Mike Beard vs. Ken Heintzelman — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ken Heintzelman
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ken Heintzelman 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 3.93 and 1.445 for Ken Heintzelman. 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 Ken Heintzelman

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
1.91
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
1.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.46
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.59
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
44
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.37
57.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 9 Innings
656
3.93
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4505
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1501.2
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1540
9.23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.23
9.23
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.43
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 9 Innings
630
3.78
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
564
3.38
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.77
1.77
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.795
0.795
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.2
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6497
38.94
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.43
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.47
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.445
1.445
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
458
34.93
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5853
35.08
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.94
38.94

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Ken Heintzelman

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
27
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
9
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
267
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
311
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
304
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.419
0.419
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.953
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Ken Heintzelman

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
382.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
504
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
440
523.81
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
66.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
60.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.95
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.95
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.36
9.95
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
72.62
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
92.86
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
29.76
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
39.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
69.05
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-1.11
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.76
-2.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
26.19
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
113
134.52
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.46
4.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Ken Heintzelman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
50
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 600 PA
12
14.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Heintzelman
Career
Per 600 PA