Another couple of passages from Eddie Robinson's memoir, this time about one of my favorite pitcher-seasons: Gene Bearden's 1948: Bearden's complete game win topped a remarkable pitching streak ...

Gene Bearden, 83, a knuckleball pitcher who completed a remarkable rookie season by closing out the Cleveland Indians' last World Series championship, died Thursday in Alexander City, Ala.

Gene Bearden, who helped the Cleveland Indians win the 1948 World Series, claimed he was injured as the USS Helena sank during the Battle of Kula Gulf.

Gene Bearden was born on Sept. 5, 1920, in a town—Lexa, Ark.—that is far tinier (population: 331) than the city in which he died. His father was a railway worker, and the family moved around a ...

Gene Bearden was great on the mound and at the plate, and Cleveland beat Boston to take a 2-1 lead in the 1948 World Series.

Knuckle down, Gene Bearden, knuckle down! And the Cleveland tribe will go to town! So they went -- those Redskins red hot again -- and it was all over. In a glorious fourth ... The delayed win ...

Gene Bearden pitched the last 1.2 innings of game six of the 1948 World Series, which happened only days after he won game three by shutting out the Braves. He won his 20th game that year in a one ...

Darrell Gene Bearden was born in Houston, Texas on July 7, 1956. Darrell also known as Grampy passed away after a short battle with gallbladder cancer on April 10, 2022, at his home with his wife ...

You might call it a ‘fingertip ball,’ ” said Gene Bearden, who pitched for the Cleveland Indians in the late ’40s. “I use it so much my fingertips developed calluses.” ...