Mike Beard vs. Oscar Horstmann — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Oscar Horstmann
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Oscar Horstmann 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. Oscar Horstmann posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.67 and WHIP 1.325 compared to 3.74 and 1.534 for Mike Beard. By the career numbers, Oscar Horstmann had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Beard and Oscar Horstmann

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
2.55
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.76
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.46
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.36
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.25
56.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
3.74
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
3.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
530
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176.2
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
7.85
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.43
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
4.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
3.28
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
3.11
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.798
0.798
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.2
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
735
37.44
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.87
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
4.64
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.325
1.325
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
651
33.16
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.82
1.82
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.44
37.44

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Oscar Horstmann

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
27
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
9
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.419
0.419
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.24
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Oscar Horstmann

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 600 PA
50
517.24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
537.93
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.509
0.509
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
103.45
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
82.76
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.69
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.69
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.93
30.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
124.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
134.48
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.69
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
31.03
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.93
30.33
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
31.03
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
165.52
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.63
3.63
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Oscar Horstmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
31.03
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Oscar Horstmann
Career
Per 600 PA