Gene Bearden vs. Harry Shuman — Career Comparison

Gene Bearden
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Shuman
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Gene Bearden built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Shuman as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Gene Bearden posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.96 and WHIP 1.555 compared to 4.44 and 1.500 for Harry Shuman. By the career numbers, Gene Bearden had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gene Bearden and Harry Shuman

Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
2.2
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
5.33
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.96
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.51
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.43
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.22
54.22
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.52
43.52
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.33
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
3.96
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
4.44
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2365
27
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
27
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788.1
9
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.2
9
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
791
9.03
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
9.95
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.95
9.95
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.55
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.03
0.03
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
435
4.97
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
3.55
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
2.96
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.78
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.34
1.34
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.592
0.592
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.46
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.36
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3471
39.63
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
40.32
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.49
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.38
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
4.54
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
6.22
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.555
1.555
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3027
34.56
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
36.41
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.06
2.06
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.63
39.63
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.32
40.32

Fielding Stats for Gene Bearden and Harry Shuman

Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.85
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.18
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Gene Bearden and Harry Shuman

Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
409
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
6000
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
311
600
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
555.63
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
131.19
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
102.25
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
19.29
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.93
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.72
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
28.94
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.99
46.28
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
177.49
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
158.2
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
67.52
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
61.74
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
121.54
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.56
49.32
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.01
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
81.03
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.4
7.4
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.36
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
7
13.5
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA