Mike Beard vs. Curly Ogden — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Curly Ogden
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Curly Ogden 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 3.79 and 1.493 for Curly Ogden. 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 Curly Ogden

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
2.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.91
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.43
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.45
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.65
48.65
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.86
40.86
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.45
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
3.79
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1133
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377.2
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
9.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.01
9.01
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.31
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.43
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
4.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
3.28
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
2.1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
2.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.726
0.726
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.17
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1672
39.84
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.74
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
4.58
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.466
1.466
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.493
1.493
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
458
34.93
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1468
34.98
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.06
2.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.84
39.84

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Curly Ogden

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
27
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
9
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.45
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.419
0.419
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.129
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Curly Ogden

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
418.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
582.73
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.547
0.547
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
142.45
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
125.18
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.95
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.31
40.18
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
164.03
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
151.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.537
0.537
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
47.48
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.13
48.03
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
60.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.93
9.93
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Curly Ogden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Curly Ogden
Career
Per 600 PA