Gene Bearden

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Full Name: Henry Eugene Bearden	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/198	First Game: May 10, 1947
Birthdate: September 5, 1920	Final Game: September 5, 1953
Birthplace: Lexa, Arkansas	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: March 18, 2004
Deathplace: Alexander City, Alabama
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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2 Statistics
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Born on September 5, 1920 in Lexa, Arkansas, Gene Bearden (Henry Eugene Bearden) played for the Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 7 year career. Bearden broke into the bigs on May 10, 1947 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 2.43 ERA in 229.2 innings pitched in 1948, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Gene Bearden's best season was 1948, when he posted a 2.43 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 80 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1947	CLE	A	1	0	0	0	81.00	0	3	3	0	0	0	0.1	2	0	1	0	1	0
1948	CLE	A	37	29	20	7	2.43	80	72	62	15	6	1	229.2	187	9	106	0	5	3
1949	CLE	A	32	19	8	8	5.10	41	77	72	5	0	0	127	140	6	92	0	11	2
1950	WAS	A	12	9	3	5	4.21	20	35	32	4	0	0	68.1	81	1	33	0	2	2
1950	CLE	A	14	3	1	3	6.15	10	32	31	0	0	0	45.1	57	5	32	0	3	0
1950	TOT	A	26	12	4	8	4.99	30	67	63	4	0	0	113.2	138	6	65	0	5	2
1951	WAS	A	1	1	0	0	16.88	1	5	5	0	0	0	2.2	6	0	2	0	0	0
1951	DET	A	37	4	3	4	4.33	38	58	51	2	1	0	106	112	6	58	0	5	1
1951	TOT	A	38	5	3	4	4.64	39	63	56	2	1	0	108.2	118	6	60	0	5	1
1952	STL	A	34	16	7	8	4.30	45	89	72	3	0	0	150.2	158	13	78	0	10	1
1953	CHI	A	25	3	3	3	2.93	24	27	19	0	0	0	58.1	48	8	33	0	3	0
Total			193	84	45	38	3.96	259	398	347	29	7	1	788.1	791	48	435	0	40	9

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1947	CLE	A	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1948	CLE	A	P	37	0	0	15	52	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1949	CLE	A	P	32	0	0	9	42	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1950	WAS	A	1B	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1950	WAS	A	P	12	0	0	4	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1950	CLE	A	P	14	0	0	2	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.625
1950	TOT	A	P	26	0	0	6	22	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800
1951	WAS	A	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1951	DET	A	P	37	0	0	3	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.960
1951	TOT	A	P	38	0	0	3	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.960
1952	STL	A	P	34	0	0	12	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1953	CHI	A	P	25	0	0	2	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.813
Total			1B	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	193	0	0	47	180	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	.938

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1947	CLE	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1948	CLE	A	37	90	14	23	2	14	.256	.295	.356	3	0	5	9	0	2	0	0	2
1949	CLE	A	32	45	3	5	0	1	.111	.149	.111	0	0	2	11	0	2	0	0	0
1950	WAS	A	14	22	1	5	0	0	.227	.320	.273	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	2
1950	CLE	A	14	13	2	2	0	0	.154	.267	.385	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1950	TOT	A	28	35	3	7	0	0	.200	.300	.314	2	1	5	4	0	1	0	0	2
1951	WAS	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951	DET	A	37	32	7	6	2	6	.188	.188	.438	2	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
1951	TOT	A	38	32	7	6	2	6	.188	.188	.438	2	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
1952	STL	A	45	65	6	23	0	8	.354	.373	.400	3	0	2	10	0	1	0	0	2
1953	CHI	A	31	21	2	4	0	3	.190	.190	.190	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	1
Total			212	288	35	68	4	32	.236	.272	.319	10	1	14	42	0	9	0	0	7

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Phillies (1939).
Traded by New York Yankees with Hal Peck and Al Gettel to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Sherm Lollar and Ray Mack (December 6, 1946).
Claimed on waivers by Washington Senators from Cleveland Indians (August 2, 1950).
Claimed on waivers by Detroit Tigers from Washington Senators (April 26, 1951).
Traded by Detroit Tigers with Bob Cain and Dick Kryhoski to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Dick Littlefield, Ben Taylor, Cliff Mapes and Matt Batts (February 14, 1952).
Claimed on waivers by Chicago White Sox from St. Louis Browns (March 18, 1953).

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