Mike Beard vs. Claude Passeau — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Passeau
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Passeau 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 Passeau posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.32 and WHIP 1.318 compared to 3.74 and 1.534 for Mike Beard. By the career numbers, Claude Passeau had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Beard and Claude Passeau

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
1.47
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.1
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.54
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
0.5
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.92
51.92
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.55
74.55
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.62
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.09
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.07
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
3.74
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
3.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8159
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2719.2
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.76
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2856
9.45
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.45
9.45
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
728
2.41
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1104
3.65
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.674
0.674
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.07
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11642
38.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.28
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1204
3.98
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.318
1.318
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
458
34.93
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10875
35.99
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.53
38.53

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Claude Passeau

Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
27
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
9
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
730
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
713
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.419
0.419
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.606
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Claude Passeau

Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
447
255.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1050
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
982
561.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
108
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
81.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
16.57
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.57
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
26.86
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.94
34.25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
153.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
123.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
45.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
85.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.63
29.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.57
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
14.86
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PAverified
294
168
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.57
3.57
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
23.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
13
7.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100