Mike Beard vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cliff Lee
Gen XArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Cliff Lee 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. Cliff Lee posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.52 and WHIP 1.202 compared to 3.74 and 1.534 for Mike Beard. By the career numbers, Cliff Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Beard and Cliff Lee

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.6
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.38
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.11
61.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
3.74
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2116
8.83
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
0.93
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.17
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.21
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.22
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
0.69
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8296
34.62
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Cliff Lee

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
0.78
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.21
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.13
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.77
93.77
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Cliff Lee

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
337
629.91
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
543.93
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
95.33
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
76.64
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.69
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
23.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
123.36
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
104.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.64
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
35.51
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
65.42
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.75
16.36
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
205.61
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
2.92
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
44.86
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.61
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50