Gene Bearden
1947–1953 · bats L / throws L · Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, MLS, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
212G
.236AVG
.272OBP
.319SLG
More career statistics
68H
4HR
32RBI
0SB
45–38W–L
788.1IP
259K
3.96ERA
84GS
1SV
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 288 | 289 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 311 | 312 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,471 | 3,468 |
| Pitching · p er | 347 | 348 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,365 | 2,364 |
| Pitching · p r | 398 | 399 |
| Pitching · p w | 435 | 434 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 212 | 311 | 288 | 35 | 68 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 14 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | .236 | .272 | .319 | .591 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 788.3 | 193 | 84 | 29 | 45 | 38 | 1 | 791 | 398 | 347 | 48 | 435 | 259 | 0 | 0 | 3.96 | 1.555 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1952-06-20 to 1952-07-02
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1950-06-17 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1949-04-22 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1949-05-30 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 109 | 173 | 38 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 21 | .239 | .266 | .327 |
| Away | 103 | 139 | 30 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 21 | .231 | .259 | .308 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .071 | .067 | .071 |
| May | 43 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | .220 | .236 | .320 |
| June | 35 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | .211 | .268 | .237 |
| July | 42 | 53 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | .300 | .321 | .440 |
| August | 49 | 89 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 | .259 | .281 | .376 |
| September | 30 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | .217 | .250 | .239 |
| October | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .286 | .167 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 35 | 55 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | .250 | .291 | .327 |
| new-york-yankees | 35 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | .286 | .267 | .429 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 31 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | .195 | .239 | .317 |
| boston-red-sox | 28 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | .225 | .250 | .300 |
| detroit-tigers | 22 | 48 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | .286 | .333 | .333 |
| cleveland-guardians | 21 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .227 | .227 | .273 |
| st-louis-browns | 20 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | .222 | .243 | .333 |
| chicago-white-sox | 20 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .179 | .200 | .214 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 |  Cleveland Guardians | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |
| 1948 | Cleveland Guardians | 37 | 90 | 23 | 2 | 14 | – | .256 | 229 | 80 |
| 1949 | Cleveland Guardians | 32 | 45 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .111 | 127 | 40 |
| 1950 | Cleveland Guardians, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 28 | 35 | 7 | – | – | – | .200 | 113 | 31 |
| 1951 | Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 38 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 6 | – | .188 | 108 | 39 |
| 1952 |  St. Louis Browns | 45 | 65 | 23 | – | 8 | – | .354 | 150 | 45 |
| 1953 |  Chicago White Sox | 31 | 22 | 4 | – | 3 | – | .182 | 58 | 24 |