Mike Beard vs. Barry Lersch — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Barry Lersch
Silent GenerationColoradoThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Barry Lersch 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 3.82 and 1.276 for Barry Lersch. 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 Barry Lersch

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
2.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.84
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.28
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.5
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.36
31.36
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
242
3.82
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1711
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570.1
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
536
8.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.46
8.46
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
1.1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.88
1.88
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.857
0.857
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.32
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2377
37.51
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.74
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
4.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.44
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.28
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.241
1.241
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2149
33.91
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.51
37.51

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Barry Lersch

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
2.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.84
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1711
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570.1
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.54
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
1.29
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
1.94
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
1.83
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.31
94.31
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.686
0.686
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.36
31.36
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Barry Lersch

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
177
676.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
157
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
508.28
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
57.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
53.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.82
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.82
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
11.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
61.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
103.18
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.305
0.305
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
34.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
45.86
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
1.81
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.82
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
42.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
214.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.8
2.8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
42.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.82
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.82
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Barry Lersch
Career
Per 600 PA