Lucky Tribe
by rden on Aug 15, 2007 4:45 PM EDT
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I was watching "The Monty Stratton Story" on AMC this week. Gene Bearden appeared as himself, having once pitched against Stratton. I remembered a bit about Bearden. Curious, I went to baseball-reference.com.
Did you know ...
1948 was Bearden's rookie season. He won 20, lost 7. He struck out 80 and walked 106! For his career (6 years), Bearden struck out 259 and walked 435. He won 1 WS game against the Braves. As I recall, his 20th win of the season was the playoff game against the Red Sox.
1948 was Bearden's only winning season in the Majors. He never again won more than 8 games, which is easy to believe with his BB:K ratio.
We talk a lot about how unlucky the Indians are. You can certainly make a case that they used up all their luck in 1948, winning the WS with Gene Bearden as their star pitcher.
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Re: Lucky Tribe
Bearden was the good luck. Again, without looking it up, I think that Lou Boudreau was hurt for most of that season - the bad luck.
It all balances out in the end.
Re: Lucky Tribe
Boudreau was hurt in the '54 season and they had the famous shortstop, Sam Dente. "Win plenty with Dente."
I believe the backup for Boudreau in '48 was Johnny Baradino who went on to become a favorite soap opera star in General Hospital.
Just some rambling from an old Indians fan.
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