Belve Bean

Beveric Benton Bean (Bill)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 197 lb.

Born: April 25, 1905 in Mullin, TX
High School: Waxahachie HS (Waxahachie, TX) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 30, 1930
Teams (by GP): Indians/Senators 1930-1935

Final Game: June 27, 1935
Died: June 1, 1988 in Comanche, TX
Buried: White Point Cemetery, Comanche, TX
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1927	22	OKM,KCY	C,AA	9	5	.643	3.05	16						115.0	123	56	39		14							1.191	9.6		1.1			OKM,KCY · WA,AA
1928	23	AUG	B	20	9	.690	2.48	38						265.0	242	99	73		51							1.106	8.2		1.7			AUG · SALL
1930	25	NOR	A	5	3	.625	3.35	12						78.0	74	33	29		17							1.167	8.5		2.0			NOR · SOUA
1930	25	CLE	AL	3	3	.500	5.45	23	3	16	1	0	2	74.1	99	58	45	7	32	19	0	1	2	340	88	1.762	12.0	0.8	3.9	2.3	0.59
1931	26	NOR	A	16	10	.615	2.85	32	27					215.0	201	77	68		33							1.088	8.4		1.4			NOR · SOUA
1931	26	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	6.43	4	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	11	5	5	0	4	3	1	0	0	37	75	2.143	14.1	0.0	5.1	3.9	0.75

1932	27	TOL	AA	20	14	.588		38						304.0	334	156			56							1.283	9.9		1.7			TOL · AA
1933	28	CLE	AL	1	2	.333	5.25	27	2	14	0	0	0	70.1	80	43	41	6	20	41	1	1	2	293	86	1.422	10.2	0.8	2.6	5.2	2.05
1934	29	CLE	AL	5	1	.833	3.86	21	1	8	0	0	0	51.1	53	25	22	2	21	20	3	0	2	226	117	1.442	9.3	0.4	3.7	3.5	0.95
1935	30	CLE-MIN-min	AA,A	4	4	.500	5.22	18	6					88.0	124	56	51		22							1.659	12.7		2.2			MNE,CNG · AA,SOUA
1935	30	TOT	AL	2	0	1.000	7.31	11	2	6	0	0	0	32.0	45	29	26	6	19	6	0	0	1	154	60	2.000	12.7	1.7	5.3	1.7	0.32
1935	30	CLE	AL	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	67	2.000	18.0	9.0	0.0	0.0
1935	30	WSH	AL	2	0	1.000	7.26	10	2	5	0	0	0	31.0	43	28	25	5	19	6	0	0	1	149	60	2.000	12.5	1.5	5.5	1.7	0.32
1936	31	CLE-min	AA	9	9	.500	5.91	37	21					169.0	227	123	111		43							1.598	12.1		2.3			MNE · AA
1937	32	BOS-min	AA	16	11	.593	4.86	37	35					237.0	316	152	128		54							1.561	12.0		2.1			MNE · AA
1938	33	BOS-min	AA	15	12	.556	4.44	39	30					223.0	260	135	110		59							1.430	10.5		2.4			MNE · AA
1939	34	MNE	AA	8	3	.727	3.75	13	12					96.0	101	45	40		17							1.229	9.5		1.6			MNE · AA
1940	35	MNE	AA	1	0	1.000		2						5.0																		MNE · AA
1941	36	FTW	A1	0	2	.000	5.54	5						26.0	27	16	16		4							1.192	9.3		1.4			FTW · TL
5 Yrs				11	7	.611	5.32	86	8	46	1	0	2	235.0	288	160	139	21	96	89	5	2	7	1050	87	1.634	11.0	0.8	3.7	3.4	0.93
162 Game Avg.				8	5	.611	5.32	62	6	33	1	0	1	170	208	116	101	15	69	64	4	1	5	760	87	1.634	11.0	0.8	3.7	3.4	0.93

CLE (5 yrs)				9	7	.563	5.03	76	6	41	1	0	2	204.0	245	132	114	16	77	83	5	2	6	901	92	1.578	10.8	0.7	3.4	3.7	1.08
WSH (1 yr)				2	0	1.000	7.26	10	2	5	0	0	0	31.0	43	28	25	5	19	6	0	0	1	149	60	2.000	12.5	1.5	5.5	1.7	0.32

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1930	25	CLE	AL	74.1	23	3	58	7.02	5.54	-0.21	0.00	102.8	5.91	-9	-0.8	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	0	.464	.495	$
1931	26	CLE	AL	7.1	4	0	5	6.14	4.89	-0.23	0.00	110.0	5.63	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.490	.500	$

1933	28	CLE	AL	70.1	27	2	43	5.50	5.43	0.09	0.00	105.5	5.63	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.6	9	.501	.500	$
1934	29	CLE	AL	51.0	21	1	25	4.41	5.22	0.05	0.00	100.6	5.20	4	0.4	1.0	-0.0	0.9	11	.520	.503	$
1935	30	CLE	AL	1.0	1	0	1	9.00	5.89	0.13	0.00	102.0	5.89	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.0	-0	.468	.500	$
1935	30	WSH	AL	31.0	10	2	28	8.13	5.09	-0.13	0.00	99.6	5.21	-10	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.6	-6	.412	.495	$
5 Seasons				235.0	86	8	160	6.13	5.36	-0.05	0.00	102.9	5.57	-16	-1.3	1.0	-0.1	0.7	14	.484	.499	$

CLE (5 yrs)				204.0	76	6	132	5.82	5.40	-0.04	0.00	103.4	5.63	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	1.3	20	.494	.499	$
WSH (1 yr)				31.0	10	2	28	8.13	5.09	-0.13	0.00	99.6	5.21	-10	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.6	-6	.412	.495	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1930	25	CLE	AL	346	2.0%	5.5%	9.3%	2.0%	7%	80%
1931	26	CLE	AL	37	0.0%	8.1%	10.8%			70%

1933	28	CLE	AL	299	2.0%	13.7%	6.7%			76%
1934	29	CLE	AL	226	0.9%	8.9%	9.3%			79%
1935	30	TOT	AL	155	3.9%	3.9%	12.3%			77%
1935	30	CLE	AL	5	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%			80%
1935	30	WSH	AL	150	3.3%	4.0%	12.7%			77%
5 Yrs				1063	2.0%	8.4%	9.0%	0.7%	2%	78%
MLB Averages					1.3%	8.3%	8.0%	3.2%	13%	80%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1930	25	3	3	.500	5.45	23	3	16	1	2	74.1	99	58	45	7	32	19	0	1	2	340	88	1.762	12.0	0.8	3.9	2.3	0.59	88
1931	26	3	4	.429	5.53	27	3	18	1	2	81.1	110	63	50	7	36	22	1	1	2	377	87	1.795	12.2	0.8	4.0	2.4	0.61	87
1932	27	3	4	.429	5.53	27	3	18	1	2	81.1	110	63	50	7	36	22	1	1	2	377	87	1.795	12.2	0.8	4.0	2.4	0.61	87
1933	28	4	6	.400	5.40	54	5	32	1	2	151.2	190	106	91	13	56	63	2	2	4	670	87	1.622	11.3	0.8	3.3	3.7	1.13	87
1934	29	9	7	.563	5.01	75	6	40	1	2	203.0	243	131	113	15	77	83	5	2	6	896	93	1.576	10.8	0.7	3.4	3.7	1.08	93
1935	30	11	7	.611	5.32	86	8	46	1	2	235.0	288	160	139	21	96	89	5	2	7	1050	87	1.634	11.0	0.8	3.7	3.4	0.93	87

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1930	25	4	4	.500	4.38	78.0	93	42	38	7	30	20	0	1.577	10.7	3.5	2.3	0.67	0.8	23
1931	26	0	0		4.50	8.0	11	4	4	0	4	3	1	1.875	12.4	4.5	3.4	0.75	0.0	4

1933	28	3	4	.429	4.69	71.0	78	41	37	6	20	41	1	1.380	9.9	2.5	5.2	2.05	0.8	27
1934	29	4	2	.667	3.33	54.0	52	22	20	2	21	21	3	1.352	8.7	3.5	3.5	1.00	0.3	21
1935	30	1	2	.333	6.82	33.0	45	28	25	6	19	6	0	1.939	12.3	5.2	1.6	0.32	1.6	11
5 Yrs		12	12	.500	4.57	244.0	279	137	124	21	94	91	5	1.529	10.3		3.4	0.97	0.8	86

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1934 AL 3 (10th)

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1934 AL 3 (10th)

Similarity Scores

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