Gene Bearden vs. Craig Lefferts — Career Comparison

Gene Bearden
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Craig Lefferts
Baby BoomersWest GermanyThrows LeftBats LeftEuropeSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Gene Bearden built a career as a starting pitcher and Craig Lefferts as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Craig Lefferts posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.43 and WHIP 1.296 compared to 3.96 and 1.555 for Gene Bearden. By the career numbers, Craig Lefferts had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gene Bearden and Craig Lefferts

Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
2.2
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
696
5.47
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.96
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.51
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.46
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.43
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.57
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.22
54.22
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.62
44.62
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.52
43.52
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.47
6.47
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.33
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.79
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
347
3.96
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
3.43
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2365
27
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3437
27
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
788.1
9
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1145.2
9
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
791
9.03
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1108
8.7
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.7
8.7
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.55
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
0.94
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
435
4.97
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
2.53
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.43
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
2.96
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
719
5.65
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.65
5.65
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.34
1.34
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.909
0.909
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.46
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.24
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.1
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.08
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
39.63
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4754
37.35
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.49
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
2.25
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
4.54
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
3.85
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.61
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.31
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.69
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.555
1.555
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3027
34.56
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4304
33.81
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.06
2.06
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.63
39.63
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.35
37.35

Fielding Stats for Gene Bearden and Craig Lefferts

Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
696
5.47
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.35
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3437
27
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1145.2
9
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.44
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
1.21
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.71
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
1.65
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.85
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.18
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.47
6.47
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gene Bearden and Craig Lefferts

Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
212
409
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
697
2844.9
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
311
600
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
147
600
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
288
555.63
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
132
538.78
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
131.19
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
16
65.31
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
102.25
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.06
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
19.29
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.16
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.93
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.72
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.08
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
28.94
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.24
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.99
46.28
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
3.21
13.1
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
177.49
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
21
85.71
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
158.2
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.39
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
67.52
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
4
16.33
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
61.74
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.24
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
121.54
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
6
24.49
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.56
49.32
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-4.95
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.01
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.08
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
81.03
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
64
261.22
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.4
7.4
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
2.3
2.3
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
9
17.36
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.14
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
7
13.5
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA