Mike Beard vs. Bill Upham — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Upham
Lost GenerationOhioThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBrooklyn Tip-TopsFederal LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Upham 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. Bill Upham posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.37 and WHIP 1.398 compared to 3.74 and 1.534 for Mike Beard. By the career numbers, Bill Upham had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Beard and Bill Upham

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.83
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.44
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.57
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.11
36.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.38
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.32
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
3.74
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
3.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
425
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141.2
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
9.76
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
9.97
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.76
9.76
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.97
9.97
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
3.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.671
0.671
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
600
38.12
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.08
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.81
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
4.51
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
458
34.93
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
35.51
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.97
1.97
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.12
38.12

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Bill Upham

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
27
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
9
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.16
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.419
0.419
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.639
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Bill Upham

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
36
450
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
562.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.365
0.365
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
62.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.39
17.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
87.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
112.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.343
0.343
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
25
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
7.15
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
37.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
175
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.43
3.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Bill Upham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Upham
Career
Per 600 PA