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 was great on the mound and at the plate, and Cleveland beat Boston to take a 2-1 lead in the 1948 World Series. This photo shows a trio of wives of Cleveland players the night before ...

On Thursday, March 18, 2004, most of the country took little notice that Harry Eugene Bearden, 83, died in Alexander City, Alabama, a tiny town of just 16,000. Gene Bearden was born on Sept. 5 ...

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.

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 ...

Gene Bearden whipped the Red Sox, 8 to 3, before 33,957 die-hards at chilly Fenway Park in the league’s first pennant playoff.