Mike Beard vs. Homer Hillebrand — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Homer Hillebrand
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Homer Hillebrand 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. Homer Hillebrand posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.51 and WHIP 1.099 compared to 3.74 and 1.534 for Mike Beard. By the career numbers, Homer Hillebrand had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Beard and Homer Hillebrand

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.41
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.86
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.63
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.63
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
3.74
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.51
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.209
0.209
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
344
27
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
114.2
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
6.75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
3.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
5.49
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.959
0.959
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
454
35.63
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.47
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
3.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.099
1.099
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
32.26
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Homer Hillebrand

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.89
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
975
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
5.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
1.08
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.19
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.44
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
6.65
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.36
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
6.45
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
96.88
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.08
97.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.296
5.296
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.28
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Homer Hillebrand

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
47
197.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
143
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
549.65
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.607
0.607
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
130.07
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
104.9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
16.78
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.43
47.97
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
163.64
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
163.64
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.578
0.578
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.96
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.96
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
83.92
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.05
54.74
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
29.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
54.55
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
0.54
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
16.78
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Homer Hillebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100