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
801
3.52
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Larry Gura
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.684
0.684
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Larry Gura
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.12
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Larry Gura
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8596
37.79
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.26
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Larry Gura
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
958
4.21
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Larry Gura
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.38
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Larry Gura
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.38
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
0.75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7777
34.19
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Larry Gura
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.38
2.38
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Larry Gura
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.79
37.79

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Larry Gura

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
1.77
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6140
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2046.2
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.47
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
369
1.62
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Larry Gura
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
483
2.12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
476
2.09
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
96.88
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.55
98.55
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.181
1.181
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.76
64.76
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Gura
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Gura
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Gura
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Gura
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Larry Gura

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
74
3700
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
405
6394.74
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
521.05
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Larry Gura
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Larry Gura
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Gura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Gura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Gura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Gura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Gura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Gura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Gura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
9.91
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.44
6.87
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
78.95
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Larry Gura
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Larry Gura
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Larry Gura
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Gura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Larry Gura
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Larry Gura
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Larry Gura
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-1.11
Larry Gura
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.67
-10.56
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Gura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Gura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Larry Gura
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
236.84
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.53
2.53
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Larry Gura
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Larry Gura
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Gura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Gura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Gura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Gura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Gura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Gura
Career
Per 600 PA