Mike Beard vs. Walt Leverenz — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Walt Leverenz
Lost GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Walt Leverenz 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. Walt Leverenz posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.15 and WHIP 1.353 compared to 3.74 and 1.534 for Mike Beard. By the career numbers, Walt Leverenz had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Beard and Walt Leverenz

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.73
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.2
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.86
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.42
18.42
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.97
70.97
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
3.74
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
3.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
969
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
7.72
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.72
7.72
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.43
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
4.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
3.65
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.901
0.901
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.33
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1321
36.81
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.39
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
4.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.353
1.353
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1146
31.93
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.81
36.81

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Walt Leverenz

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
27
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
9
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.09
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.419
0.419
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.587
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Walt Leverenz

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
64
358.88
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
571.96
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
100.93
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
95.33
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.61
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.61
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.82
21.44
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
106.54
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
117.76
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.82
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.61
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
22.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.17
17.76
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
16.82
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
207.48
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
2.89
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
11.21
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.61
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.61
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100