Gene Bearden vs. Ford Smith — Career Comparison

Gene Bearden
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ford Smith
Greatest GenerationArizonaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Ford Smith posted a stronger line than Gene Bearden. Ford Smith posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.37 vs 3.96) and WHIP (1.115 vs 1.555). By the career numbers, Ford Smith had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Gene Bearden and Ford Smith

Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.2
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.38
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.96
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.89
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.51
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.69
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.43
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.3
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.22
54.22
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.52
43.52
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.33
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.64
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
3.96
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.37
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2365
27
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
546
27
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788.1
9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
9
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
791
9.03
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
7.42
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.42
7.42
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.55
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
435
4.97
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.62
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
259
2.96
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.39
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.46
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.35
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
39.63
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
737
36.45
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.49
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.49
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
4.54
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.07
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.74
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.04
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.555
1.555
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.115
1.115
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3027
34.56
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.74
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.63
39.63
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.45
36.45

Fielding Stats for Gene Bearden and Ford Smith

Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.29
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.93
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1128
27
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
9
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.84
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.34
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
2.35
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.18
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.85
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.685
1.685
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.22
72.22
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gene Bearden and Ford Smith

Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
212
409
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
63
219.77
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
311
600
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
172
600
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
288
555.63
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
157
547.67
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.611
0.611
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.634
0.634
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
131.19
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
37
129.07
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
102.25
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
26
90.7
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
19.29
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.4
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.93
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.72
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.49
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
28.94
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23.99
46.28
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15.54
54.21
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
177.49
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
158.2
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
170.93
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.591
0.591
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
67.52
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
80.23
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
61.74
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
101.16
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
121.54
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25.56
49.32
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16.85
58.77
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
27.01
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
42
81.03
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
7.4
7.4
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
172
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.36
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.47
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
7
13.5
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA