1961 Denver Bears

1961 > Class AAA > 1961 American Association
Overall: 75-73
Scored 822 runs, Allowed 703 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-63

Affiliation: Detroit Tigers-AL
Manager: Charlie Metro
Represented: Denver, CO
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1960 / 1962

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1	George Alusik	26	102	420	379	70	113	27	1	14	81	1	41	26	.298	.367	.485	.852	184
2	Ossie Alvarez	27	43	142	132	18	33	4	1	0	9	1	10	12	.250	.303	.295	.598	39
3	Sandy Amoros*	31	128	555	452	92	117	35	7	10	58	10	103	58	.259	.396	.434	.830	196
4	Jim Baumer	30	118	510	478	71	148	27	4	12	76	3	32	65	.310	.353	.458	.811	219
5	Bob Bruce	28	4		11		2								.182
6	Wyman Carey*	24	31	45	39	6	9	0	1	0	5	0	6	8	.231	.333	.282	.615	11
7	Jerry Casale	27	14	30	28	2	7	1	1	1	7	0	2	6	.250	.300	.464	.764	13
8	Harry Chiti	28	51	192	177	23	52	9	0	7	24	0	15	24	.294	.349	.463	.812	82
9	Jay Cooke*	24	116	427	360	71	88	15	5	6	53	3	67	74	.244	.363	.364	.727	131
10	Ed Donnelly*	30	23	60	56	5	14	1	0	0	6	0	4	9	.250	.300	.268	.568	15
11	Bob Dustal	25	34	14	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.091	.286	.091	.377	1
12	Dick Egan*	24	13	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	1
13	Larry Foster*	23	31	43	41	1	9	1	0	0	6	0	2	11	.220	.256	.244	.500	10
14	Doug Gallagher	21	1		2		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
15	Fred Gladding*	25	17	33	32	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	12	.125	.152	.125	.277	4
16	Purnal Goldy	23	46	151	141	23	43	8	2	3	21	3	10	24	.305	.351	.454	.805	64
17	Joe Grzenda	24	17	29	28	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	20	.036	.069	.036	.105	1
18	Jim Hughes	26	85	290	275	32	75	16	2	3	39	2	15	54	.273	.310	.378	.689	104
19	Frank Kostro	23	73	208	184	24	50	8	2	4	26	4	24	31	.272	.356	.402	.758	74
20	Dick McAuliffe*	21	64	299	269	68	95	14	14	5	31	4	30	35	.353	.418	.565	.983	152
21	Jimmie McDaniel	28	150	631	554	101	156	27	3	30	114	10	77	174	.282	.369	.504	.873	279
22	Manny Montejo	25	41	15	15	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	.133	.133	.267	.400	4
23	Jackie Moore	22	43	152	134	8	32	3	0	0	8	0	18	14	.239	.329	.261	.590	35
24	Ron Nischwitz#	23	28	75	70	5	13	4	1	0	10	0	5	23	.186	.240	.271	.511	19
25	Alfred Paschal	26	20	86	83	12	21	2	1	1	8	0	3	10	.253	.279	.337	.616	28
26	Albert Pehanick	25	41	27	25	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	17	.040	.111	.040	.151	1
27	Jay Porter	28	137	530	470	71	133	23	6	19	77	3	60	55	.283	.364	.479	.843	225
28	Jackson Queen	24	19	82	64	13	26	4	0	1	5	0	18	11	.406	.537	.516	1.052	33
29	Gordon Seyfried	23	30	77	69	9	14	4	1	1	13	0	8	22	.203	.286	.333	.619	23
30	Don Wert	22	137	563	519	89	170	25	8	12	75	6	44	49	.328	.380	.476	.856	247
	30 Players	26.0	150	5810	5103	822	1430	258	61	129	757	50	604	859	.280	.353	.431	.784	2197	153	56	47	42

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Bob Bruce	28	2	0	1.000	3.67	4	4				27.0	28	11	11	2	19							1.741	9.3	0.7	6.3
2	Wyman Carey*	24	8	8	.500	5.28	31	15				109.0	120	73	64	11	65							1.697	9.9	0.9	5.4
3	Jerry Casale	27	4	1	.800	5.66	12	10				62.0	76	44	39	7	23							1.597	11.0	1.0	3.3
4	Ed Donnelly*	30	8	10	.444	4.60	22	22				141.0	167	86	72	14	44							1.496	10.7	0.9	2.8
5	Bob Dustal	25	4	3	.571	3.55	34	1				66.0	70	29	26	6	13							1.258	9.5	0.8	1.8
6	Dick Egan*	24	1	1	.500	5.62	13	0				24.0	31	18	15	2	10							1.708	11.6	0.8	3.8
7	Larry Foster	23	6	14	.300	4.19	31	18				144.0	145	85	67	4	91							1.639	9.1	0.2	5.7
8	Doug Gallagher*	21	0	1	.000	2.57	1	1				7.0	8	2	2	0	2							1.429	10.3	0.0	2.6
9	Fred Gladding	25	7	3	.700	2.20	17	9				86.0	80	25	21	1	26							1.233	8.4	0.1	2.7
10	Joe Grzenda*	24	3	6	.333	3.34	17	12				89.0	96	42	33	8	37							1.494	9.7	0.8	3.7
11	Manny Montejo	25	2	3	.400	3.44	41	0				68.0	51	30	26	1	50							1.485	6.8	0.1	6.6
12	Ron Nischwitz*	23	11	10	.524	3.56	28	23				182.0	206	84	72	10	44							1.374	10.2	0.5	2.2
13	Albert Pehanick	25	5	5	.500	4.81	41	8				103.0	105	67	55	12	47							1.476	9.2	1.0	4.1
14	Gordon Seyfried	23	14	8	.636	4.36	30	27				198.0	244	107	96	16	38							1.424	11.1	0.7	1.7
	14 Players	24.7	75	73	.507	4.13	150	150	102	48	5	1305.2	1427	703	599	94	509	26	828	38	2	68	5782	1.483	9.8	0.6	3.5	5.7	1.63

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Jay Porter	71	379	34	4	3	.990	5.82	9
Harry Chiti	47	290	22	4	3	.987	6.64	6
Jackie Moore	40	218	26	3	4	.988	6.10	3

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Jay Cooke	102		925	28	11	93	.989	9.34
Jay Porter	56		476	30	1	49	.998	9.04

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jim Baumer	118	316	352	23	91	.967	5.66
Alfred Paschal	20	54	40	4	16	.959	4.70
Jim Hughes	15	36	48	3	18	.966	5.60

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Don Wert	132		102	308	27	25	.938	3.11
Jim Hughes	19		11	41	1	3	.981	2.74

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Dick McAuliffe	64	106	227	24	49	.933	5.20
Ossie Alvarez	38	73	106	10	13	.947	4.71
Jim Hughes	38	57	117	10	28	.946	4.58

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jimmie McDaniel	146	220	12	13	2	.947	1.59
Sandy Amoros	123	260	10	6	2	.978	2.20
George Alusik	102	183	10	9	1	.955	1.89
Purnal Goldy	35	48	1	3	0	.942	1.40
Frank Kostro	34	41	1	3	0	.933	1.24
Jackson Queen	18	47	0	3	0	.940	2.61

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
George Alusik	26	R	R	6' 3.0"	175	Feb 11, 1935	Ashley, PA, US
Ossie Alvarez	27	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Oct 19, 1933	Bolondron, CU
Sandy Amoros	31	L	L	5' 7.0"	170	Jan 30, 1930	La Habana, La Habana, CU
Jim Baumer	30	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Jan 29, 1931	Tulsa, OK, US
Bob Bruce	28	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	May 16, 1933	Detroit, MI, US
Wyman Carey	24	L	L	5' 11.0"	160	Nov 9, 1936	Chicago, IL, US
Jerry Casale	27	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Sep 27, 1933	Brooklyn, NY, US
Harry Chiti	28	R	R	6' 2.0"	221	Nov 16, 1932	Kincaid, IL, US
Jay Cooke	24	L	L	6' 1.0"	195	1937
Ed Donnelly	30	L	L	6' 1.0"	180	Aug 5, 1930	Philadelphia, PA, US
Bob Dustal	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	172	Sep 28, 1935	Sayreville, NJ, US
Dick Egan	24	L	L	6' 4.0"	193	Mar 24, 1937	Berkeley, CA, US
Larry Foster	23	L	R	6' 0.0"	185	Dec 24, 1937	Lansing, MI, US
Doug Gallagher	21	R	L	6' 3.0"	195	Feb 21, 1940	Fremont, OH, US
Fred Gladding	25	L	R	6' 1.0"	220	Jun 28, 1936	Flat Rock, MI, US
Purnal Goldy	23	R	R	6' 5.0"	200	Nov 28, 1937	Camden, NJ, US
Joe Grzenda	24	R	L	6' 2.0"	180	Jun 8, 1937	Scranton, PA, US
Jim Hughes	26	R	R	6' 3.0"	185	Oct 21, 1934
Frank Kostro	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Aug 4, 1937	Windber, PA, US
Dick McAuliffe	21	L	R	5' 11.0"	176	Nov 29, 1939	Hartford, CT, US
Jimmie McDaniel	28	R	R	6' 2.0"	181	Dec 14, 1932	Marshall, MO, US
Manny Montejo	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	150	Oct 16, 1935	Caibarien, CU
Jackie Moore	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Feb 19, 1939	Jay, FL, US
Ron Nischwitz	23	S	L	6' 3.0"	205	Jul 1, 1937	Dayton, OH, US
Alfred Paschal	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	165	1935
Albert Pehanick	25	R	R	6' 5.0"	195	Aug 27, 1935	Scranton, PA, US
Jay Porter	28	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Jan 17, 1933	Shawnee, OK, US
Jackson Queen	24	R	R	5' 9.0"	170	Jun 7, 1937	Cuthbert, GA, US
Gordon Seyfried	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Jul 4, 1937	Long Beach, CA, US
Don Wert	22	R	R	5' 10.0"	162	Jul 29, 1938	Strasburg, PA, US

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