Gene Bearden vs. Gerrit Cole — Career Comparison

Gene Bearden
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gerrit Cole
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Gene Bearden and Gerrit Cole are fairly close on the surface numbers. Gerrit Cole posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.18 vs 3.96) and WHIP (1.092 vs 1.555). Gene Bearden had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.55 per nine innings vs 1). By the career numbers, Gerrit Cole had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Gene Bearden and Gerrit Cole

Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.2
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.46
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.96
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.51
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.7
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.43
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.37
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.22
54.22
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.67
65.67
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.52
43.52
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.33
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
347
3.96
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
690
3.18
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2365
27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
788.1
9
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
791
9.03
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1627
7.49
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.49
7.49
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.55
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
1
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
435
4.97
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
2.3
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
2.96
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2251
10.37
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.37
10.37
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.1
7.1
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.46
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.27
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.28
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
39.63
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7861
36.21
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.49
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
4.54
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
3.41
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.17
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.14
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.64
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.555
1.555
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.089
1.089
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3027
34.56
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7233
33.31
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.63
39.63
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.21
36.21

Fielding Stats for Gene Bearden and Gerrit Cole

Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5862
27
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1954
9
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.53
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.96
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
1.54
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
229
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
1.5
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.85
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.01
97.01
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.18
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.025
1.025
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gene Bearden and Gerrit Cole

Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
212
409
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
320
671.33
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
311
600
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
286
600
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
288
555.63
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
251
526.57
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
131.19
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
41
86.01
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
102.25
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
36
75.52
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
19.29
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.2
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.93
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.72
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.29
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
28.94
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
5
10.49
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.99
46.28
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
10.08
21.14
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
177.49
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
52
109.09
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
158.2
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
48
100.7
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
67.52
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
17
35.66
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
61.74
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
15
31.47
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
121.54
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
29
60.84
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.56
49.32
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
6.18
12.97
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.1
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.01
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
6
12.59
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
81.03
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
112
234.97
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.4
7.4
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2.55
2.55
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
9
17.36
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
58.74
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
7
13.5
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.39
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA