Mike Beard vs. Jeremy Guthrie — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jeremy Guthrie
Gen XOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jeremy Guthrie 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 4.42 and 1.353 for Jeremy Guthrie. 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 Jeremy Guthrie

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
306
1.56
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
1.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.46
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.56
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.5
45.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.22
89.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
867
4.42
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5296
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1765.1
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1862
9.49
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.49
9.49
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
1.27
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
510
2.6
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1046
5.33
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.33
5.33
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.881
0.881
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.17
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.45
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7558
38.53
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.06
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
930
4.74
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.17
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
0.77
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.344
1.344
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
458
34.93
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6859
34.97
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.53
38.53

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Jeremy Guthrie

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
306
1.56
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
1.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5296
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1765.1
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.65
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
1.16
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
1.93
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355
1.81
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.92
93.92
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.16
1.16
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.22
89.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.09
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Jeremy Guthrie

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
316
2788.24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
529.41
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
52.94
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
35.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.65
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.65
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
9.91
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.97
8.56
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
70.59
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
70.59
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.47
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
35.29
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-1.11
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.45
-12.83
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.82
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
238.24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.52
2.52
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Jeremy Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
52.94
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.82
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Jeremy Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA