Mike Beard vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup 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 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. 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 Roy Witherup

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
9.76
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.76
9.76
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
3.94
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.81
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
458
34.93
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Mike Beard and Roy Witherup

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.91
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.44
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.36
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.39
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Beard and Roy Witherup

Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
9.91
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-1.11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA