Gene Bearden vs. Mark Clear — Career Comparison

Gene Bearden
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mark Clear
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Gene Bearden built a career as a starting pitcher and Mark Clear as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mark Clear posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.85 and WHIP 1.583 compared to 3.96 and 1.555 for Gene Bearden. By the career numbers, Mark Clear had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gene Bearden and Mark Clear

Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
2.2
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
5.38
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.96
Mark Clear
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.51
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.79
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.43
Mark Clear
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.55
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.22
54.22
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.17
59.17
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.52
43.52
Mark Clear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.33
Mark Clear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Mark Clear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.93
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
3.96
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
3.85
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2365
27
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2413
27
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
788.1
9
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
804.1
9
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
791
9.03
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
674
7.54
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.54
7.54
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.55
Mark Clear
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.67
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Mark Clear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
4.97
Mark Clear
Career
Per 9 Innings
554
6.2
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Clear
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.5
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.97
4.97
Mark Clear
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
6.2
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
2.96
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
804
9
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.688
1.688
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.46
Mark Clear
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.55
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Mark Clear
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.39
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Mark Clear
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.09
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3471
39.63
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3614
40.44
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.49
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
3.77
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
4.54
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
4.44
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Clear
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.39
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Clear
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.45
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.6
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.555
1.555
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.527
1.527
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3027
34.56
Mark Clear
Career
Per 9 Innings
2950
33.01
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.06
2.06
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Mark Clear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.63
39.63
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.44
40.44

Fielding Stats for Gene Bearden and Mark Clear

Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
5.38
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2413
27
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
804.1
9
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
Mark Clear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.55
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
Mark Clear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.88
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.11
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Mark Clear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.54
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
Mark Clear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
1.43
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.85
Mark Clear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.75
92.75
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.18
Mark Clear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Mark Clear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Clear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Clear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Clear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Clear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gene Bearden and Mark Clear

Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
212
409
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
481
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
311
600
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
288
555.63
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
131.19
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
102.25
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
19.29
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.93
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.72
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
28.94
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.99
46.28
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
177.49
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
158.2
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
67.52
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
61.74
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
121.54
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.56
49.32
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.01
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
42
81.03
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.4
7.4
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.36
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
7
13.5
Mark Clear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Clear
Career
Per 600 PA