Dave Beard
Charles David Beard
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: October 2, 1959 in Atlanta, GA
High School: Sequoia (Chamblee, GA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 6th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 16, 1980
Final Game: July 21, 1989
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1980 20 OAK AL 0 1 .000 3.38 13 0 9 0 0 1 16.0 12 6 6 0 7 1 12 1 0 0 64 111 1.188 6.8 0.0 3.9 6.8 1.71
1981 21 OAK AL 1 1 .500 2.77 8 0 7 0 0 3 13.0 9 5 4 1 4 1 15 1 0 0 53 126 1.000 6.2 0.7 2.8 10.4 3.75
1982 22 OAK AL 10 9 .526 3.44 54 2 39 0 0 11 91.2 85 41 35 9 35 6 73 1 0 4 397 113 1.309 8.3 0.9 3.4 7.2 2.09
1983 23 OAK AL 5 5 .500 5.61 43 0 26 0 0 10 61.0 55 39 38 8 36 4 40 2 0 3 268 68 1.492 8.1 1.2 5.3 5.9 1.11
1984 24 SEA AL 3 2 .600 5.80 43 0 26 0 0 5 76.0 88 56 49 15 33 5 40 4 2 4 350 69 1.592 10.4 1.8 3.9 4.7 1.21
1985 25 CHC NL 0 0 6.39 9 0 5 0 0 0 12.2 16 9 9 2 7 2 4 0 0 0 59 62 1.816 11.4 1.4 5.0 2.8 0.57
1989 29 DET AL 0 2 .000 5.06 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.1 9 7 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 27 76 2.063 15.2 3.4 3.4 1.7 0.50
7 Seasons 19 20 .487 4.70 172 3 113 0 0 30 275.2 274 163 144 37 124 19 185 10 2 11 1218 82 1.444 8.9 1.2 4.0 6.0 1.49
162 Game Avg. 7 8 .487 4.70 67 1 44 0 0 12 107 106 63 56 14 48 7 72 4 1 4 473 82 1.444 8.9 1.2 4.0 6.0 1.49
OAK (4 yrs) 16 16 .500 4.11 118 2 81 0 0 25 181.2 161 91 83 18 82 12 140 5 0 7 782 93 1.338 8.0 0.9 4.1 6.9 1.71
CHC (1 yr) 0 0 6.39 9 0 5 0 0 0 12.2 16 9 9 2 7 2 4 0 0 0 59 62 1.816 11.4 1.4 5.0 2.8 0.57
SEA (1 yr) 3 2 .600 5.80 43 0 26 0 0 5 76.0 88 56 49 15 33 5 40 4 2 4 350 69 1.592 10.4 1.8 3.9 4.7 1.21
DET (1 yr) 0 2 .000 5.06 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.1 9 7 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 27 76 2.063 15.2 3.4 3.4 1.7 0.50
AL (6 yrs) 19 20 .487 4.62 163 3 108 0 0 30 263.0 258 154 135 35 117 17 181 10 2 11 1159 84 1.426 8.8 1.2 4.0 6.2 1.55
NL (1 yr) 0 0 6.39 9 0 5 0 0 0 12.2 16 9 9 2 7 2 4 0 0 0 59 62 1.816 11.4 1.4 5.0 2.8 0.57

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1981 21 OAK AL ALDS W KCR 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.5
1981 21 OAK AL ALCS L NYY 0 0 40.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7.500 67.5 13.5 0.0 0.0
1 Season (2 Series) 0 0 13.50 2 0 1 0 0 1 2.0 5 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 2.500 22.5 4.5 0.0 9.0
1 ALDS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.5
1 ALCS 0 0 40.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7.500 67.5 13.5 0.0 0.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1980 20 OAK AL 13 64 55 6 12 2 0 0 2 1 7 12 .218 .313 .255 .567 .273 14 2 1 0 1 1
1981 21 OAK AL 8 53 47 5 9 2 0 1 2 0 4 15 .191 .264 .298 .562 .250 14 0 1 0 1 1
1982 22 OAK AL 54 397 348 41 85 17 1 9 10 3 35 73 .244 .308 .376 .684 .276 131 1 1 4 9 6
1983 23 OAK AL 43 268 224 39 55 10 2 8 4 3 36 40 .246 .351 .415 .766 .263 93 3 2 3 3 4
1984 24 SEA AL 43 350 302 56 88 10 3 15 6 2 33 40 .291 .362 .493 .856 .289 149 4 4 5 6 5
1985 25 CHC NL 9 59 51 9 16 5 1 2 3 0 7 4 .314 .397 .569 .965 .311 29 2 0 1 0 2
1989 29 DET AL 2 27 24 7 9 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 .375 .444 .667 1.111 .333 16 0 1 0 0 0
7 Seasons 172 1218 1051 163 274 47 7 37 27 10 124 185 .261 .339 .424 .763 .279 446 12 10 13 20 19
162 Game Avg. 67 473 408 63 106 18 3 14 10 4 48 72 .261 .339 .424 .763 .279 173 5 4 5 8 7
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1982 22 OAK AL 54 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31 32 29 10 3 2 0 2.5 3.0 4.3
1989 29 DET AL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40 40 40 1 1 0 1 2.0 3.6 5.0 91 0 1 0 0 91
2 Seasons 56 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34 40 29 11 4 2 1 2.3 3.2 4.6 91 0 1 0 0 91
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1980 20 OAK AL 13 13 9 0 1 1 1 0 100% 2 0 19 3 16% 8 1.240 4 2 7 2 2 9 10 3 4 5 5 3 3.7
1981 21 OAK AL 8 8 7 1 1 4 3 1 75% 4 0 14 5 36% 8 2.603 6 0 2 4 2 2 8 0 5 3 5 1 4.9
1982 22 OAK AL 54 52 39 10 7 19 11 8 58% 22 3 63 17 27% 8 1.605 34 7 9 23 12 17 36 16 31 14 31 13 4.8
1983 23 OAK AL 43 43 26 5 5 13 10 3 77% 19 5 38 8 21% 8 1.964 22 6 14 21 8 14 27 16 22 12 25 6 4.3
1984 24 SEA AL 43 43 26 3 2 8 5 3 63% 12 4 48 21 44% 8 1.069 18 9 16 15 6 22 27 16 27 9 29 4 5.3
1985 25 CHC NL 9 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 7 0.398 1 1 7 2 1 6 2 7 5 2 5 2 4.2
1989 29 DET AL 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 8 1.128 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.0 11
7 Seasons 172 169 113 19 17 45 30 15 67% 59 12 188 56 30% 1.485 86 25 55 67 32 70 111 58 94 46 101 29 4.7 11

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1980 20 OAK AL 64 33% 0.0% 18.8% 10.9% 3.1% 17% 0.31 69% 20 2 10%
1981 21 OAK AL 53 40% 1.9% 28.3% 7.6% 5.7% 33% 0.41 60% 7 0 0%
1982 22 OAK AL 397 47% 2.3% 18.4% 8.8% 6.8% 32% 0.68 69% 72 1 1%
1983 23 OAK AL 268 41% 3.0% 14.9% 13.4% 7.5% 36% 0.50 67% 63 3 5%
1984 24 SEA AL 350 39% 4.3% 11.4% 9.4% 8.0% 32% 0.80 72% 64 4 6%
1985 25 CHC NL 59 63% 3.4% 6.8% 11.9% 13.6% 50% 1.36 76% 13 2 15%
1989 29 DET AL 27 41% 7.4% 3.7% 7.4% 11.1% 33% 0.77 1.00 78% 30% 18.2% 15% 2 0 0%
7 Seasons 1218 43% 3.0% 15.2% 10.2% 7.5% 33% 0.77 0.66 70% 30% 18.2% 15% 241 12 5%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1989 29 DET AL 27 102 3.78 54 53% 39% 6% 13% 43% 61% 0% 32% 91% 33% 11% 3 3 4% 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 27 102 3.78 54 53% 39% 6% 13% 43% 61% 0% 32% 91% 33% 11% 3 3 4% 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1980 20 OAK AL 64 12 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 6 2 3 33% 0 0 0 32 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0
1981 21 OAK AL 53 9 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 9 3 4 33% 0 0 0 16 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1982 22 OAK AL 397 85 9 0 13 5 4 6 3 30 16 3 53% 6 4 1 175 10 3 77% 9 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
1983 23 OAK AL 268 55 8 0 14 4 4 2 6 27 14 1 52% 2 3 0 112 4 3 57% 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
1984 24 SEA AL 350 88 15 2 18 8 7 8 7 30 18 3 60% 6 4 1 138 6 2 75% 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
1985 25 CHC NL 59 16 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 5 1 1 20% 1 0 0 27 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 29 DET AL 27 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1218 274 0 0 37 3 55 19 18 19 18 107 54 15 50% 16 11 2 510 27 10 73% 22 9 5 1 0 0 5 1 44 0
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Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1980 20 0 1 .000 3.38 13 0 9 0 0 1 16.0 12 6 6 0 7 1 12 1 0 0 64 111 1.188 6.8 0.0 3.9 6.8 1.71 111
1981 21 1 2 .333 3.10 21 0 16 0 0 4 29.0 21 11 10 1 11 2 27 2 0 0 117 117 1.103 6.5 0.3 3.4 8.4 2.45 117
1982 22 11 11 .500 3.36 75 2 55 0 0 15 120.2 106 52 45 10 46 8 100 3 0 4 514 114 1.260 7.9 0.7 3.4 7.5 2.17 114
1983 23 16 16 .500 4.11 118 2 81 0 0 25 181.2 161 91 83 18 82 12 140 5 0 7 782 93 1.338 8.0 0.9 4.1 6.9 1.71 93
1984 24 19 18 .514 4.61 161 2 107 0 0 30 257.2 249 147 132 33 115 17 180 9 2 11 1132 84 1.413 8.7 1.2 4.0 6.3 1.57 84
1985 25 19 18 .514 4.69 170 2 112 0 0 30 270.1 265 156 141 35 122 19 184 9 2 11 1191 83 1.432 8.8 1.2 4.1 6.1 1.51 83
1986 26 19 18 .514 4.69 170 2 112 0 0 30 270.1 265 156 141 35 122 19 184 9 2 11 1191 83 1.432 8.8 1.2 4.1 6.1 1.51 83
1987 27 19 18 .514 4.69 170 2 112 0 0 30 270.1 265 156 141 35 122 19 184 9 2 11 1191 83 1.432 8.8 1.2 4.1 6.1 1.51 83
1988 28 19 18 .514 4.69 170 2 112 0 0 30 270.1 265 156 141 35 122 19 184 9 2 11 1191 83 1.432 8.8 1.2 4.1 6.1 1.51 83
1989 29 19 20 .487 4.70 172 3 113 0 0 30 275.2 274 163 144 37 124 19 185 10 2 11 1218 82 1.444 8.9 1.2 4.0 6.0 1.49 82

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1980 20 1 0 1.000 3.60 15.0 12 7 6 0 7 11 1 1.267 7.2 4.2 6.6 1.57 0.0 13
1981 21 1 1 .500 3.32 19.0 15 8 7 2 7 22 2 1.158 7.1 3.3 10.4 3.14 0.9 8
1982 22 5 4 .556 3.94 89.0 91 43 39 10 37 71 1 1.438 9.2 3.7 7.2 1.92 1.0 54
1983 23 1 5 .167 6.91 56.0 59 48 43 9 39 37 2 1.750 9.5 6.3 5.9 0.95 1.4 43
1984 24 2 6 .250 6.41 73.0 92 58 52 16 34 38 4 1.726 11.3 4.2 4.7 1.12 2.0 43
1985 25 0 1 .000 6.75 12.0 16 10 9 2 7 4 0 1.917 12.0 5.3 3.0 0.57 1.5 9
1989 29 0 0 7.20 5.0 10 4 4 2 2 1 1 2.400 18.0 3.6 1.8 0.50 3.6 2
7 Seasons 10 17 .370 5.35 269.0 295 178 160 41 133 184 11 1.591 9.9 6.2 1.38 1.4 172

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