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Ralph
Beard		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 210
 
Born: February 11, 1929 in Usa, OH, CINCINNATI
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1955   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1954 25 SEM AL   6 2 3 3 4 5 5 9 9 9
1955 26 SEM AL $ 300,000 6 2 3 3 4 5 5 9 9 9
1956 27 SEM AL $ 300,000 6 2 3 3 4 5 5 10 10 10
1957 28 SEM AL $ 300,000 6 2 3 3 4 5 5 10 10 10
1958 29 SEM AL $ 300,000 6 2 3 3 4 5 5 10 10 10
1959 30 SEM AL $ 514,286 6 2 3 3 4 5 5 10 10 10
1960 31 SEM AL $ 300,000 6 3 3 3 4 5 4 10 10 10
1961 32 SEM AL $ 350,000 6 2 3 2 3 5 4 10 10 10
1962 33 SEM AL   6 2 3 2 3 4 4 10 10 10
1963 34 BSN NL $ 360,000 6 2 3 2 3 4 4 10 10 10
1964 35 BSN NL $ 360,000 6 2 2 2 3 4 3 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 2 2 2 3 4 3 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 514,286 6 3 3 3 4 5 5 10 10 10
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1954 25 SEM AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1955 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1956 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1957 28 SEM AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 29 SEM AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 30 SEM AL $ 514,286   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 31 SEM AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 32 SEM AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 33 SEM AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 34 BSN NL $ 360,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 35 BSN NL $ 360,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 514,286   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1954 25 AAA   10 6 .625 21 21 1 0 0 145.0 133 59 8 83 83 3.66 .245 .345 .333 .678  
1955 26 SEM AL 11 9 .550 39 28 1 1 3 206.3 187 77 5 103 65 3.36 .245 .337 .322 .659 16.9
    AAA   1 4 .200 5 5 1 1 0 35.3 37 8 0 15 17 2.04 .266 .338 .309 .647  
1956 27 SEM AL 11 12 .478 42 42 1 1 0 277.3 273 141 7 156 82 4.58 .263 .357 .345 .702 10.0
1957 28 SEM AL 22 11 .667 41 41 4 1 0 290.3 266 95 9 123 74 2.94 .248 .326 .321 .646 26.1
1958 29 SEM AL 15 13 .536 41 40 4 0 0 279.3 276 127 16 111 101 4.09 .260 .329 .366 .695 20.2
1959 30 SEM AL 1 7 .125 27 5 0 0 4 68.3 85 38 1 26 19 5.01 .310 .366 .398 .764 2.5
1960 31 SEM AL 6 8 .429 29 20 3 1 0 155.0 144 67 7 68 56 3.89 .245 .325 .341 .666 9.4
1961 32 SEM AL 5 9 .357 18 18 0 0 0 118.3 117 47 8 66 40 3.57 .263 .357 .369 .725 5.9
1962 33 SEM AL 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 7 5 1 4 0 6.43 .269 .387 .462 .849 0.0
1963 34 BSN NL 0 6 .000 9 5 0 0 0 30.3 50 30 2 17 7 8.90 .355 .416 .440 .856 0.0
    AAA   2 1 .667 17 0 0 0 0 30.3 30 16 1 15 22 4.75 .256 .341 .316 .657  
1964 35 AAA   1 0 1.000 22 0 0 0 0 44.7 39 16 0 13 21 3.22 .235 .291 .283 .574  
9 Years Sim 72 75 .490 247 200 13 4 7 1432.3 1405 627 56 674 444 3.94 .260 .341 .348 .690 91.1
4 Years AAA 14 11 .560 65 26 2 1 0 255.3 239 99 9 126 143 3.49 .248 .335 .319 .654  
Season Average 8 8 .500 27 22 1 0 0 159.1 156 69 6 74 49 3.94 .260 .341 .348 .690  
Career Highs 22 13 1.000 42 42 4 1 4 290.3 276 141 16 156 101 8.90 .355 .416 .462 .856  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   790 345 28 302 281   .256 .323 .339 .661
vs LH   615 282 28 372 163   .265 .366 .360 .726
Home 34 38 .472 128 98 4 2 3 708.3 698 321 32 347 225 4.08 .260 .344 .355 .699
Away 38 37 .507 119 102 9 2 4 724.0 707 306 24 327 219 3.80 .260 .339 .341 .680
Mar/Apr 11 17 .393 40 40 0 0 0 261.0 282 134 12 130 79 4.62 .276 .357 .365 .722
May 11 12 .478 44 33 2 1 3 235.0 222 99 11 94 74 3.79 .251 .323 .348 .672
June 12 13 .480 34 34 2 0 0 236.3 228 112 10 109 66 4.27 .258 .340 .353 .693
July 13 8 .619 35 34 2 0 0 242.3 222 68 3 112 73 2.53 .247 .330 .316 .646
August 12 13 .480 48 31 4 2 3 227.0 226 120 13 126 77 4.76 .264 .358 .362 .720
Sep/Oct 13 12 .520 46 28 3 1 1 230.6 225 94 7 103 75 3.67 .261 .340 .343 .683
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1955 26 SEM AL 39 61 4 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 14 .115 .143 .131 .274 -0.3 0.0
1956 27 SEM AL 42 76 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 23 .053 .099 .053 .151 -2.1 0.0
1957 28 SEM AL 41 96 8 13 1 0 1 5 0 0 5 42 .135 .178 .177 .355 1.9 0.0
1958 29 SEM AL 41 85 5 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 25 .153 .163 .188 .351 1.2 0.0
1959 30 SEM AL 27 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .222 .300 .222 .522 0.8 0.0
1960 31 SEM AL 29 46 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 20 .130 .167 .152 .319 0.4 0.0
1961 32 SEM AL 18 36 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.7 0.0
1962 33 SEM AL 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.9 0.3
1963 34 BSN NL 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0
9 Years Sim 247 421 20 51 4 1 1 14 0 0 14 145 .121 .151 .143 .294 1.2 0.4
162 Game Average 276 13 33 2 0 0 9 0 0 9 95 .121 .151 .143 .294 0.8  
Career Highs 42 96 8 13 1 1 1 5 0 0 5 42 .667 .667 .667 1.333 1.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   288 12 34 2 1 0 10 0 0 8 97 .118 .144 .132 .276 -3.7
vs LH   133 8 17 2 0 1 4 0 0 6 48 .128 .165 .165 .331 0.8
Home 128 192 13 23 3 1 0 7 0 0 6 67 .120 .151 .146 .297 -1.5
Away 119 229 7 28 1 0 1 7 0 0 8 78 .122 .151 .140 .291 -1.4
RISP   88 0 6 2 0 0 13 0 0 3 39 .068 .098 .091 .189 -3.4
Close/Late   34 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .176 .200 .176 .376 0.7
Mar/Apr 40 78 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 35 .077 .100 .077 .177 -3.2
May 33 73 3 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 30 .123 .158 .137 .295 -0.4
June 34 71 4 10 2 0 1 6 0 0 1 21 .141 .151 .211 .362 0.9
July 35 74 6 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 .122 .133 .135 .268 -1.2
August 31 64 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 15 .141 .191 .141 .332 0.6
Sep/Oct 42 61 3 8 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 22 .131 .185 .164 .349 0.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1955 26 SEM AL P 39 28 206.3 10 44 1 5 .982 2.36    
1956 27 SEM AL P 42 42 277.3 20 48 3 3 .958 2.21    
1957 28 SEM AL P 41 41 290.3 18 84 5 2 .953 3.16    
1958 29 SEM AL P 41 40 279.3 27 55 3 2 .965 2.64    
1959 30 SEM AL P 27 5 68.3 4 15 2 0 .905 2.50    
1960 31 SEM AL P 29 20 155.0 17 27 2 1 .957 2.55    
1961 32 SEM AL P 18 18 118.3 8 25 1 5 .971 2.51    
1962 33 SEM AL P 1 1 7.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.86    
1963 34 BSN NL P 9 5 30.3 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.97    
Career Totals   247 200 1432.3 107 308 17 18 .961 2.61    
Career Highs   42 42 290.3 27 84 5 5 1.000 3.86    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1957 28 SEM AL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 14.0 12 6 1 9 4 3.86 .245 .362 .367 .729
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 14.0 12 6 1 9 4 3.86 .245 .362 .367 .729
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1957 28 SEM AL 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 .500 .333 .833
Career Post-Season Batting 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 .500 .333 .833
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1955-4-3.36
1957-4-2.94
 Wins
1957-3-22
 Winning Pct
1957-5-.667
 Games Started
1956-10-42
1957-9-41
1958-9-40
 Shutouts
1956-6-1
 Walks Allowed
1956-1-156
1957-8-123
1958-10-111
Hits per 9IP
1955-8-8.2
 OAVG
1955-9-.245
 OSLG
1955-3-.322
1956-7-.345
1957-3-.321
1958-8-.366
CAR-50-.348
 OOPS
1955-5-.659
1957-6-.646
1958-10-.695
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 21    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Mike Lacoss (967)
  2. Charlie Hough (944)
  3. Joe Cowley (941)
  4. Jakie May (940)
  5. Hod Lisenbee (938)
  6. Don Robinson (937)
  7. Eddie Watt (936)
  8. Jim Slaton (936)
  9. Orel Hershiser (936)
  10. Dave Wehrmeister (933)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Dick Lemay (995)
  2. Sam Nahem (993)
  3. Cecil Butler (993)
  4. Steve Hamilton (990)
  5. Ed Durham (989)
  6. Jim Brewer (988)
  7. Bob Anderson (988)
  8. Mickey Lolich (987)
  9. Fergie Jenkins (987)
  10. Rube Melton (986)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 45th overall pick, by Seattle in 1954
Earned first career win on 5/21/1955
Had first career hit (double) on 6/13/1955, off Bob Buhl (BOS)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1955, winning 2 games with a 1.80 ERA
Hit first career homerun on 6/25/1957, off Billy Pierce (MIN)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1957, going 6-1, 1.46
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $514,286 through salary arbitration
4/2/1959: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle
Injured on 4/22/1960 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/17/1961 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
7/31/1961: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $950,000 per year, for 2 years
Released by Seattle on 11/1/1962
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/7/1963 to a 3-year deal worth $360,000 per year
Injured on 4/15/1964 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 7-8 weeks
 
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