Mike Beard vs. Jim LaMarque — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim LaMarque
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim LaMarque 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. Jim LaMarque posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.46 and WHIP 1.255 compared to 3.74 and 1.534 for Mike Beard. By the career numbers, Jim LaMarque had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Beard and Jim LaMarque

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.65
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.31
67.31
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.88
80.88
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.69
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
3.74
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
3.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1451
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
483.2
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
8.82
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
2.47
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
5.73
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.73
5.73
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.912
0.912
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2061
38.35
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
4.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.99
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.255
1.255
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1871
34.82
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.35
38.35

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Jim LaMarque

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
1.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.98
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1677
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
559
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.72
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.91
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
2.61
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.44
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
3.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.36
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
3.33
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.28
96.28
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.326
2.326
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.54
68.54
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Jim LaMarque

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
246.77
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
228
551.61
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.621
0.621
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
123.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
89.52
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
21.77
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.84
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.26
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
33.87
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.48
51.97
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
176.61
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
159.68
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
91.94
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
84.68
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
169.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.97
55.56
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.84
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
31.45
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
6
300
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
12.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.26
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.26
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100