Mike Beard vs. Slim Vaughan — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Slim Vaughan
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNewark DodgersNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Slim Vaughan 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 8.02 and 1.960 for Slim Vaughan. 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 Slim Vaughan

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.41
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.6
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.07
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.8
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.07
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
8.02
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.02
8.02
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.97
6.97
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.354
0.354
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
27
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.2
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
9.76
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
13.9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.76
9.76
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.9
13.9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.53
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.43
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
3.74
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.81
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526
40.12
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
44.38
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.81
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
8.55
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.55
8.55
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.99
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.34
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.07
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.466
1.466
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
458
34.93
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
39.3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.394
0.394
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.12
40.12
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.38
44.38

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Slim Vaughan

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.41
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.6
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
27
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.2
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
1.91
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.41
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
2.44
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.67
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
2.36
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
96.88
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Slim Vaughan

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 600 PA
9
337.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
500
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
487.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
10.34
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.108
0.108
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
6.83
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
6
300
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Slim Vaughan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Slim Vaughan
Career
Per 600 PA