Mike Beard vs. Harry Howell — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Harry Howell
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Harry Howell 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. Harry Howell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.74 and WHIP 1.212 compared to 3.74 and 1.534 for Mike Beard. By the career numbers, Harry Howell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Beard and Harry Howell

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
340
1.19
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
0.99
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.46
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
0.51
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.29
47.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.94
82.94
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
0.86
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.07
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
3.74
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
781
2.74
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7703
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2567.2
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2435
8.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.09
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
677
2.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
986
3.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.648
0.648
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.18
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.34
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10442
36.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.19
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1158
4.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9668
33.89
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.6
36.6

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Harry Howell

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
1.18
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
0.48
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10410
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3470
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
1.12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.91
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1159
3.01
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.44
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1681
4.36
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.36
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1591
4.13
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.65
94.65
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.489
3.489
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.79
40.79
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Harry Howell

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
458
181.99
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1510
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1394
553.91
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.607
0.607
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
302
120
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
206
81.85
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
23.84
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
9.93
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
4.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
38.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122.55
48.7
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
445
176.82
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
378
150.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
56.82
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
52.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
263
104.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126.25
50.17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
4.77
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
25.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
322
127.95
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.69
4.69
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
15.89
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
7.55
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
7.55
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Howell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100