Mike Beard vs. Jim Henry — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Henry
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Henry 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 4.79 and 1.509 for Jim Henry. 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 Jim Henry

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
2.59
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.86
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.47
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
4.79
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
344
27
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
114.2
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.95
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.95
8.95
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.18
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.43
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
4.63
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.55
1.55
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.959
0.959
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
509
39.95
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.63
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.81
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
5.1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.466
1.466
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.509
1.509
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
458
34.93
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
35.08
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.97
1.97
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.95
39.95

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Jim Henry

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
27
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
9
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.45
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.419
0.419
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.636
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Jim Henry

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
34
523.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
553.85
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
46.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
30.77
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.93
14.3
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
76.92
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
92.31
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.293
0.293
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-1.11
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.23
-3.61
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
46.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
200
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Jim Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Henry
Career
Per 600 PA