Gene Bearden
Pitcher, Baseball Player
1920 – 2004
Who was Gene Bearden?
Henry Eugene "Gene" Bearden was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns, and Chicago White Sox. Bearden was a knuckleball pitcher, although he also threw a fastball, a slider, a curveball, and an occasional screwball.
Bearden was born on September 5, 1920 in Lexa, Arkansas. Growing up, he learned to play baseball on Tennessee sandlots; Lou Gehrig was his baseball idol. His rookie season in 1948 was rated in 2008 as the top overall rookie season of any athlete of a Cleveland professional sports franchise in The Great Book of Cleveland Sports Lists.
Bearden died in Alexander City, Alabama, at 83 years of age.
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- Born
- Sep 5, 1920
Lexa - Profession
- Lived in
- Arkansas
- Lexa
- Died
- Mar 18, 2004
Alexander City
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on July 23, 2013
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