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Mike Beard

Michael Richard Beard

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 21, 1950 in Little Rock, AR
High School: Little Rock Central HS (Little Rock, AR)
School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1974
Team: Braves 1974-1977

Final Game: May 2, 1977
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Standard Pitching

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
1974 24 ATL NL 0 0 2.89 6 0 3 0 0 0 9.1 5 3 3 1 1 0 7 1 0 0 34 136 0.643 4.8 1.0 1.0 6.8 7.00
1975 25 ATL NL 4 0 1.000 3.20 34 2 8 0 0 0 70.1 71 31 25 4 28 5 27 2 3 2 309 119 1.408 9.1 0.5 3.6 3.5 0.96
1976 26 ATL NL 0 2 .000 4.28 30 0 11 0 0 1 33.2 38 18 16 1 14 3 8 0 2 2 150 90 1.545 10.2 0.3 3.7 2.1 0.57
1977 27 ATL NL 0 0 9.64 4 0 2 0 0 0 4.2 14 11 5 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 33 50 3.429 27.0 5.8 3.9 1.9 0.50
4 Yrs 4 2 .667 3.74 74 2 24 0 0 1 118.0 128 63 49 9 45 8 43 3 5 4 526 103 1.466 9.8 0.7 3.4 3.3 0.96
162 Game Avg. 4 2 .667 3.74 66 2 21 0 0 1 106 115 56 44 8 40 7 38 3 4 4 471 103 1.466 9.8 0.7 3.4 3.3 0.96

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1974 24 ATL NL 9.1 6 0 3 2.89 4.72 0.33 -0.38 101.2 4.05 1 0.1 .2 -0.1 0.1 2 .521 .501 $
1975 25 ATL NL 70.1 34 2 31 3.97 4.16 -0.55 -0.28 103.8 4.60 4 0.5 1.0 -0.1 1.0 11 .514 .503 $
1976 26 ATL NL 33.2 30 0 18 4.81 4.28 -0.69 -0.35 108.6 5.02 1 0.1 .9 -0.0 0.3 4 .502 .500 $
1977 27 ATL NL 4.2 4 0 11 21.21 4.86 -1.52 -0.37 122.2 7.34 -7 -0.7 .1 0.3 -0.3 -7 .337 .496 $
4 Seasons 118.0 74 2 63 4.81 4.27 -0.56 -0.31 105.7 4.78 -1 0.0 .8 0.1 1.1 10 .500 .500 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1974 24 ATL NL 6 34 32 3 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 7 .156 .206 .281 .487 .167 9 1 1 0 0 0 0
1975 25 ATL NL 34 308 267 31 71 12 2 4 5 1 28 27 .266 .334 .371 .705 .278 99 5 2 6 5 5 6
1976 26 ATL NL 30 150 127 18 38 2 1 1 0 0 14 8 .299 .364 .354 .718 .308 45 2 0 7 2 3 3
1977 27 ATL NL 4 33 31 11 14 2 1 3 1 0 2 1 .452 .485 .871 1.356 .407 27 1 0 0 0 0 4
4 Yrs 74 525 457 63 128 17 4 9 6 1 45 43 .280 .344 .394 .738 .289 180 9 3 13 7 8 13
162 Game Avg. 66 470 409 56 115 15 4 8 5 1 40 38 .280 .344 .394 .738 .289 161 8 3 12 6 7 12
MLB Averages .259 .325 .377 .702 .283

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1974 24 ATL NL 1.2 0.1 34 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .12 0.3 -0.2 1.5 0.2 0.12 3.4 0 0 6
1975 25 ATL NL 3.4 0.4 319 -1.0 3.6 -4.6 .81 -0.2 -1.0 -3.5 -0.4 0.81 -2.7 7 6 17
1976 26 ATL NL -1.5 -0.2 154 -0.7 1.6 -2.3 .82 -0.3 -0.5 -2.9 -0.3 0.82 -2.7 7 3 19
1977 27 ATL NL -4.3 -0.4 34 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .03 -0.5 -0.8 -12.0 -1.0 0.03 -10.9 0 0 3
4 Yrs -1.1 -0.1 541 -1.7 5.3 -7.0 .72 -0.7 -1.6 -16.9 -1.5 0.72 -12.9 14 9 45

Starting Pitching*

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
1975 25 ATL NL 34 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .000 1 2 0 0 0 0% 40.0 46 34 9 1 0 1 4.5 4.0 4.5
1 Yr 34 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .000 1 2 0 0 0 0% 40 46 34 9 1 0 1 4.5 4.0 4.5
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 106 -13 4.2 4.2 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

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
1974 24 ATL NL 6 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 7 .118 0 0 6 0 0 6 2 4 4 1 4 1 4.7
1975 25 ATL NL 34 32 8 4 0 3 0 3 0% 3 0 24 13 54% 6 .811 7 6 17 4 4 24 10 22 21 6 21 5 5.8
1976 26 ATL NL 30 30 11 0 2 3 1 2 33% 4 1 27 10 37% 8 .820 7 3 19 5 1 24 15 15 8 10 9 7 3.4
1977 27 ATL NL 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 5 .034 0 0 3 0 0 4 3 1 1 2 2 1 3.5
4 Yrs 74 72 24 4 2 6 1 5 17% 7 1 59 28 47% .720 14 9 45 9 5 58 30 42 34 19 36 14 4.5

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1974 24 ATL NL 34 21% 2.9% 20.6% 2.9% 5.9% 40% 2.50 71% 7 1 14%
1975 25 ATL NL 308 31% 1.3% 8.8% 9.1% 5.8% 25% 1.25 78% 65 5 8%
1976 26 ATL NL 150 33% 0.7% 5.3% 9.3% 2.7% 11% 1.24 80% 35 2 6%
1977 27 ATL NL 33 42% 9.1% 3.0% 6.1% 18.2% 43% 0.86 82% 8 1 13%
4 Yrs 525 32% 1.7% 8.2% 8.6% 5.7% 23% 1.28 78% 115 9 8%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 13.1% 8.7% 6.2% 27% 1.09 75% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
1974 24 ATL NL 34 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 25 ATL NL 308 71 4 1 16 2 2 2 2 28 19 2 68% 6 2 1 130 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 10 0
1976 26 ATL NL 150 38 1 0 10 1 0 1 0 13 9 0 69% 3 2 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1977 27 ATL NL 33 14 3 0 2 1 2 3 0 3 3 0 100% 4 0 0 18 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 525 128 9 1 28 5 4 7 2 45 32 2 71% 13 4 1 232 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 17 0
MLB Averages 52% 65%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1974 24 0 0 2.89 6 0 3 0 0 0 9.1 5 3 3 1 1 0 7 1 0 0 34 136 0.643 4.8 1.0 1.0 6.8 7.00 136
1975 25 4 0 1.000 3.16 40 2 11 0 0 0 79.2 76 34 28 5 29 5 34 3 3 2 343 121 1.318 8.6 0.6 3.3 3.8 1.17 121
1976 26 4 2 .667 3.49 70 2 22 0 0 1 113.1 114 52 44 6 43 8 42 3 5 4 493 109 1.385 9.1 0.5 3.4 3.3 0.98 109
1977 27 4 2 .667 3.74 74 2 24 0 0 1 118.0 128 63 49 9 45 8 43 3 5 4 526 103 1.466 9.8 0.7 3.4 3.3 0.96 103

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1974 24 1 0 1.000 3.00 9.0 5 3 3 1 1 7 1 0.667 5.0 1.0 7.0 7.00 1.0 6
1975 25 4 3 .571 3.39 69.0 72 29 26 4 28 26 2 1.449 9.4 3.7 3.4 0.93 0.5 34
1976 26 1 2 .333 4.78 32.0 39 19 17 1 14 8 0 1.656 11.0 3.9 2.3 0.57 0.3 30
1977 27 0 0 6.00 6.0 13 4 4 3 2 1 0 2.500 19.5 3.0 1.5 0.50 4.5 4
4 Yrs 6 5 .545 3.88 116.0 129 55 50 9 45 42 3 1.500 10.0 3.3 0.93 0.7 74

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Similarity Scores

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