Philip Abner vs. Gene Bearden — Career Comparison

Gen ZNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Gene Bearden built a career as a starting pitcher and Philip Abner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Gene Bearden posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.96 and WHIP 1.555 compared to 4.91 and 2.182 for Philip Abner. By the career numbers, Gene Bearden had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Philip Abner and Gene Bearden

Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
2.2
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.96
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.51
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.43
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.22
54.22
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.52
43.52
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.33
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.91
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
3.96
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.37
7.37
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2365
27
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788.1
9
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
12.27
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
791
9.03
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.27
12.27
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.55
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
7.36
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
4.97
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.97
4.97
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
259
2.96
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.27
12.27
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.34
1.34
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.182
2.182
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.46
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.1
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
44.18
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3471
39.63
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.49
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.91
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
4.54
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.182
2.182
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.555
1.555
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
36.82
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3027
34.56
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.06
2.06
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.18
44.18
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.63
39.63

Fielding Stats for Philip Abner and Gene Bearden

Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
27
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
9
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.85
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.18
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Philip Abner and Gene Bearden

Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
212
409
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
311
600
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
288
555.63
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
131.19
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
102.25
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
19.29
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.93
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.72
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
28.94
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.99
46.28
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
177.49
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
158.2
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
67.52
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
61.74
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
121.54
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.56
49.32
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.01
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
42
81.03
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.4
7.4
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.36
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
7
13.5
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA