Gene Bearden
Portrait of Gene Bearden, pitcher for the St. Louis Browns. Bowman series. Printed on front: "Gene Bearden." Printed on back: "Gene Bearden. Pitcher, St. Louis Browns. Born: Lexa, Ark., Sept. 5, 1920. Height: 6-3. Weight: 198. Bats: left. Throws: left. Traded to the Browns before the start of the 1952 season. Spent 1951 in the uniform of the Detroit Tigers, his third major league team. Got into 38 games, winning 3, and losing 4. Gene's rookie year in the majors was 1948 with the Cleveland Indians. He had a record of 20 wins, 7 losses. No. 173 in the 1952 series Baseball picture cards. Get a $1.00 value baseball cap of your favorite major league team by sending 5 wrappers and 50 cents to Bowman baseball, P.O. Box 234, New York 23, N.Y. State size: small, medium or large. [Copyright] 1952 Bowman Gum Division, Haelan Laboratories, Inc., Phila. 44, Pa. Ptd. in U.S.A."
- Resource ID:
- hr001637
- Subject:
- Bearden, Gene, 1920-2004
- Pitchers (Baseball)--Missouri--Saint Louis
- St. Louis Browns (Baseball team)
- Baseball cards
- Publisher:
- Haelan Laboratories. Bowman Gum Division
- Date:
- 1952
- Format:
- 1 baseball card : col. ; 3.25 x 2 in.
- Department:
- Ernie Harwell Sports Collection
- Location:
- Baseball cards-Bowman-1952-Bearden, Gene
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.