Bill Beard  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
Beard can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Beard also has a decent changeup. Never a hard thrower, Beard now has games when he can't hit 85 MPH with his fastball. He attacks lefties and righties the same way.

Defense & Hitting
With a decent slide step and his constant attention to the running game, Beard limits the damage done by basestealers. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Beard is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Beard has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Beard as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2014 Outlook
It's really a shame he hasn't caught on somewhere. He might be a decent addition to someone's bench.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2003 BEL 67 84 75 79 49 50 49 48 50 64 63 70 0 0 0 0 21 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 51 323
2004 BEL 67 84 75 79 49 50 49 48 50 65 65 70 0 0 0 0 23 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 52 323
2005 EDI 67 84 75 79 49 50 49 48 50 66 65 70 0 0 0 0 24 7 Overhand Active 0 1 0 52 324
2006 EDI 67 84 75 79 49 50 49 48 50 66 65 70 0 0 0 0 24 7 Overhand Active 0 1 0 52 324
2007 EDI 67 84 75 79 49 50 49 48 50 66 67 70 0 0 0 0 25 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 52 325
2008 EDI 67 84 75 79 49 50 49 48 50 66 67 70 0 0 0 0 27 9 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 52 322
2009 MOR 67 84 75 79 49 50 49 48 50 66 67 70 0 0 0 0 28 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 52 321
2010 PIT 67 84 75 79 49 50 49 48 50 66 67 70 0 0 0 0 29 11 Overhand AA/AAA 0 1 0 52 320
2011 PIT 67 84 75 79 49 50 49 48 50 66 67 70 0 0 0 0 30 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 52 319
2012 FA 65 84 75 79 49 50 49 48 50 66 67 70 0 0 0 0 30 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 52 318
2013 FA 65 84 75 79 49 50 49 48 50 66 67 70 0 0 0 0 31 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 52 317
2014 FA 63 84 75 79 49 50 49 48 50 66 67 70 0 0 0 0 32 15 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 52 314
Ratings Delta   -2                               +1 +1             -3
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Tue May 10 16:22:47 EDT 2005

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.