Mike Beard vs. Atlee Hammaker — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Atlee Hammaker
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Atlee Hammaker 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. Atlee Hammaker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.66 and WHIP 1.290 compared to 3.74 and 1.534 for Mike Beard. By the career numbers, Atlee Hammaker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Beard and Atlee Hammaker

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
2.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.49
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.56
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.83
46.83
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.04
61.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
3.74
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
3.66
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3236
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1078.2
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1051
8.77
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.77
8.77
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.78
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
2.39
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.45
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
615
5.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.13
5.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.836
0.836
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.23
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4509
37.62
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
4.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.51
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.81
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.24
1.24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4116
34.34
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.62
37.62

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Atlee Hammaker

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
2.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3236
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1078.2
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
1.53
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
1.89
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
1.84
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
96.88
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.36
97.36
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.888
0.888
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.04
61.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Atlee Hammaker

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
249
442.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
338
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
305
541.42
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.334
0.334
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
63.91
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
62.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.78
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.78
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
9.91
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.98
8.83
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
65.68
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
85.21
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
17.75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
17.75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.5
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-1.11
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.45
-6.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.55
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
17.75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
175.74
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.41
3.41
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
37.28
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.78
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Atlee Hammaker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.78
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Atlee Hammaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100