Butch Beard vs Larry Steele

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Butch Beard and Larry Steele compared on their NBA careers: Butch Beard played 9 seasons, 1969-70 to 1978-79, Larry Steele 9 seasons, 1971-72 to 1979-80. Butch Beard averaged 9.3 points a game to Larry Steele's 8.2. Butch Beard won 1 title, Larry Steele won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Butch Beard leads in 3 of the 5 lines, Larry Steele in 2. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Butch Beard and Larry Steele career per game

605	GP	610
23.6	MIN	24.2
9.3, better	PTS	8.2
3.4, better	REB	2.9
3.6, better	AST	2.8
0.8	STL	1.4, better
0.1	BLK	0.2, better

Butch Beard and Larry Steele: no career line is published, so it is worked out from the seasons on file — career totals divided by games played.

Titles and awards

Butch Beard and Larry Steele titles and awards
Butch Beard	Title or award	Larry Steele
1	Championships	1

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Butch Beard and Larry Steele season by season

1st	1969-70	7.0, better	1.9	1.7	1971-72	5.1	3.9, better	2.2, better
2nd	1971-72	15.4, better	4.1, better	6.7, better	1972-73	5.9	2.3	2.4
3rd	1972-73	6.6	2.4	3.4	1973-74	9.7, better	3.8, better	4.0, better
4th	1973-74	10.2, better	4.9, better	3.8	1974-75	8.6	3.0	3.8
5th	1974-75	12.8, better	3.9, better	4.2, better	1975-76	9.9	3.6	4.0
6th	1975-76	8.0	4.1, better	2.9, better	1976-77	10.3, better	2.3	2.1
7th	1976-77	5.3	2.3, better	2.1, better	1977-78	8.0, better	1.7	1.3
8th	1977-78	9.4, better	3.3, better	4.3, better	1978-79	7.2	2.4	2.0
9th	1978-79	3.1	1.4	2.7	1979-80	9.1, better	2.8, better	4.2, better

What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST