Mike Beard vs. Orlando Hernandez — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Orlando Hernandez
Gen XCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Orlando Hernandez 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 4.13 and 1.276 for Orlando Hernandez. 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 Orlando Hernandez

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
1.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.44
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.62
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.44
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.06
58.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.35
96.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
604
4.13
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3944
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1314.2
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1181
8.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.21
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
3.28
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1086
7.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.96
4.96
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.46
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5558
38.05
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
641
4.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.21
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.42
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.263
1.263
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4939
33.81
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.05
38.05

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Orlando Hernandez

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
1.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.44
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3944
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1314.2
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.69
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.17
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
1.89
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
1.86
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
96.88
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.55
98.55
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.242
1.242
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.35
96.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Orlando Hernandez

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
220
1000
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
527.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
81.82
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
63.64
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.64
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.55
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.18
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.06
18.45
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
104.55
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
86.36
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.73
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
50
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.49
11.31
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.55
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
186.36
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
3.22
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
68.18
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.64
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orlando Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.64
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Orlando Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100