Mike Beard vs. Dan Haren — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dan Haren
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Dan Haren 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 3.75 and 1.197 for Dan Haren. 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 Dan Haren

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
391
1.45
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
380
1.41
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.57
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Dan Haren
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
0.49
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Dan Haren
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.87
53.87
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.19
97.19
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Dan Haren
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Dan Haren
Career
Per 9 Innings
1009
3.75
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Dan Haren
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7259
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2419.2
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Dan Haren
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2357
8.77
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.77
8.77
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Dan Haren
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
1.13
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Dan Haren
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Dan Haren
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Dan Haren
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
1.86
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Dan Haren
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2013
7.49
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.49
7.49
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.15
5.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.039
1.039
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Dan Haren
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.36
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Dan Haren
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Dan Haren
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10022
37.28
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Dan Haren
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.01
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Dan Haren
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Dan Haren
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.29
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Dan Haren
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
0.57
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.181
1.181
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9314
34.64
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Dan Haren
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.83
2.83
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Dan Haren
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Dan Haren
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.28
37.28

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Dan Haren

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
391
1.45
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
380
1.41
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7259
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2419.2
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.58
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
0.88
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Dan Haren
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
1.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
96.88
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.52
97.52
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.19
97.19
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.07
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Haren
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Haren
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Haren
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Haren
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Dan Haren

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
401
503.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
478
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
414
519.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.568
0.568
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
104.18
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
69.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
32.64
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Haren
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.51
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
35.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.48
33.24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
144.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
128.03
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.511
0.511
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
38.91
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
48.95
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
85.36
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.78
31.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.51
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
21.34
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Haren
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Dan Haren
Career
Per 600 PAverified
121
151.88
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
3.95
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Dan Haren
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
51.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Haren
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.02
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dan Haren
Career
Per 600 PA
8
10.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Haren
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Haren
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Haren
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Haren
Career
Per 600 PA