Gene Bearden

Henry Eugene Bearden

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 198 lb.

Born: September 5, 1920 in Lexa, AR
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 10, 1947
Teams (by GP): Indians/Browns/Tigers/WhiteSox/Senators 1947-1953

Final Game: September 5, 1953
Died: March 18, 2004 in Alexander City, AL
Buried: Sunset Memorial Park, Barton, AR
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1939	18	PHI-min	D	29	65	65		12	1	0	0						.185	.185	.200	.385		13							MOU · GAFL
1940	19	PHI-min	D	60	146	146		36	6	2	0						.247	.247	.315	.562		46							MBE,MTV · FECL,BIST
1941	20	MBE	D	103	323	323		89	13	6	3						.276	.276	.381	.656		123							MBE · FECL
1942	21	DET-min	B	24	37	37		6	2	1	0						.162	.162	.270	.432		10							SAV,AUG · SALL
1945	24	NYY-min	A,AA	66	154	154	1	43	3	5	3	0	0	0			.279	.279	.422	.701		65	0						BNG,NWK · EL,IL
1946	25	OLD	AAA	67	153	138	19	34	2	1	2	18	0		11	20	.246	.302	.319	.621		44		0	4				OLD · PCL
1947	26	CLE-min	AAA	44	107	99	11	28	2	0	1	12	0		6	13	.283	.324	.333	.657		33		0	2				OLD,BLT · PCL,IL
1947	26	CLE	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0			/1
1948	27	CLE	AL	37	97	90	14	23	3	0	2	14	0	0	5	9	.256	.295	.356	.650	75	32	2	0	2			1	MVP-8,RoY-2
1949	28	CLE	AL	32	49	45	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	11	.111	.149	.111	.260	-30	5	0	0	2			1
1950	29	TOT	AL	28	41	35	3	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	5	4	.200	.300	.314	.614	61	11	2	0	1			1/3
1950	29	CLE	AL	14	15	13	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	.154	.267	.385	.651	68	5	0	0	0			1
1950	29	WSH	AL	14	26	22	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.227	.320	.273	.593	56	6	2	0	1			1/3
1951	30	TOT	AL	38	33	32	7	6	2	0	2	6	0	0	0	4	.188	.188	.438	.625	65	14	0	0	1			1
1951	30	WSH	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0			/1
1951	30	DET	AL	37	33	32	7	6	2	0	2	6	0	0	0	4	.188	.188	.438	.625	65	14	0	0	1			1
1952	31	SLB	AL	45	68	65	6	23	3	0	0	8	0	0	2	10	.354	.373	.400	.773	113	26	2	0	1			1
1953	32	CHW	AL	31	24	21	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	.190	.190	.190	.381	2	4	1	0	2			1
1954	33	SLE	Opn	50	80	78	5	17	2	0	1	9	0		1	10	.218	.225	.282	.507		22	0	0	0	1			SLE · PCL
1955	34	SFR	Opn	48	106	98	4	22	4	0	1	5	0		3	17	.224	.248	.296	.543		29	1	0	5	0			SFR · PCL
1956	35	SAC	Opn	52	96	93	7	16	2	0	1	8	0		1	15	.172	.189	.226	.415		21	2	1	1	0			SAC · PCL
1957	36	SFG-min	AAA,Opn	48	60	57	2	13	0	0	0	2	0		2	9	.228	.254	.228	.482		13	0	0	1	0	0		MNE,SAC · AA,PCL
7 Yrs				212	312	288	35	68	10	1	4	32	0	0	14	42	.236	.272	.319	.591	59	92	7	0	9
162 Game Avg.				162	238	220	27	52	8	1	3	24	0	0	11	32	.236	.272	.319	.591	59	70	5	0	7

CLE (4 yrs)				84	161	148	19	30	4	1	2	15	0	0	9	22	.203	.248	.284	.532	42	42	2	0	4
WSH (2 yrs)				15	26	22	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.227	.320	.273	.593	56	6	2	0	1
SLB (1 yr)				45	68	65	6	23	3	0	0	8	0	0	2	10	.354	.373	.400	.773	113	26	2	0	1
DET (1 yr)				37	33	32	7	6	2	0	2	6	0	0	0	4	.188	.188	.438	.625	65	14	0	0	1
CHW (1 yr)				31	24	21	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	.190	.190	.190	.381	2	4	1	0	2

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1947	26	CLE	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1948	27	CLE	AL	37	97	-4	-0	0	0	10	6	0.6	2	9	0.6	.517	.504	0.6	0.0	9	$	1	MVP-8,RoY-2
1949	28	CLE	AL	32	49	-9	-0	0	0	5	-4	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.489	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	1
1950	29	CLE	AL	14	15	-1	0	0	0	2	1	0.1	0	2	0.1	.507	.501	0.1	0.0	2	$	1
1950	29	WSH	AL	14	26	-1	-1	-0	0	3	1	0.1	1	1	0.1	.505	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	1/3
1951	30	WSH	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1951	30	DET	AL	37	33	-2	0	0	0	3	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.505	.501	0.2	0.0	3	$	1
1952	31	SLB	AL	45	68	1	-1	1	0	8	8	0.9	2	10	0.9	.520	.505	0.9	0.0	10	$	1
1953	32	CHW	AL	31	24	-4	0	-0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
7 Seasons				212	312	-19	-2	1	0	34	14	1.4	8	22	1.5	.507	.501	1.5	0.0	22	$

CLE (4 yrs)				84	161	-13	-1	1	0	17	4	0.4	4	8	0.4	.505	.501	0.4	0.0	8	$
WSH (2 yrs)				15	26	-1	-1	-0	0	3	1	0.1	1	1	0.1	.504	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$
SLB (1 yr)				45	68	1	-1	1	0	8	8	0.9	2	10	0.9	.520	.505	0.9	0.0	10	$
DET (1 yr)				37	33	-2	0	0	0	3	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.505	.501	0.2	0.0	3	$
CHW (1 yr)				31	24	-4	0	-0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1948	27	CLE	AL	97	71	9	3.4	103	.266	.256	.269	.295	.354	.356	.389	.650	.743	75	.362	-3.7	-0.4	.536	.156	.100	.0
1949	28	CLE	AL	49	42	1	0.6	105	.147	.111	.268	.149	.360	.111	.390	.260	.750	-30	.026	-8.7	-0.9	.175	.044	.000
1950	29	TOT	AL	41	31	3	2.6	109	.226	.200	.273	.300	.359	.314	.409	.614	.768	61	.231	-2.1	-0.2	.533	.257	.114
1950	29	CLE	AL	15	11	1	2.4	110	.182	.154	.274	.267	.360	.385	.410	.651	.770	68	.211	-0.8	-0.1	.636	.385	.231
1950	29	WSH	AL	26	20	2	2.6	109	.250	.227	.272	.320	.358	.273	.408	.593	.766	56	.241	-1.3	-0.1	.474	.182	.045
1951	30	TOT	AL	33	27	3	3.0	102	.154	.188	.268	.188	.349	.438	.392	.625	.741	65	.320	-2.0	-0.2	.538	.250	.250	.0
1951	30	DET	AL	33	27	3	3.0	102	.154	.188	.268	.188	.349	.438	.392	.625	.741	65	.320	-2.0	-0.2	.538	.250	.250	.0
1952	31	SLB	AL	68	45	10	6.0	98	.418	.354	.262	.373	.343	.400	.383	.773	.726	113	.662	1.0	0.1	.636	.077	.046
1953	32	CHW	AL	24	20	1	1.3	105	.235	.190	.273	.190	.350	.190	.402	.381	.752	2	.100	-3.0	-0.3	.222	.000	.000
7 Yrs				312	236	27	3.1	103	.264	.236	.268	.272	.352	.319	.392	.591	.744	59	.328	-18.4	-1.8	.467	.132	.083	.0
162 Game Avg.				238	180	21	3.1	103	.264	.236	.268	.272	.352	.319	.392	.591	.744	59	.328	-18.4	-1.8	.467	.132	.083

CLE (4 yrs)				161	124	11	2.4	104	.226	.203	.269	.248	.356	.284	.391	.532	.748	42	.226	-13.2	-1.3	.425	.142	.081	.0
WSH (2 yrs)				26	20	2	2.7	109	.250	.227	.272	.320	.358	.273	.408	.593	.766	56	.241	-1.3	-0.1	.474	.182	.045
SLB (1 yr)				68	45	10	6.0	98	.418	.354	.262	.373	.343	.400	.383	.773	.726	113	.663	1.0	0.1	.636	.077	.046
DET (1 yr)				33	27	3	3.0	102	.154	.188	.268	.188	.349	.438	.392	.625	.741	65	.320	-2.0	-0.2	.538	.250	.250	.0
CHW (1 yr)				24	20	1	1.3	105	.235	.190	.273	.190	.350	.190	.402	.381	.752	2	.100	-3.0	-0.3	.222	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1948	27	CLE	AL	WS	BSN	W	2	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.750	1.250	3	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.750	1.250	3	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	27	CLE	AL	97	2.1%	9.3%	5.2%	5.2%	22%	1.80	10.0	45.0	6.4	0.74	81%
1949	28	CLE	AL	49	0.0%	22.5%	4.1%	0.0%	0%	5.50	4.1		45.0	1.38	69%
1950	29	TOT	AL	41	0.0%	9.8%	12.2%	7.3%	43%	0.80	8.8			2.43	76%
1950	29	CLE	AL	15	0.0%	13.3%	13.3%	13.3%	100%	1.00	6.5			3.50	73%
1950	29	WSH	AL	26	0.0%	7.7%	11.5%	3.9%	20%	0.67	11.0			2.00	77%
1951	30	TOT	AL	33	6.1%	12.1%	0.0%	12.1%	67%		8.0	16.0	5.3	3.50	79%
1951	30	DET	AL	33	6.1%	12.1%	0.0%	12.1%	67%		8.0	16.0	5.3	3.50	79%
1952	31	SLB	AL	68	0.0%	14.7%	2.9%	4.4%	13%	5.00	6.5		8.1	1.64	81%
1953	32	CHW	AL	24	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.3		7.0	2.00	71%
7 Yrs				312	1.3%	13.5%	4.5%	4.8%	22%	3.00	6.9	72.0	9.0	1.32	78%
MLB Averages					1.9%	9.9%	9.8%	6.4%	28%	1.02	8.9	47.2	8.1	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1947	26	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	27	CLE	AL	-3.7	-0.4	98	-0.5	0.9	-1.4	.71	-0.2	-0.5	1.4	0.1	0.97	1.1		0
1949	28	CLE	AL	-8.7	-0.9	49	-1.1	0.3	-1.3	1.15	-0.8	-0.1	-10.3	-1.0	0.98	-9.6		0
1950	29	TOT	AL	-2.1	-0.2	38	-0.5	0.4	-0.9	1.11	-0.3	-0.1	-3.9	-0.4	0.90	-3.8	4.80	1
1950	29	CLE	AL	-0.8	-0.1	15	-0.0	0.2	-0.3	.95	-0.1	0.1	-0.4	-0.0	0.85	-0.9		0
1950	29	WSH	AL	-1.3	-0.1	23	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	1.20	-0.3	-0.1	-3.4	-0.3	0.93	-2.9	4.80	1
1951	30	TOT	AL	-2.0	-0.2	15	0.0	0.3	-0.3	.90	0.0	-0.0	0.2	0.0	0.83	-0.4		0
1951	30	WSH	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1951	30	DET	AL	-2.0	-0.2	15	0.0	0.3	-0.3	.90	0.0	-0.0	0.2	0.0	0.83	-0.4		0
1952	31	SLB	AL	1.0	0.1	57	-0.1	1.2	-1.2	1.33	0.2	-0.2	2.3	0.2	0.99	1.7	1.85	11
1953	32	CHW	AL	-3.0	-0.3	24	-0.0	0.7	-0.7	1.49	-0.3	0.3	-2.5	-0.3	1.06	-3.5	2.68	6
7 Yrs				-18.5	-1.8	281	-2.1	3.7	-5.9	1.04	-1.5	-0.6	-12.7	-1.3	0.97	-14.4	2.29	18

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	27	CLE	AL	1	46%	34	0	1	1	21%	7	7	0	1	1	0	6	2	3
1949	28	CLE	AL	1	43%	11	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1950	29	TOT	AL	1	25%	14	1	1	0	25%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1950	29	CLE	AL	0	50%	7	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1950	29	WSH	AL	1	13%	7	1	1	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951	30	TOT	AL	0	125%	2	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
1951	30	DET	AL	0	125%	2	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
1952	31	SLB	AL	0	24%	36	0	2	0	18%	7	6	1	0	0	0	4	2	1
1953	32	CHW	AL	0	50%	5	0	0	0	75%	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1
7 Yrs				3	40%	102	1	4	1	29%	21	19	2	3	1	2	14	5	7

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	27	CLE	AL	97	75%	23			0	0	0	0		2	0	3	1	1	1	1	0	3	2	67%	20	2	10%	20	5	25%	67	14	21%	4	4	100%	5	1	20%	0
1949	28	CLE	AL	49	57%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	5	0	0%	9	2	22%	37	1	3%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1950	29	TOT	AL	41	70%	7			1	0	0	0	4.80	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		8	2	25%	4	1	25%	18	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1950	29	CLE	AL	15	53%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1950	29	WSH	AL	26	82%	5			1	0	0	0	4.80	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		6	2	33%	3	1	33%	13	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1951	30	TOT	AL	33	73%	6			0	0	0	0		2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	100%	4	0	0%	4	1	25%	9	2	22%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1951	30	DET	AL	33	73%	6			0	0	0	0		2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	100%	4	0	0%	4	1	25%	9	2	22%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1952	31	SLB	AL	68	75%	23			11	7	0	2	1.85	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		12	2	17%	9	0	0%	39	7	18%	2	2	100%	0	0		0
1953	32	CHW	AL	24	75%	4			6	1	0	1	2.68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	7	1	14%	4	1	25%	19	3	16%	1	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
7 Yrs				312	71%	68			18	8	0	3	2.29	4	0	7	3	1	3	1	0	8	9	113%	56	7	13%	50	10	20%	189	27	14%	11	7	64%	9	3	33%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			117%			15%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1948	27	38	97	90	14	23	3	0	2	14	5	9	.256	.295	.356	.650	75	32	2	2
1949	28	70	146	135	17	28	3	0	2	15	7	20	.207	.246	.274	.521	40	37	2	4
1950	29	98	187	170	20	35	5	1	2	15	12	24	.206	.258	.282	.541	44	48	4	5
1951	30	136	220	202	27	41	7	1	4	21	12	28	.203	.248	.307	.555	48	62	4	6
1952	31	181	288	267	33	64	10	1	4	29	14	38	.240	.278	.330	.607	63	88	6	7
1953	32	212	312	288	35	68	10	1	4	32	14	42	.236	.272	.319	.591	59	92	7	9

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1948	27	39	100	93	14	23	3	0	2	14	5	9	.247	.286	.344	.630	9	37
1949	28	33	52	48	4	6	0	0	0	1	2	11	.125	.160	.125	.285	1	32
1950	29	29	42	36	3	7	2	1	0	0	5	4	.194	.293	.306	.598	3	28
1951	30	40	35	34	8	7	2	0	2	7	0	4	.206	.206	.441	.647	3	38
1952	31	47	71	68	6	24	3	0	0	9	2	10	.353	.371	.397	.768	10	45
1953	32	32	25	23	3	5	0	0	0	4	0	4	.217	.217	.217	.435	1	31
6 Yrs		220	325	302	38	72	10	1	4	35	14	42	.238	.272	.318	.590	27	211
162 Game Avg.		162	239	222	28	53	7	1	3	26	10	31	.238	.272	.318	.590	20	211

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MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1948 AL (8, 15%) 0.15 Career Shares (809th)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1948 AL (8, 15%)
0.15 Career Shares (809th)

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