Mike Beard vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen 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. Claude Osteen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.3 and WHIP 1.302 compared to 3.74 and 1.534 for Mike Beard. By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Beard and Claude Osteen

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.13
50.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
3.74
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.65
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.24
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.18
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.07
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.21
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Claude Osteen

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699
1.82
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
884
2.3
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
858
2.23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
96.88
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Claude Osteen

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1099
540.49
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
19.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
143.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
33.93
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67