1975 Denver Bears

1975 > Class AAA > 1975 American Association (West)
Overall: 81-55
Scored 728 runs, Allowed 635 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-60

Affiliation: Chicago White Sox-AL
Manager: Loren Babe
Represented: Denver, CO
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: 193,571
Other Years: 1974 / 1976

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	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Randy Beach	22	46	158	134	16	31	6	1	0	10	1	3	18	24	.231	.320	.291	.611	39	0	5	1
2	Kenneth Bennett*	24	119	400	359	47	96	16	2	2	32	6	3	33	37	.267	.329	.340	.669	122	1	5	2
3	Mike Buskey	26	133	504	448	67	109	15	9	2	43	13	11	42	87	.243	.310	.330	.640	148	2	10	2
4	Steve Dunning	26	36	17	14	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	7	.214	.353	.286	.639	4	0	0	0
5	Manny Estrada	23	126	556	487	89	146	30	5	8	68	5	6	54	47	.300	.367	.431	.799	210	1	9	5
6	Sam Ewing*	26	119	461	377	62	120	27	4	9	71	5	1	76	45	.318	.430	.483	.912	182	2	0	6
7	Larry Foster	24	37	124	98	17	22	3	1	4	11	0	1	22	14	.224	.361	.398	.759	39	0	2	2
8	Bob Gorinski	23	35	124	114	14	37	8	0	7	24	0	0	7	31	.325	.355	.579	.934	66	0	0	3
9	Jerry Hairston#	23	40	180	139	28	51	9	0	3	31	3	2	35	15	.367	.494	.496	.991	69	3	0	3
10	Rich Hinton*	28	37	15	15	2	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.600	.933	9	0	0	0
11	Lamar Johnson	24	129	543	485	73	163	35	2	20	101	5	3	53	67	.336	.398	.540	.938	262	0	0	5
12	Tony LaRussa	30	118	435	354	87	99	23	2	7	46	13	5	70	46	.280	.400	.415	.816	147	4	3	4
13	Chet Lemon	20	70	288	254	40	78	15	6	8	49	11	2	25	35	.307	.373	.508	.881	129	3	4	2
14	Jim Lyttle*	29	80	356	315	44	98	24	2	2	37	4	7	38	53	.311	.386	.419	.805	132	1	1	1
15	Fred Norton	24	28	76	66	11	16	2	2	0	5	1	3	5	13	.242	.311	.333	.644	22	2	2	1
16	Jim Otten	23	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
17	Terrence Quinn	24	72	237	207	26	50	13	2	6	27	1	1	24	40	.242	.318	.411	.728	85	0	4	2
18	Duane Shaffer	24	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
19	Jeff Sovern	23	106	375	334	52	98	13	0	17	65	2	2	24	41	.293	.342	.485	.827	162	5	4	8
20	Joseph Talley*	26	16	64	49	9	12	2	1	2	4	0	2	15	10	.245	.422	.449	.871	22	0	0	0
21	Pete Vuckovich	22	19	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0
22	Hugh Yancy	24	56	236	208	43	58	14	0	9	36	2	1	26	34	.279	.357	.476	.833	99	0	1	1
	22 Players	24.7	136	5152	4460	728	1293	257	39	107	665	71	53	570	650	.290	.370	.437	.807	1949	24	50	48	47

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	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Lloyd Allen	25	9	2	.818	3.42	14	14		4	0	0	108.0	99	44	41	9	46	3	81	2	1	8	1.343	8.2	0.8	3.8	6.8	1.76	Stats for 2 teams
2	Francisco Barrios	22	2	0	1.000	3.91	3	3		1	0	0	23.0	21	10	10	1	9	0	12	1	0	0	1.304	8.2	0.4	3.5	4.7	1.33
3	Steve Dunning	26	15	9	.625	3.49	28	27		16	3	0	196.0	187	79	76	10	85	3	139	2	0	8	1.388	8.6	0.5	3.9	6.4	1.64
4	Rich Hinton*	28	9	2	.818	3.26	30	0		0	0	5	69.0	66	34	25	3	22	2	51	4	0	0	1.275	8.6	0.4	2.9	6.7	2.32
5	Tony Komadina*	22	1	1	.500	6.38	10	0		0	0	0	24.0	29	19	17	3	19	2	8	0	0	1	2.000	10.9	1.1	7.1	3.0	0.42
6	Jack Kucek	22	1	2	.333	6.88	6	2		1	0	1	17.0	24	13	13	4	3	0	17	0	0	2	1.588	12.7	2.1	1.6	9.0	5.67
7	Bill Lehman	20	0	2	.000	5.08	13	3		1	0	0	39.0	39	26	22	3	19	0	21	0	0	4	1.487	9.0	0.7	4.4	4.8	1.11
8	Mitch Lukevics	21	0	3	.000	9.00	4	4		0	0	0	15.0	21	17	15	5	9	0	9	0	0	1	2.000	12.6	3.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
9	Harold McClain*	22	10	9	.526	4.21	26	23		9	3	0	154.0	162	86	72	13	48	3	56	0	0	7	1.364	9.5	0.8	2.8	3.3	1.17
10	Bill Moran	24	7	8	.467	6.09	30	20		5	0	0	127.0	149	103	86	14	79	4	91	2	1	7	1.795	10.6	1.0	5.6	6.4	1.15
11	Jim Otten	23	9	9	.500	4.11	28	19		8	1	3	151.0	131	79	69	9	71	3	114	5	1	9	1.338	7.8	0.5	4.2	6.8	1.61
12	Bill Parsons	26	3	5	.375	4.42	29	14		2	1	1	118.0	137	69	58	6	42	8	57	2	0	3	1.517	10.4	0.5	3.2	4.3	1.36	Stats for 2 teams
13	Skip Pitlock*	27	4	1	.800	3.91	13	4		2	0	0	46.0	55	24	20	5	21	1	32	5	0	0	1.652	10.8	1.0	4.1	6.3	1.52
14	Jim Ray	30	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.000	0.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
15	Duane Shaffer	24	6	1	.857	3.05	27	0		0	0	4	59.0	59	27	20	5	21	4	38	2	0	3	1.356	9.0	0.8	3.2	5.8	1.81
16	Pete Vuckovich	22	11	4	.733	4.34	19	18		4	0	0	116.0	103	63	56	12	54	1	86	1	2	2	1.353	8.0	0.9	4.2	6.7	1.59
	16 Players	24.2	81	55	.596	4.23	136	136	86	50	7	14	1153.0	1155	635	542	93	506	27	752	23	5	51	1.441	9.0	0.7	3.9	5.9	1.49

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
Jeff Sovern	86		467	68	11	4	.980	6.22	4
Terrence Quinn	62		318	25	3	6	.991	5.53	4

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Lamar Johnson	114	939	71	13	107	.987	8.86
Sam Ewing	18	139	11	2	9	.987	8.33
Kenneth Bennett	10	48	7	0	7	1.000	5.50
Larry Foster	1	8	0	0	2	1.000	8.00
Tony LaRussa	1	3	1	0	0	1.000	4.00
Jeff Sovern	1	5	1	0	2	1.000	6.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Manny Estrada	123	271	344	28	83	.956	5.00
Tony LaRussa	14	29	34	2	6	.969	4.50
Hugh Yancy	2	4	5	1	3	.900	4.50

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Chet Lemon	55	33	76	19	5	.852	1.98
Hugh Yancy	51	32	80	11	7	.911	2.20
Tony LaRussa	29	19	32	5	2	.911	1.76
Steve Dunning	6	2	5	1	0	.875	1.17
Sam Ewing	3	0	7	1	1	.875	2.33
Manny Estrada	2	2	5	1	1	.875	3.50
Jeff Sovern	1	1	3	0	1	1.000	4.00

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Mike Buskey	132		245	393	24	90	.964	4.83
Tony LaRussa	17		15	23	3	10	.927	2.24

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Kenneth Bennett	108	199	3	6	0	.971	1.87
Jim Lyttle	80	187	5	6	2	.970	2.40
Randy Beach	45	96	8	2	1	.981	2.31
Jerry Hairston	40	72	3	2	1	.974	1.88
Larry Foster	33	46	1	2	0	.959	1.42
Bob Gorinski	31	54	2	2	1	.966	1.81
Tony LaRussa	28	29	1	0	0	1.000	1.07
Fred Norton	25	45	3	1	0	.980	1.92
Sam Ewing	24	14	0	1	0	.933	0.58
Joseph Talley	16	20	0	1	0	.952	1.25
Chet Lemon	5	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.20
Rich Hinton	3	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.33
Manny Estrada	1	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Rich Hinton	30	5	17	2	2	.917	0.73
Bill Moran	30	6	15	2	0	.913	0.70
Bill Parsons	29	7	22	0	1	1.000	1.00	Stats for 2 teams
Steve Dunning	28	13	43	1	4	.982	2.00
Jim Otten	28	10	16	1	1	.963	0.93
Duane Shaffer	27	7	6	2	0	.867	0.48
Harold McClain	26	9	37	3	3	.939	1.77
Pete Vuckovich	19	11	19	3	3	.909	1.58
Lloyd Allen	14	5	19	2	1	.923	1.71	Stats for 2 teams
Bill Lehman	13	2	3	0	0	1.000	0.38
Skip Pitlock	13	4	5	1	1	.900	0.69
Tony Komadina	10	1	5	0	1	1.000	0.60
Jack Kucek	6	2	3	0	0	1.000	0.83
Mitch Lukevics	4	2	1	1	0	.750	0.75
Francisco Barrios	3	4	6	0	1	1.000	3.33
Jim Ray	2	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Lloyd Allen	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	May 8, 1950	Merced, CA, US
Francisco Barrios	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	155	Jun 10, 1953	Hermosillo, Sonora, MX
Randy Beach	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Aug 9, 1952	Long Beach, CA, US
Kenneth Bennett	24	L	L	5' 11.0"	180	May 9, 1951
Mike Buskey	26	R	R	5' 11.0"	160	Jan 13, 1949	San Francisco, CA, US
Steve Dunning	26	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	May 15, 1949	Denver, CO, US
Manny Estrada	23	R	R	5' 8.0"	165	Jun 9, 1952	La Habana, La Habana, CU
Sam Ewing	26	L	L	6' 3.0"	200	Apr 9, 1949	Lewisburg, TN, US
Larry Foster	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	Feb 23, 1951
Bob Gorinski	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	215	Jan 7, 1952	Latrobe, PA, US
Jerry Hairston	23	S	R	5' 10.0"	170	Feb 16, 1952	Birmingham, AL, US
Rich Hinton	28	L	L	6' 2.0"	185	May 22, 1947	Tucson, AZ, US
Lamar Johnson	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	215	Sep 2, 1950	Bessemer, AL, US
Tony Komadina	22	L	L	6' 5.0"	225	Apr 1, 1953
Jack Kucek	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Jun 8, 1953	Warren, OH, US
Tony LaRussa	30	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Oct 4, 1944	Tampa, FL, US
Bill Lehman	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	165	Dec 24, 1954
Chet Lemon	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Feb 12, 1955	Jackson, MS, US
Mitch Lukevics	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Dec 3, 1953
Jim Lyttle	29	L	R	6' 0.0"	180	May 20, 1946	Hamilton, OH, US
Harold McClain	22	L	L	6' 2.0"	185	Nov 6, 1952
Bill Moran	24	R	R	6' 4.0"	210	Sep 26, 1950	Portsmouth, VA, US
Fred Norton	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	175	May 7, 1951
Jim Otten	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Jul 1, 1951	Lewistown, MT, US
Bill Parsons	26	R	R	6' 6.0"	195	Aug 17, 1948	Riverside, CA, US
Skip Pitlock	27	L	L	6' 2.0"	180	Nov 6, 1947	Hillside, IL, US
Terrence Quinn	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Sep 17, 1950
Jim Ray	30	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Dec 1, 1944	Rock Hill, SC, US
Duane Shaffer	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Sep 27, 1950
Jeff Sovern	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Sep 12, 1951
Joseph Talley	26	L	R	6' 0.0"	190	Aug 16, 1948
Pete Vuckovich	22	R	R	6' 4.0"	215	Oct 27, 1952	Johnstown, PA, US
Hugh Yancy	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Oct 16, 1950	Sarasota, FL, US

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