1947 Denver Bears Statistics
Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 54-75
Finished 5th in the WL
Manager: Marty McManus (54-75)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Merchants Park
Attendance: 124,923, Avg. 1,937
1947 Denver Bears RosterTeam Record: 54-75
Finished 5th in the WL
Manager: Marty McManus (54-75)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Merchants Park
Attendance: 124,923, Avg. 1,937
The Denver Bears of the Western League ended the 1947 season with a record of 54 wins and 75 losses, finishing fifth in the WL.
Marty McManus served as manager.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Revels | 11 | 12 | .478 | 3.59 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 168.0 | 167 | 88 | 67 | 69 | 125 | 4 | 17 | |||||||
| Bob Alexander | 10 | 12 | .455 | 4.15 | 36 | 17 | 2 | 219.0 | 234 | 122 | 101 | 88 | 128 | 14 | 2 | |||||||
| Eugene Pereyra | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.78 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 138.0 | 146 | 98 | 58 | 73 | 69 | 4 | 6 | |||||||
| Raymond Johnson | 7 | 9 | .438 | 5.05 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 132.0 | 161 | 106 | 74 | 77 | 66 | 6 | 9 | |||||||
| Carmine Melignano | 5 | 14 | .263 | 5.10 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 150.0 | 172 | 123 | 85 | 84 | 78 | 8 | 2 | |||||||
| Louis Rosin | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.08 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 106.0 | 118 | 74 | 48 | 37 | 51 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| Dave Madison | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.43 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 58.0 | 69 | 45 | 35 | 26 | 31 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Harry Garbett | 15 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Donald Opperman | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 48 | 66 | .421 | 4.34 | 246 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 971.0 | 1067 | 656 | 468 | 0 | 454 | 0 | 548 | 37 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Burgess | 123 | 520 | 447 | 96 | 134 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 61 | 17 | 68 | 75 | .300 | .396 | .432 | .828 | 193 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Paul Badgett | 123 | 506 | 456 | 73 | 134 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 90 | 1 | 47 | 55 | .294 | .361 | .456 | .817 | 208 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Joe King | 111 | 449 | 415 | 62 | 120 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 81 | 6 | 28 | 51 | .289 | .336 | .453 | .789 | 188 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Duane Crawford | 122 | 522 | 414 | 83 | 111 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 65 | 4 | 97 | 55 | .268 | .411 | .382 | .792 | 158 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| Jack Palmer | 108 | 491 | 432 | 80 | 106 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 35 | 14 | 54 | 107 | .245 | .331 | .380 | .710 | 164 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Bob Cherry | 123 | 469 | 404 | 47 | 103 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 60 | 9 | 61 | 81 | .255 | .354 | .366 | .720 | 148 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| George Ellspermann | 83 | 311 | 271 | 42 | 74 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 35 | 31 | .273 | .356 | .365 | .722 | 99 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Loren Babe | 52 | 236 | 209 | 37 | 62 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 24 | 7 | .297 | .372 | .392 | .764 | 82 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| John Galvin | 45 | 170 | 150 | 15 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 19 | 24 | .280 | .365 | .393 | .758 | 59 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Paulson | 55 | 193 | 171 | 14 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 30 | .211 | .286 | .275 | .561 | 47 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| William Dunn | 39 | 162 | 134 | 22 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 24 | 33 | .216 | .340 | .284 | .623 | 38 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Urban Pfeffer | 33 | 124 | 108 | 17 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 12 | .222 | .311 | .306 | .617 | 33 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Elmer Clow | 24 | 98 | 91 | 15 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 26 | .253 | .306 | .396 | .702 | 36 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Roger Payne | 12 | 53 | 49 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .327 | .365 | .449 | .814 | 22 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Eugene Pereyra | 41 | 74 | 69 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .217 | .260 | .391 | .652 | 27 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Richard Kern | 19 | 46 | 39 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 7 | .282 | .391 | .462 | .853 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Elmer Weingartner | 17 | 63 | 54 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .204 | .295 | .296 | .591 | 16 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Robert Revels | 38 | 69 | 63 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .159 | .185 | .190 | .375 | 12 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Bob Alexander | 42 | 91 | 70 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 23 | .143 | .221 | .157 | .378 | 11 | 1 | 14 | ||||
| Louis Rosin | 29 | 50 | 44 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .182 | .250 | .273 | .523 | 12 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| John Bogard | 14 | 55 | 50 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .140 | .189 | .200 | .389 | 10 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Ray Uniak | 20 | 43 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .182 | .325 | .424 | .749 | 14 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Raymond Johnson | 40 | 41 | 39 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .154 | .195 | .205 | .400 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Madison | 12 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | .250 | .455 | .375 | .830 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Carmine Melignano | 41 | 51 | 45 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .089 | .163 | .111 | .274 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Walter Widmayer | 10 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .167 | .348 | .222 | .570 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Donald Opperman | 10 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .077 | .294 | .077 | .371 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Harry Garbett | 15 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .214 | .000 | .214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1401 | 4965 | 4315 | 680 | 1110 | 183 | 76 | 58 | 573 | 63 | 0 | 553 | 748 | .257 | .345 | .375 | .720 | 1619 | 0 | 24 | 73 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duane Crawford | 1B | 121 | 998 | 68 | 22 | 84 | .980 | 8.810 | ||||
| John Galvin | 2B | 39 | 109 | 103 | 15 | 16 | .934 | 5.436 | ||||
| Loren Babe | 2B | 35 | 93 | 101 | 28 | 18 | .874 | 5.543 | ||||
| Elmer Clow | 2B | 19 | 44 | 50 | 12 | 10 | .887 | 4.947 | ||||
| Jack Palmer | 2B | 15 | 52 | 44 | 10 | 13 | .906 | 6.400 | ||||
| John Bogard | 2B | 14 | 33 | 40 | 4 | 10 | .948 | 5.214 | ||||
| Paul Badgett | 3B | 103 | 101 | 214 | 29 | 16 | .916 | 3.058 | ||||
| Loren Babe | 3B | 17 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 4 | .860 | 2.529 | ||||
| Joe King | 3B | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .818 | 1.636 | ||||
| George Ellspermann | C | 67 | 286 | 35 | 13 | 6 | .961 | 4.791 | 7 | |||
| Robert Paulson | C | 52 | 304 | 36 | 8 | 4 | .977 | 6.538 | 9 | |||
| Richard Kern | C | 11 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.182 | 1 | |||
| William Burgess | OF | 119 | 278 | 15 | 13 | 3 | .958 | 2.462 | ||||
| Bob Cherry | OF | 114 | 166 | 16 | 6 | 4 | .968 | 1.596 | ||||
| Joe King | OF | 90 | 177 | 17 | 7 | 1 | .965 | 2.156 | ||||
| Urban Pfeffer | OF | 29 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .966 | 1.931 | ||||
| George Ellspermann | OF | 20 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Paul Badgett | OF | 13 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 2.308 | ||||
| Ray Uniak | OF | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| Raymond Johnson | P | 49 | 9 | 27 | 2 | 3 | .947 | .735 | ||||
| Carmine Melignano | P | 41 | 9 | 28 | 4 | 0 | .902 | .902 | ||||
| Bob Alexander | P | 36 | 10 | 61 | 2 | 3 | .973 | 1.972 | ||||
| Robert Revels | P | 34 | 4 | 57 | 2 | 2 | .968 | 1.794 | ||||
| Eugene Pereyra | P | 27 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 1 | .872 | 1.259 | ||||
| Louis Rosin | P | 22 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.091 | ||||
| Harry Garbett | P | 15 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Dave Madison | P | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Donald Opperman | P | 10 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 3 | .944 | 1.700 | ||||
| Jack Palmer | SS | 96 | 169 | 260 | 48 | 50 | .899 | 4.469 | ||||
| William Dunn | SS | 33 | 59 | 99 | 19 | 10 | .893 | 4.788 | ||||
| Totals | 1274 | 3103 | 1389 | 273 | 265 | .943 | 3.526 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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