Gene Bearden vs. Molly Craft — Career Comparison

Gene Bearden
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Molly Craft
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Gene Bearden built a career as a starting pitcher and Molly Craft as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Molly Craft posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.57 and WHIP 1.562 compared to 3.96 and 1.555 for Gene Bearden. By the career numbers, Molly Craft had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gene Bearden and Molly Craft

Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
2.2
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
3.24
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.96
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.51
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.43
Molly Craft
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.45
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.22
54.22
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.52
43.52
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.34
10.34
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.33
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Molly Craft
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
3.96
Molly Craft
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.57
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Molly Craft
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Molly Craft
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2365
27
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
242
27
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788.1
9
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.2
9
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
791
9.03
Molly Craft
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
10.38
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.55
Molly Craft
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Molly Craft
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Molly Craft
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
435
4.97
Molly Craft
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.68
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Molly Craft
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
259
2.96
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.68
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Molly Craft
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.34
1.34
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.818
0.818
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.46
Molly Craft
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.67
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Molly Craft
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Molly Craft
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
39.63
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
342
38.16
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.49
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.9
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
4.54
Molly Craft
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
4.91
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.555
1.555
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.562
1.562
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3027
34.56
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
307
34.25
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.06
2.06
Molly Craft
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.52
1.52
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.335
0.335
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.63
39.63
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.16
38.16

Fielding Stats for Gene Bearden and Molly Craft

Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Molly Craft
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.85
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.18
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Molly Craft
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Gene Bearden and Molly Craft

Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
409
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
642.86
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
311
600
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
28
600
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
555.63
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
557.14
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
131.19
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
3
64.29
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
102.25
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
3
64.29
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
19.29
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.93
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.72
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
28.94
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.99
46.28
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
0.43
9.15
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
177.49
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
3
64.29
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
158.2
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
4
85.71
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
67.52
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
61.74
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
121.54
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
2
42.86
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.56
49.32
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.29
-6.17
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.01
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
81.03
Molly Craft
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
192.86
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.4
7.4
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
3.11
3.11
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
17.36
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
7
13.5
Molly Craft
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
Molly Craft
Career
Per 600 PA