1964 Denver Bears

1964 > Class AAA > 1964 Pacific Coast League (East)
Overall: 80-78
Scored 748 runs, Allowed 692 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-73

Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves-NL
Manager: Bill Adair
Represented: Denver, CO
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1963 / 1965

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	Tommie Aaron	24	152	614	553	103	153	28	11	21	86	5	1	56	85	.277	.344	.481	.825	266	2	1	2
2	Sandy Alomar#	20	154	662	620	86	163	18	22	3	40	20	14	31	110	.263	.298	.377	.676	234	2	5	4
3	Ethan Blackaby*	23	144	560	482	79	116	25	10	10	52	6	6	65	88	.241	.340	.396	.736	191	8	4	1
4	Wade Blasingame*	20	11	31	29	2	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	.310	.355	.379	.734	11	1	0	0
5	Ernie Bowman	28	125	464	431	48	100	9	5	3	32	5	3	23	74	.232	.270	.297	.567	128	1	5	4
6	John Braun	24	41	11	10	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.200	.273	.200	.473	2	0	0	0
7	Don Buddin	30	52	182	149	28	37	8	1	4	14	1	0	25	41	.248	.372	.396	.768	59	5	2	1		Stats for 2 teams
8	Cecil Butler	26	32	45	38	1	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	26	.053	.140	.053	.192	2	0	2	1
9	Clay Carroll	23	24	49	46	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	.065	.085	.065	.150	3	1	2	0
10	Elio Chacon	27	39	175	154	32	45	13	0	0	11	4	0	18	23	.292	.370	.377	.747	58	1	2	0
11	Jimmie Coker	28	112	431	372	55	103	17	3	16	70	1	1	45	65	.277	.353	.468	.821	174	3	3	8
12	Jacke Davis	28	24	50	44	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	15	.136	.220	.136	.356	6	0	0	1		Stats for 2 teams
13	David Fracaro	25	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
14	Frank Funk	28	24	18	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.000	.059	.000	.059	0	0	1	0
15	Purnal Goldy	26	127	410	380	41	93	13	2	8	57	0	1	22	84	.245	.291	.353	.644	134	4	1	3
16	Carl Greene	33	38	55	47	5	10	3	0	1	9	0	0	4	23	.213	.275	.340	.615	16	0	4	0
17	Eddie Haas*	29	79	142	113	7	24	4	0	3	20	0	0	26	28	.212	.359	.327	.687	37	1	0	2
18	Herb Hippauf	25	21	21	19	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.158	.200	.158	.358	3	0	1	0
19	Jay Hook*	27	24	38	28	2	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	6	9	.214	.353	.214	.567	6	0	4	0
20	Pat House*	23	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0
21	Lou Klimchock*	24	153	625	569	90	190	38	13	19	112	3	1	52	35	.334	.390	.547	.937	311	2	0	2
22	Gary Kolb*	24	52	208	185	24	52	5	3	2	17	10	6	22	44	.281	.361	.373	.734	69	1	0	0
23	George Kopacz*	23	17	56	52	8	14	2	1	1	6	1	0	3	9	.269	.309	.404	.713	21	0	1	0
24	Bill Kunkel	27	29	19	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0
25	Larry Maxie	23	33	61	52	4	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	5	28	.096	.203	.154	.357	8	2	2	0
26	Bubba Morton	32	149	605	518	89	157	33	9	9	79	5	3	73	83	.303	.390	.454	.843	235	5	2	7
27	Phil Niekro	25	32	69	63	7	14	2	1	0	11	0	0	0	19	.222	.219	.286	.504	18	0	5	1
28	Jay Porter	31	48	158	128	25	35	7	1	5	21	0	0	26	21	.273	.392	.461	.853	59	1	0	3
29	Butler Powell	25	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0
30	Dennis Ribant	22	36	43	37	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.081	.128	.081	.209	3	1	4	0
31	Phil Roof	23	74	246	218	24	41	8	1	4	28	2	1	21	60	.188	.272	.289	.561	63	5	0	2
32	Dan Schneider*	21	14	13	13	2	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	.308	.308	.308	.615	4	0	0	0
33	Jack Smith	28	33	13	12	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	.250	.250	.250	.500	3	0	1	0
34	Gail Thomas	29	20	32	26	5	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	.231	.355	.269	.624	7	0	1	0		Stats for 2 teams
	34 Players	25.6	158	5897	5251	748	1363	227	82	109	579	62	37	513	1005	.260	.328	.396	.724	2081	42	51	40	46

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	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Wade Blasingame*	20	4	5	.444	3.26	11	10		5	0	69.0	66	31	25	5	32	0	51	2	0	0	1.420	8.6	0.7	4.2	6.7	1.59
2	John Braun	24	6	5	.545	4.95	41	0		0	0	60.0	60	36	33	9	24	6	62	3	0	1	1.400	9.0	1.4	3.6	9.3	2.58
3	Cecil Butler	26	6	9	.400	3.68	30	20		4	3	115.0	102	63	47	15	71	3	81	6	1	8	1.504	8.0	1.2	5.6	6.3	1.14
4	Clay Carroll	23	8	8	.500	3.47	21	20		5	0	127.0	129	56	49	7	35	1	87	2	1	5	1.291	9.1	0.5	2.5	6.2	2.49
5	David Fracaro	25	0	0		7.00	7	0		0	0	9.0	11	7	7	0	7	1	10	1	0	7	2.000	11.0	0.0	7.0	10.0	1.43
6	Frank Funk	28	3	4	.429	4.42	24	0		0	0	53.0	43	28	26	7	15	3	48	1	0	0	1.094	7.3	1.2	2.5	8.2	3.20
7	Carl Greene	33	8	9	.471	4.67	36	12		2	0	135.0	147	74	70	9	27	6	118	8	0	4	1.289	9.8	0.6	1.8	7.9	4.37
8	Herb Hippauf*	25	1	5	.167	4.97	20	8		0	0	58.0	63	33	32	6	35	2	39	3	0	7	1.690	9.8	0.9	5.4	6.1	1.11
9	Jay Hook	27	5	6	.455	4.86	24	18		4	1	100.0	125	61	54	7	25	2	64	5	0	7	1.500	11.2	0.6	2.2	5.8	2.56
10	Pat House*	23	0	0		3.75	8	1		0	0	12.0	16	6	5	0	2	0	13	0	0	2	1.500	12.0	0.0	1.5	9.8	6.50
11	Dick Kelley*	24	0	0		9.00	5	0		0	0	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.500	18.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
12	Bill Kunkel	27	3	5	.375	3.68	29	2		0	0	66.0	55	30	27	8	24	5	49	0	0	2	1.197	7.5	1.1	3.3	6.7	2.04
13	Larry Maxie	23	11	9	.550	3.86	33	26		6	1	161.0	171	81	69	20	47	0	106	7	0	4	1.354	9.6	1.1	2.6	5.9	2.26
14	Phil Niekro	25	11	5	.688	3.45	29	21		13	1	172.0	172	79	66	19	45	3	119	3	0	7	1.262	9.0	1.0	2.4	6.2	2.64
15	Dennis Ribant	22	8	2	.800	3.52	30	14		4	2	120.0	129	57	47	14	23	5	114	0	0	1	1.267	9.7	1.0	1.7	8.6	4.96
16	Dan Schneider*	21	3	0	1.000	4.62	8	6		0	0	37.0	52	22	19	5	13	0	18	0	0	0	1.757	12.6	1.2	3.2	4.4	1.38
17	Jack Smith	28	3	6	.333	2.90	33	0		0	0	59.0	54	23	19	3	25	3	36	3	0	1	1.339	8.2	0.5	3.8	5.5	1.44
18	Gail Thomas	29	2	8	.200	6.75	17	11		2	0	76.0	94	65	57	11	25	2	45	1	0	3	1.566	11.1	1.3	3.0	5.3	1.80	Stats for 2 teams
	18 Players	25.5	80	78	.506	3.98	158	158	115	43	9	1358.0	1405	692	600	135	452	41	1016	45	2	56	1.367	9.3	0.9	3.0	6.7	2.25

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
Jimmie Coker	103	706	60	8	11	.990	7.44	16
Phil Roof	49	287	28	1	4	.997	6.43	8
Jay Porter	11	65	9	1	1	.987	6.73	1

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Tommie Aaron	121	1015	68	6	102	.994	8.95
George Kopacz	15	103	3	0	9	1.000	7.07
Phil Roof	15	102	11	3	9	.974	7.53
Jay Porter	1	132	7	2	14	.986	139.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ernie Bowman	109	208	286	18	74	.965	4.53
Elio Chacon	34	85	92	3	23	.983	5.21
Tommie Aaron	21	42	28	2	7	.972	3.33

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Lou Klimchock	147		125	270	14	30	.966	2.69

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Sandy Alomar	152		235	476	42	92	.944	4.68
Ernie Bowman	10		8	26	1	5	.971	3.40

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Bubba Morton	147	215	6	9	1	.961	1.50
Ethan Blackaby	141	273	8	7	1	.976	1.99
Purnal Goldy	117	168	5	10	0	.945	1.48
Gary Kolb	50	115	5	2	0	.984	2.40
Eddie Haas	35	34	1	1	0	.972	1.00
Jacke Davis	13	19	0	0	0	1.000	1.46	Stats for 2 teams
Jay Porter	11	15	0	1	0	.938	1.36
Tommie Aaron	10	9	1	0	0	1.000	1.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
John Braun	41	3	11	1	0	.933	0.34
Carl Greene	36	7	17	3	2	.889	0.67
Larry Maxie	33	8	19	2	3	.931	0.82
Jack Smith	33	3	17	1	2	.952	0.61
Cecil Butler	30	4	12	3	1	.842	0.53
Dennis Ribant	30	8	24	2	0	.941	1.07
Bill Kunkel	29	2	7	2	0	.818	0.31
Phil Niekro	29	9	24	1	0	.971	1.14
Frank Funk	24	1	7	0	0	1.000	0.33
Jay Hook	24	6	11	3	0	.850	0.71
Clay Carroll	21	6	23	1	2	.967	1.38
Herb Hippauf	20	2	17	1	2	.950	0.95
Gail Thomas	17	6	15	5	2	.808	1.24	Stats for 2 teams
Wade Blasingame	11	3	12	1	0	.938	1.36
Pat House	8						0.00
Dan Schneider	8						0.00
David Fracaro	7						0.00
Dick Kelley	5						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Tommie Aaron	24	R	R	6' 3.0"	190	Aug 5, 1939	Mobile, AL, US
Sandy Alomar	20	S	R	5' 9.0"	140	Oct 19, 1943	Salinas, PR
Ethan Blackaby	23	L	L	5' 11.0"	190	Jul 24, 1940	Cincinnati, OH, US
Wade Blasingame	20	L	L	6' 1.0"	185	Nov 22, 1943	Deming, NM, US
Ernie Bowman	28	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	Jul 28, 1935	Johnson City, TN, US
John Braun	24	R	R	6' 5.0"	218	Dec 26, 1939	Madison, WI, US
Don Buddin	30	R	R	5' 11.0"	178	May 5, 1934	Turbeville, SC, US
Cecil Butler	26	R	R	6' 4.0"	195	Oct 23, 1937	Dallas, GA, US
Clay Carroll	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	178	May 2, 1941	Clanton, AL, US
Elio Chacon	27	R	R	5' 9.0"	160	Oct 26, 1936	Caracas, Distrito Federal, VE
Jimmie Coker	28	R	R	5' 11.0"	195	Mar 28, 1936	Holly Hill, SC, US
Jacke Davis	28	R	R	5' 11.0"	160	Mar 5, 1936	Carthage, TX, US
David Fracaro	25	R	R	6' 4.0"	175	Apr 16, 1939	Waukesha, WI, US
Frank Funk	28	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Aug 30, 1935	Washington, DC, US
Purnal Goldy	26	R	R	6' 5.0"	200	Nov 28, 1937	Camden, NJ, US
Carl Greene	33	R	R	6' 3.0"	210	Apr 12, 1931	Amanth, NC, US
Eddie Haas	29	L	R	5' 11.0"	178	May 26, 1935	Paducah, KY, US
Herb Hippauf	25	R	L	6' 0.0"	180	May 9, 1939	New York, NY, US
Jay Hook	27	L	R	6' 2.0"	182	Nov 18, 1936	Waukegan, IL, US
Pat House	23	L	L	6' 3.0"	185	Sep 1, 1940	Boise, ID, US
Dick Kelley	24	R	L	5' 11.0"	174	Jan 8, 1940	Brighton, MA, US
Lou Klimchock	24	L	R	5' 11.0"	180	Oct 15, 1939	Hostetter, PA, US
Gary Kolb	24	L	R	6' 0.0"	194	Mar 13, 1940	Rock Falls, IL, US
George Kopacz	23	L	L	6' 1.0"	195	Feb 26, 1941	Chicago, IL, US
Bill Kunkel	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	187	Jul 7, 1936	Hoboken, NJ, US
Larry Maxie	23	R	R	6' 4.0"	220	Oct 10, 1940	Upland, CA, US
Bubba Morton	32	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Dec 13, 1931	Washington, DC, US
Phil Niekro	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Apr 1, 1939	Blaine, OH, US
Jay Porter	31	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Jan 17, 1933	Shawnee, OK, US
Butler Powell	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Oct 13, 1938	New Orleans, LA, US
Dennis Ribant	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	165	Sep 20, 1941	Detroit, MI, US
Phil Roof	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Mar 5, 1941	Paducah, KY, US
Dan Schneider	21	L	L	6' 3.0"	170	Aug 29, 1942	Evansville, IN, US
Jack Smith	28	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Nov 15, 1935	Pikeville, KY, US
Gail Thomas	29	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Aug 1, 1934

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