Mike Beard vs. Billy Loes — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Billy Loes
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Billy Loes 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 3.89 and 1.324 for Billy Loes. 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 Billy Loes

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
2.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.6
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.48
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.94
55.94
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.99
43.99
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.24
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
3.89
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3571
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1190.1
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1135
8.58
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.58
8.58
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
0.89
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
3.18
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
645
4.88
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.896
0.896
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.16
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.26
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5043
38.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
0.87
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
565
4.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.307
1.307
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4587
34.68
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.13
38.13

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Billy Loes

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
3.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2484
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
828
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.87
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.91
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
2.42
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.44
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
3.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.36
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
3.29
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.89
95.89
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.959
0.959
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.43
29.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Billy Loes

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
317
477.89
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
398
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
347
523.12
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.349
0.349
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
57.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
52.76
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.51
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.52
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
9.91
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.18
7.81
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
63.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
79.9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
21.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
16.58
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
37.69
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-1.11
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.57
-8.4
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
22.61
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
96
144.72
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.15
4.15
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
52.76
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.51
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
7
10.55
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.51
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.51
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50