Gene Bearden vs. Harry O'Neill — Career Comparison

Gene Bearden
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry O'Neill
Lost GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Gene Bearden built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry O'Neill as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry O'Neill posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.8 and WHIP 1.400 compared to 3.96 and 1.555 for Gene Bearden. By the career numbers, Harry O'Neill had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gene Bearden and Harry O'Neill

Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
2.2
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.2
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.96
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.51
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.43
Harry O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.22
54.22
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.52
43.52
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.33
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
3.96
Harry O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Harry O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Harry O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Harry O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.188
0.188
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2365
27
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788.1
9
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
791
9.03
Harry O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Harry O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.55
Harry O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Harry O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Harry O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
4.97
Harry O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.2
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.97
4.97
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
259
2.96
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Harry O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.34
1.34
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Harry O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.46
Harry O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Harry O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Harry O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
39.63
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
37.8
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.49
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
4.54
Harry O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Harry O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.555
1.555
Harry O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3027
34.56
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
28.8
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.06
2.06
Harry O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Harry O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.63
39.63
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.8
37.8

Fielding Stats for Gene Bearden and Harry O'Neill

Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Harry O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.85
Harry O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.18
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Gene Bearden and Harry O'Neill

Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
409
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
2400
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
311
600
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
555.63
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
131.19
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
102.25
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
19.29
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.93
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.72
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
28.94
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.99
46.28
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
177.49
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
158.2
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
67.52
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
61.74
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
121.54
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.56
49.32
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.01
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
42
81.03
Harry O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.4
7.4
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.36
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
7
13.5
Harry O'Neill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry O'Neill
Career
Per 600 PA