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1981 Denver Bears

1981 > Class AAA > 1981 American Association (West)
Overall: 76-60
Scored 733 runs, Allowed 666 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-62

Affiliation: Montreal Expos-NL
Manager: Felipe Alou
Represented: Denver, CO
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1980 / 1982

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 CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Norm Angelini* 33 61 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
2 Greg Bargar 22 26 7 6 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 4 0 1 0 0
3 Dan Briggs* 28 133 557 493 83 155 34 4 22 110 6 1 55 93 .314 .387 .533 .920 263 5 1 3 7
4 Leonel Carrion 29 1 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 2 0 0 0 0
5 Harry Chappas# 23 126 514 424 65 94 16 4 1 34 24 7 65 70 .222 .328 .285 .613 121 3 20 2 5
6 Hal Dues 26 20 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
7 Rick Engle 24 39 10 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 0 3 0 0
8 Terry Francona* 22 93 380 355 53 125 17 9 1 58 7 3 16 22 .352 .377 .459 .836 163 1 3 5 0
9 Mike Gates* 24 127 564 498 91 154 36 4 3 57 13 6 52 50 .309 .374 .416 .790 207 2 8 4 4
10 John Hale* 27 55 180 155 27 51 7 1 7 26 2 4 24 46 .329 .417 .523 .939 81 0 0 1 0
11 Dave Hostetler 25 125 515 440 91 140 14 7 27 103 3 2 66 89 .318 .408 .566 .974 249 4 0 5 4
12 Bob James 22 20 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
13 Tony Johnson 25 14 47 43 4 8 1 1 0 4 2 0 2 4 .186 .213 .256 .469 11 0 0 2 0
14 Wallace Johnson# 24 59 244 215 39 64 13 4 0 16 15 3 25 15 .298 .376 .395 .771 85 2 2 0 1
15 Skip Lockwood 34 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
16 Bruce MacPherson 26 13 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
17 Brad Mills* 24 118 477 427 65 134 34 1 12 66 2 3 38 34 .314 .368 .482 .850 206 2 4 6 7
18 Tommy Mutz* 28 59 159 145 15 32 7 0 3 19 0 0 11 19 .221 .278 .331 .610 48 1 1 1 2
19 Dan Norman 26 73 270 239 46 65 13 3 11 38 13 3 27 36 .272 .348 .490 .838 117 2 0 2 1
20 Bob Pate 27 38 145 120 20 34 3 0 1 19 5 3 24 13 .283 .407 .333 .740 40 1 0 0 0
21 Craig Perkins 32 14 30 24 3 7 1 0 1 4 0 0 6 3 .292 .433 .458 .892 11 0 0 0 1
22 Luis Quintana* 29 51 7 7 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .571 .571 .714 1.286 5 0 0 0 0
23 Rick Ramos 25 21 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0
24 Steve Ratzer 27 41 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0
25 Bob Reece 30 10 20 14 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 4 .357 .474 .429 .902 6 0 1 1 1
26 Pat Rooney 23 55 194 179 23 38 7 3 8 29 1 1 12 32 .212 .263 .419 .682 75 1 0 2 4
27 Bryn Smith 25 29 11 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .125 .222 .125 .347 1 0 2 0 0
28 Chris Smith# 23 38 158 132 22 40 9 1 1 17 1 2 22 15 .303 .405 .409 .814 54 2 0 2 1
29 John Tamargo# 29 20 42 38 1 10 1 0 0 3 0 1 4 6 .263 .333 .289 .623 11 0 0 0 1
30 LaRue Washington 27 46 173 145 25 35 10 0 1 12 8 4 28 19 .241 .364 .331 .695 48 0 0 0 1
31 Tom Wieghaus 24 124 404 345 48 83 13 1 4 50 2 5 49 33 .241 .333 .319 .652 110 0 8 2 2
32 Rich Wortham 27 16 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 2 0 0 0 0
32 Players 25.1 136 5135 4483 733 1285 239 44 103 670 104 49 534 623 .287 .363 .429 .792 1921 26 54 38 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 SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Norm Angelini* 33 10 7 .588 3.18 61 0 30 0 0 4 99.0 99 52 35 5 46 8 67 3 0 5 1.465 9.0 0.5 4.2 6.1 1.46
2 Greg Bargar 22 5 6 .455 6.03 23 14 5 0 0 0 91.0 108 63 61 10 58 3 58 4 0 5 1.824 10.7 1.0 5.7 5.7 1.00
3 Dan Briggs* 28 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2.000 0.0 0.0 18.0 0.0 0.00
4 Dave Campbell 29 0 0 4.91 10 0 5 0 0 1 11.0 10 8 6 1 11 1 5 2 0 0 1.909 8.2 0.8 9.0 4.1 0.45
5 Harry Chappas 23 0 0 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.333 6.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
6 Hal Dues 26 5 6 .455 6.73 20 18 0 3 0 0 91.0 113 75 68 12 60 1 47 1 0 7 1.901 11.2 1.2 5.9 4.6 0.78
7 Rick Engle* 24 6 7 .462 3.74 31 21 3 5 1 0 154.0 137 73 64 5 69 0 78 5 0 6 1.338 8.0 0.3 4.0 4.6 1.13
8 Bob James 22 1 2 .333 5.68 20 15 0 0 0 0 57.0 43 43 36 4 69 0 46 1 4 3 1.965 6.8 0.6 10.9 7.3 0.67
9 Skip Lockwood 34 2 5 .286 5.10 24 0 17 0 0 6 30.0 39 20 17 2 18 3 26 2 0 2 1.900 11.7 0.6 5.4 7.8 1.44
10 Bruce MacPherson 26 3 3 .500 4.11 13 6 2 1 0 0 46.0 39 24 21 4 14 0 16 3 0 2 1.152 7.6 0.8 2.7 3.1 1.14
11 Willie Mueller 24 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.5 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
12 Luis Quintana* 29 7 2 .778 4.80 51 4 12 1 0 2 105.0 116 64 56 9 50 2 90 2 0 5 1.581 9.9 0.8 4.3 7.7 1.80
13 Rick Ramos 25 6 5 .545 4.01 21 12 3 3 1 1 83.0 92 42 37 8 25 1 44 0 0 1 1.410 10.0 0.9 2.7 4.8 1.76
14 Steve Ratzer 27 7 3 .700 3.42 41 3 26 0 0 13 71.0 85 32 27 4 21 4 33 2 0 1 1.493 10.8 0.5 2.7 4.2 1.57
15 Tommy Shimp 23 3 3 .500 6.84 17 4 2 0 0 0 50.0 63 41 38 7 26 0 40 3 0 3 1.780 11.3 1.3 4.7 7.2 1.54
16 Bryn Smith 25 15 5 .750 3.05 29 24 2 9 0 1 183.0 166 80 62 13 42 1 127 8 0 6 1.137 8.2 0.6 2.1 6.2 3.02
17 Rich Wortham* 27 6 6 .500 4.79 16 15 1 4 0 0 77.0 57 48 41 7 71 2 33 1 0 11 1.662 6.7 0.8 8.3 3.9 0.46
17 Players 26.8 76 60 .559 4.40 136 136 110 26 4 29 1152.0 1170 666 563 91 585 26 713 38 16 57 1.523 9.1 0.7 4.6 5.6 1.22

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Tom Wieghaus 119 621 87 11 12 .985 5.95 6
Tommy Mutz 39 113 14 7 3 .948 3.26 1
Bob Reece 9 27 2 0 0 1.000 3.22 0

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dave Hostetler 123 1104 66 13 92 .989 9.51
Dan Briggs 17 126 6 2 6 .985 7.76
Craig Perkins 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
John Tamargo 1 4 0 0 1 1.000 4.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Mike Gates 101 207 237 9 47 .980 4.40
Wallace Johnson 39 71 116 7 23 .964 4.79
LaRue Washington 5 16 12 0 4 1.000 5.60
Harry Chappas 1 4 5 0 0 1.000 9.00
Brad Mills 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Brad Mills 117 84 236 16 20 .952 2.74
Mike Gates 16 15 22 3 3 .925 2.31
Chris Smith 4 3 6 2 0 .818 2.25
John Hale 2 1 1 1 0 .667 1.00
LaRue Washington 1 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Harry Chappas 121 165 352 30 61 .945 4.27
Mike Gates 17 18 38 3 9 .949 3.29
LaRue Washington 12 12 20 5 2 .865 2.67

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dan Briggs 119 272 14 8 4 .973 2.40
Terry Francona 92 158 7 3 1 .982 1.79
Dan Norman 59 100 2 2 0 .981 1.73
Pat Rooney 52 85 3 2 2 .978 1.69
Bob Pate 35 56 1 3 0 .950 1.63
John Hale 30 56 2 1 1 .983 1.93
LaRue Washington 18 40 1 2 1 .953 2.28
Chris Smith 12 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.25
Tony Johnson 10 11 1 1 0 .923 1.20
Wallace Johnson 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50
Leonel Carrion 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Norm Angelini 61 5 22 1 1 .964 0.44
Luis Quintana 51 4 21 7 0 .781 0.49
Steve Ratzer 41 11 14 1 1 .962 0.61
Rick Engle 31 7 38 3 4 .938 1.45
Bryn Smith 29 11 44 2 4 .965 1.90
Skip Lockwood 24 0 9 0 1 1.000 0.38
Greg Bargar 23 5 14 3 1 .864 0.83
Rick Ramos 21 1 12 1 0 .929 0.62
Hal Dues 20 8 15 3 0 .885 1.15
Bob James 20 4 11 3 0 .833 0.75
Tommy Shimp 17 2 9 1 0 .917 0.65
Rich Wortham 16 3 9 2 0 .857 0.75
Bruce MacPherson 13 4 8 0 0 1.000 0.92
Dave Campbell 10 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.30
Dan Briggs 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Harry Chappas 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Willie Mueller 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Norm Angelini 33 L L 5' 11.0" 175 Sep 24, 1947 San Francisco, CA, US
Greg Bargar 22 R R 6' 2.0" 185 Jan 27, 1959 Inglewood, CA, US
Dan Briggs 28 L L 6' 0.0" 180 Nov 18, 1952 Scotia, CA, US
Dave Campbell 29 R R 6' 3.0" 210 Sep 3, 1951 Princeton, IN, US
Leonel Carrion 29 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Feb 15, 1952 Maracaibo, Zulia, VE
Harry Chappas 23 S R 5' 7.0" 150 Oct 26, 1957 Mount Rainier, MD, US
Hal Dues 26 R R 6' 3.0" 180 Sep 22, 1954 La Marque, TX, US
Rick Engle 24 R L 5' 11.0" 181 Apr 7, 1957 Corbin, KY, US
Terry Francona 22 L L 6' 1.0" 190 Apr 22, 1959 Aberdeen, SD, US
Mike Gates 24 L R 6' 0.0" 165 Sep 20, 1956 Culver City, CA, US
John Hale 27 L R 6' 2.0" 195 Aug 5, 1953 Fresno, CA, US
Dave Hostetler 25 R R 6' 4.0" 215 Mar 27, 1956 Pasadena, CA, US
Bob James 22 R R 6' 4.0" 215 Aug 18, 1958 Glendale, CA, US
Tony Johnson 25 R R 6' 3.0" 195 Jun 23, 1956 Memphis, TN, US
Wallace Johnson 24 S R 6' 0.0" 173 Dec 25, 1956 Gary, IN, US
Skip Lockwood 34 R R 6' 1.0" 175 Aug 17, 1946 Roslindale, MA, US
Bruce MacPherson 26 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Nov 30, 1954 Los Angeles, CA, US
Brad Mills 24 L R 6' 0.0" 195 Jan 19, 1957 Exeter, CA, US
Willie Mueller 24 R R 6' 4.0" 220 Aug 30, 1956 West Bend, WI, US
Tommy Mutz 28 L R 6' 0.0" 180 Aug 27, 1952
Dan Norman 26 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Jan 11, 1955 Los Angeles, CA, US
Bob Pate 27 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Dec 3, 1953 Los Angeles, CA, US
Craig Perkins 32 R R 6' 1.0" 195 Jun 23, 1949 Los Angeles, CA, US
Luis Quintana 29 L L 6' 2.0" 175 Dec 25, 1951 Vega Baja, PR
Rick Ramos 25 R R 6' 5.0" 215 May 11, 1956
Steve Ratzer 27 R R 6' 1.0" 192 Sep 9, 1953 Paterson, NJ, US
Bob Reece 30 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Jan 5, 1951 Sacramento, CA, US
Pat Rooney 23 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Nov 28, 1957 Chicago, IL, US
Tommy Shimp 23 R R 6' 2.0" 180 Aug 29, 1957
Bryn Smith 25 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Aug 11, 1955 Marietta, GA, US
Chris Smith 23 S R 6' 0.0" 185 Jul 18, 1957 Torrance, CA, US
John Tamargo 29 S R 5' 10.0" 170 Nov 7, 1951 Tampa, FL, US
LaRue Washington 27 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Sep 7, 1953 Long Beach, CA, US
Tom Wieghaus 24 R R 6' 0.0" 195 Feb 1, 1957 Chicago Heights, IL, US
Rich Wortham 27 R L 6' 0.0" 185 Oct 22, 1953 Odessa, TX, US

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