Mike Beard vs. Orval Overall — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Orval Overall
Pre-GenerationalCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Orval Overall 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. Orval Overall posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.23 and WHIP 1.161 compared to 3.74 and 1.534 for Mike Beard. By the career numbers, Orval Overall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Beard and Orval Overall

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.28
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
1.07
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.63
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.42
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.34
60.34
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.49
83.49
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.78
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.18
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.07
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
3.74
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
2.23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4606
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1535.1
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1232
7.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.22
7.22
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.09
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
551
3.23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
935
5.48
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.48
5.48
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.968
0.968
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.33
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.26
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6145
36.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.18
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
520
3.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.161
1.161
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
34.93
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5549
32.53
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.02
36.02

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Orval Overall

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
1.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
1.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4407
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1469
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.91
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
2.46
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.18
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.44
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
494
3.03
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.36
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
465
2.85
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.13
94.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.114
2.114
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.64
78.64
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Orval Overall

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
221
223.23
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
594
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
526
531.31
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
94.95
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
66.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20.2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
28.28
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32.96
33.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
133.33
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
128.28
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.478
0.478
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.072
0.072
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Orval Overall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
39.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
46.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
83.84
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.39
31.7
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
29.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orval Overall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Orval Overall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
95
95.96
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.25
6.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
35.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orval Overall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orval Overall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orval Overall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100