Mike Beard vs. Dick Lange — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Lange
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Lange 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 4.47 and 1.543 for Dick Lange. 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 Dick Lange

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
2.28
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.29
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.49
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.29
44.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
4.47
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
828
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
9.72
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.72
9.72
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.01
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.43
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
4.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.16
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
4.47
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.942
0.942
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.26
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
526
40.12
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1242
40.5
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.36
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.81
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
5.45
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.29
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.88
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.466
1.466
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.525
1.525
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
458
34.93
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1095
35.71
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.12
40.12
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Dick Lange

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
2.28
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
829
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276.1
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
1.07
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.56
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
96.88
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.92
97.92
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.671
0.671
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.29
44.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.16
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Dick Lange

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
74
3700
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
15600
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
600
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
500
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
9.91
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-1.11
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-60
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
6
300
Dick Lange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Lange
Career
Per 600 PA