Mike Beard vs. Vern Law — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Vern Law
Silent GenerationIdahoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Vern Law 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 3.77 and 1.311 for Vern Law. 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 Vern Law

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
483
1.63
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
1.23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.55
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Vern Law
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
0.5
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Vern Law
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.43
52.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.36
75.36
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Vern Law
Career
Per 9 Innings
1118
3.77
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Vern Law
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8016
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2672
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Vern Law
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2833
9.54
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Vern Law
Career
Per 9 Innings
268
0.9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Vern Law
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Vern Law
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Vern Law
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
597
2.01
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Vern Law
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
3.68
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Vern Law
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.632
0.632
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Vern Law
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.13
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Vern Law
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11231
37.83
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.26
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Vern Law
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1274
4.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Vern Law
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.284
1.284
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
458
34.93
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10594
35.68
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Vern Law
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Vern Law
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.83
37.83

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Vern Law

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
1.79
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
1.24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7296
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2432
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
0.79
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.68
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Vern Law
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.07
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.44
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
685
2.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.36
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
666
2.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
96.88
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.23
97.23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.01
69.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Law
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Law
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Law
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Law
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Vern Law

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
516
309.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1000
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
883
529.8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.605
0.605
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
191
114.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
138
82.8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
21
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
6.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
31.8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68.07
40.84
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
273
163.8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
142.8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
57.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
54
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
105
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68.7
41.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
24.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Law
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Vern Law
Career
Per 600 PAverified
179
107.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.59
5.59
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
37.8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.2
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Vern Law
Career
Per 600 PA
24
14.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Law
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Law
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100