Mike Beard vs. Eric Hetzel — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Eric Hetzel
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Eric Hetzel 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 6.12 and 1.758 for Eric Hetzel. 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 Eric Hetzel

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
2.21
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Eric Hetzel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.32
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.74
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Eric Hetzel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.48
90.48
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
6.12
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.12
6.12
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
256
27
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.1
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
9.76
Eric Hetzel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
10.55
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.76
9.76
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.55
10.55
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.05
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.43
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
5.17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Eric Hetzel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Eric Hetzel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
5.59
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Eric Hetzel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.59
5.59
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Eric Hetzel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Eric Hetzel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Eric Hetzel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526
40.12
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
42.4
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.81
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
7.07
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.07
7.07
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Eric Hetzel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Eric Hetzel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.32
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.53
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.466
1.466
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.746
1.746
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
458
34.93
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
345
36.39
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.12
40.12
Eric Hetzel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.4
42.4

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Eric Hetzel

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
2.21
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Eric Hetzel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
256
27
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.1
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.53
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Eric Hetzel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.95
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.95
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
96.88
Eric Hetzel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Eric Hetzel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.429
0.429
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Eric Hetzel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.48
90.48
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Eric Hetzel

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
21
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
500
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
9.91
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-1.11
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
6
300
Eric Hetzel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Hetzel
Career
Per 600 PA