Mike Beard vs. Joe Hatten — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Hatten
Greatest GenerationIowaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Hatten 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 3.87 and 1.487 for Joe Hatten. 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 Joe Hatten

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
1.93
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.41
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.02
57.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.95
63.95
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Innings
468
3.87
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3261
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1087
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1124
9.31
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.31
9.31
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.58
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.43
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Innings
492
4.07
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
3.28
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
381
3.15
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.64
1.64
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.803
0.803
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.22
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.16
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4723
39.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.33
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
4.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.466
1.466
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.487
1.487
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4212
34.87
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.1
39.1

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Joe Hatten

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
27
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
9
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
224
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
307
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.77
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.419
0.419
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.262
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Joe Hatten

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
376.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
389
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
357
550.64
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.407
0.407
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
87.92
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
78.66
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
9.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
9.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.63
16.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
97.17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
103.34
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.359
0.359
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
40.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
37.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
77.12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.84
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.54
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
13.88
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
152.7
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.93
3.93
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
33.93
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Hatten
Career
Per 600 PA
4
6.17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.54
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.63
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Hatten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67