1948 Denver Bears Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 70-67
Finished 2nd in the WL
Manager: Mike Gazella (70-67)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium, Merchants Park
Attendance: 283,377, Avg. 4,137

1948 Denver Bears Roster

Playoffs - Sioux City Soos 3 games, Denver Bears 2

The Denver Bears of the Western League ended the 1948 season with a record of 70 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the WL.

Mike Gazella 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
Merlin Williams	14	8	.636	4.36	44						221.0	248	141	107		87
Ken Polivka	14	9	.609	4.27	32						179.0	181	107	85		94
Clint Hufford	13	11	.542	5.46	31						201.0	250	161	122		102
Roy Lee	12	14	.462	5.04	46						209.0	252	157	117		103
Dalbert Bechtol	7	7	.500	6.55	28						125.0	176	114	91		72
Burt Barkelew	6	4	.600	3.28	17						85.0	86	41	31		43
Warren Martin	2	10	.167	8.82	24						98.0	121	119	96		99
Jim Hughes	1	0	1.000	2.81	2						16.0	14	8	5		15
Al Yaylian	1	3	.250	0.00	9						27.0	40
Leonard Scheibal	0	1	.000	0.00	2						2.0	1
Totals	70	67	.511	5.06	235	0	0	0	0	0	1163.0	1369	848	654	0	615	0	0	0	0	0	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
Willie Skeen	125	533	533		167	32	12	3						.313	.313	.435	.749	232
Basil Beringhele	132	497	497		162	14	9	4						.326	.326	.414	.740	206
George Genovese	136	516	516		161	34	11	7						.312	.312	.461	.773	238
Robert Reash	128	461	461		145	29	12	12						.315	.315	.508	.822	234
Maurice Donovan	106	406	406		121	25	5	5						.298	.298	.421	.719	171
Calvin Felix	103	369	369		110	16	4	2						.298	.298	.379	.678	140
Bill Sheets	81	259	259		66	7	5	2						.255	.255	.344	.598	89
Buddy Phillips	81	241	241		57	17	2	6						.237	.237	.398	.635	96
Joe King	46	171	171		51	10	1	1						.298	.298	.386	.684	66
Wayne Peterson	62	170	170		44	5	1	0						.259	.259	.300	.559	51
Clint Hufford	49	109	109		30	6	1	1						.275	.275	.376	.651	41
Robert Powell	34	89	89		25	2	1	2						.281	.281	.393	.674	35
Ken Polivka	41	77	77		22	4	1	0						.286	.286	.364	.649	28
Roy Lee	53	84	84		20	4	1	0						.238	.238	.310	.548	26
Lou Briganti	19	63	63		15	0	1	2						.238	.238	.365	.603	23
Merlin Williams	44	82	82		14	0	0	0						.171	.171	.171	.341	14
Hank Robinson	14	46	46		10	3	1	0						.217	.217	.326	.543	15
Bill Lillie	19	50	50		10	1	0	0						.200	.200	.220	.420	11
Warren Martin	37	34	34		9	0	0	0						.265	.265	.265	.529	9
Dalbert Bechtol	28	41	41		8	1	0	0						.195	.195	.220	.415	9
Burt Barkelew	17	28	28		5	0	1	0						.179	.179	.250	.429	7
Totals	1355	4326	4326	0	1252	210	69	47	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.289	.402	.692	1741	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Roy Lee	P	46					.000
Merlin Williams	P	44					.000
Ken Polivka	P	32					.000
Clint Hufford	P	31					.000
Dalbert Bechtol	P	28					.000
Warren Martin	P	24					.000
Burt Barkelew	P	17					.000
Totals		222	0	0	0	0	.000

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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