Mike Beard
Michael Richard Beard
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 21, 1950 in Little Rock, AR
School: University of Texas at Austin
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1974
Final Game: May 2, 1977
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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
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 34 130 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 2 309 118 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 89 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 46 3.429 27.0 5.8 3.9 1.9 0.50
4 Seasons 4 2 .667 3.74 74 2 24 0 0 1 118.0 128 63 49 9 45 8 43 3 5 4 526 102 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 4 471 102 1.466 9.8 0.7 3.4 3.3 0.96

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
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
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
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
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 Seasons 74 525 457 63 128 17 4 9 6 1 45 43 .280 .344 .394 .738 .289 180 9 3 13 7 8
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
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
1975 25 ATL NL 34 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .000 0 2 0 0 0 0% 40 46 34 9 1 0 1 4.5 4.0 4.5
1 Season 34 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .000 0 2 0 0 0 0% 40 46 34 9 1 0 1 4.5 4.0 4.5
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
1974 24 ATL NL 6 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 7 0.152 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 0.843 7 9 14 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 0.853 7 3 20 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 0.046 0 0 3 0 0 4 3 1 1 2 2 1 3.5
4 Seasons 74 72 24 4 2 6 1 5 17% 7 1 59 28 47% 0.751 14 12 43 9 5 58 30 42 34 19 36 14 4.5

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%
1974 24 ATL NL 34 79% 2.9% 20.6% 2.9% 5.9% 40% 2.50 71% 7 1 14%
1975 25 ATL NL 308 69% 1.3% 8.8% 9.1% 5.8% 25% 1.25 78% 65 5 8%
1976 26 ATL NL 150 67% 0.7% 5.3% 9.3% 2.7% 11% 1.24 80% 35 2 6%
1977 27 ATL NL 33 58% 9.1% 3.0% 6.1% 18.2% 43% 0.86 82% 8 1 13%
4 Seasons 525 68% 1.7% 8.2% 8.6% 5.7% 23% 1.28 78% 115 9 8%
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
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 Seasons 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

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+
1974 24 0 0 2.89 6 0 3 0 0 0 9.1 5 3 3 1 1 0 7 1 0 0 34 130 0.643 4.8 1.0 1.0 6.8 7.00 130
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 2 343 119 1.318 8.6 0.6 3.3 3.8 1.17 119
1976 26 4 2 .667 3.49 70 2 22 0 0 1 113.1 114 52 44 6 43 8 42 3 5 4 493 108 1.385 9.1 0.5 3.4 3.3 0.98 108
1977 27 4 2 .667 3.74 74 2 24 0 0 1 118.0 128 63 49 9 45 8 43 3 5 4 526 102 1.466 9.8 0.7 3.4 3.3 0.96 102

Neutralized Pitching

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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 0 0 4.00 9.0 6 4 4 1 1 7 1 0.778 6.0 1.0 7.0 7.00 1.0 6
1975 25 4 3 .571 3.26 69.0 72 28 25 4 28 27 2 1.449 9.4 3.7 3.5 0.96 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 14 4 4 3 2 1 0 2.667 21.0 3.0 1.5 0.50 4.5 4
4 Seasons 5 5 .500 3.88 116.0 131 55 50 9 45 43 3 1.517 10.2 3.3 0.96 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 1954 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.

Similarity Scores

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