Mike Beard vs. Jay Hook — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jay Hook
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jay Hook 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 5.23 and 1.460 for Jay Hook. 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 Jay Hook

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.91
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.34
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.35
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.74
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.87
31.87
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.36
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
437
5.23
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2258
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
752.2
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
808
9.66
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.66
9.66
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
1.34
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
3.29
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.19
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
394
4.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.26
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.36
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3291
39.35
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.24
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.81
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
482
5.76
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.76
5.76
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.439
1.439
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
458
34.93
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2986
35.71
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Jay Hook

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.91
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.34
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2258
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
752.2
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.86
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
1.16
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
2.12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
2.02
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.48
95.48
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.056
1.056
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Hook
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Jay Hook

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
383.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
260
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
225
519.23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.435
0.435
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
78.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
76.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.29
16.82
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
80.77
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
120
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.369
0.369
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
36.92
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
23.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
60
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.06
13.99
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
41.54
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PAverified
77
177.69
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
3.38
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
36.92
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hook
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.62
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Hook
Career
Per 600 PA