Mike Beard vs. Chris Hammond — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Chris Hammond
Gen XGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Chris Hammond 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 4.14 and 1.408 for Chris Hammond. 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 Chris Hammond

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
441
3.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.09
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.53
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.5
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.56
51.56
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.84
30.84
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
517
4.14
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3371
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1123.2
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1163
9.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.32
9.32
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.84
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
3.1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.26
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
5.7
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.978
0.978
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.25
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.25
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4821
38.61
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.54
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
572
4.58
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.43
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.26
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.87
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4317
34.58
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Chris Hammond

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
441
3.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.09
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3371
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1123.2
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.38
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.37
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
1.88
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
1.75
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.19
93.19
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.497
0.497
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.84
30.84
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Chris Hammond

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
444
931.47
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
286
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
500
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
238
499.3
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.626
0.626
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
100.7
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
75.52
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
14.69
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.68
45.48
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
144.76
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
159.44
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.505
0.505
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
62.94
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
29.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
83.92
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.33
46.84
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
58.74
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PAverified
96
201.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.98
2.98
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
39.86
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA