Mike Beard vs. Leniel Hooker — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Leniel Hooker
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNewark EaglesNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Leniel Hooker 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 1.364 for Leniel Hooker. 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 Leniel Hooker

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
1.57
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.49
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.55
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.13
47.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.94
67.94
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.62
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
345
4.13
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2258
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
752.2
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
789
9.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.83
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
4.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.776
0.776
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.28
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3299
39.45
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.43
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.81
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
5.17
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.57
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.363
1.363
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
458
34.93
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2991
35.76
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.45
39.45

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Leniel Hooker

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
1.57
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2258
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
752.2
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.91
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
2.1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
2.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
2.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
96.88
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.94
98.94
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.18
67.18
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Leniel Hooker

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
264
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
300
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
283
566
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
56
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
50
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
9.91
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.16
8.33
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
62
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
78
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
28
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
16
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
44
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-1.11
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.09
-10.17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
6
300
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
150
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.5
5.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA