Gene Bearden vs. Joe Crawford — Career Comparison

Gene Bearden
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Crawford
Gen XFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Gene Bearden built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Crawford as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Crawford posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.3 and WHIP 1.079 compared to 3.96 and 1.555 for Gene Bearden. By the career numbers, Joe Crawford had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gene Bearden and Joe Crawford

Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
2.2
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.69
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.96
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.51
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.78
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.43
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.58
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.22
54.22
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.52
43.52
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.53
10.53
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.33
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
3.96
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.3
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2365
27
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
27
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788.1
9
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.1
9
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
791
9.03
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
6.99
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.99
6.99
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.55
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.36
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
435
4.97
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.53
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
259
2.96
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
4.86
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.34
1.34
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.46
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.1
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
39.63
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
35.35
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.49
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.75
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
4.54
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.5
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.58
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.555
1.555
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.058
1.058
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3027
34.56
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
32.44
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.06
2.06
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.215
0.215
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.63
39.63
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.35
35.35

Fielding Stats for Gene Bearden and Joe Crawford

Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.69
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.39
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
27
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.1
9
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.75
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.94
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.94
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.85
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.18
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.526
0.526
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.53
10.53
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gene Bearden and Joe Crawford

Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
409
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
1036.36
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
311
600
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
555.63
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
600
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
131.19
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
102.25
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
19.29
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.93
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.72
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
28.94
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.99
46.28
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
177.49
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
158.2
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
67.52
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
61.74
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
121.54
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.56
49.32
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.15
-62.91
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.01
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
81.03
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
272.73
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.4
7.4
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
2.2
2.2
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.36
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
7
13.5
Joe Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA