1952 Denver Bears Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 88-66
Finished 1st in the WL
Manager: Andy Cohen (88-66)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 461,419, Avg. 5,992
1952 Denver Bears Roster

Playoffs - Denver Bears 3 games, Sioux City Soos 1
Finals - Denver Bears 3 games, Omaha Cardinals 0

The Denver Bears of the Western League ended the 1952 season with a record of 88 wins and 66 losses, finishing first in the WL.

The Bears yielded 665 runs, fewest in the league. Denver plated 808 runs. Curt Roberts led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .280 average. Fernando Osorio topped the squad with 20 wins, while Barney Schultz also added 15 or more wins also Barney Schultz registered a 3.18 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1952 Denver Bears who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Orinthal Anderson, Don Carlsen, Jess Dobernic, Red Lynn, Bobby Prescott, Curt Roberts, Barney Schultz, Ed Steele, Joe Tepsic and Fuzz White.

Andy Cohen 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
Fernando Osorio206.7693.2540227.021092821664
Barney Schultz179.6543.1834238.020997841196
Fred Wollpert149.6093.7834195.020510382481
Rafael Rivas119.5503.7038146.01657760559
Edward Santulli86.5713.6831115.01085547967
Rene Vega65.5454.5431123.01277262569
Merlin Williams33.5003.121452.0552218120
Lawrence Manier23.4003.571363.0673425423
Don Carlsen26.2503.001163.0663621317
Marshall Epperson01.0000.00310.0
Totals8357.5933.51249000001232.0121258848158496000000

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
Whitey Ries1546076071673765.275.275.381.656231
Curt Roberts1295035031412543.280.280.364.644183
August Gregory1405185181401551.270.270.324.595168
Bill Pinckard10340440412414435.307.307.621.928251
Fuzz White65226226801030.354.354.425.77996
Orinthal Anderson67237237701015.295.295.409.70597
Doug Lewis81292292701530.240.240.312.55191
James Dickey65209209666107.316.316.541.856113
Ray Mink5518718756911.299.299.374.67470
Pablo Bernard7521021049530.233.233.286.51960
Walt Novick6819319347601.244.244.290.53456
Buddy Phillips8223523544716.187.187.302.48971
Ed Steele4714214236710.254.254.317.57045
Kenneth Mapes2810610628110.264.264.292.55731
Barney Schultz3510110127601.267.267.356.62436
Fred Wollpert51959526507.274.274.547.82152
Jack Trench27666619100.288.288.303.59120
Bob Erps16646418302.281.281.422.70327
Larry Neal17555516201.291.291.382.67321
Rafael Rivas38525215400.288.288.365.65419
Rene Vega33444412110.273.273.341.61415
Fernando Osorio41848411100.131.131.143.27412
Bobby Prescott1539399300.231.231.308.53812
Don Carlsen1124247000.292.292.292.5837
Merlin Williams1416162000.125.125.125.2502
Lawrence Manier1319192000.105.105.105.2112
Edward Santulli3439392000.051.051.051.1032
Totals15044767476701284193447500000.269.269.375.645179000000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Fernando OsorioP40.000
Rafael RivasP38.000
Fred WollpertP34.000
Barney SchultzP34.000
Rene VegaP31.000
Edward SantulliP31.000
Merlin WilliamsP14.000
Lawrence ManierP13.000
Don CarlsenP11.000
Totals2460000.000

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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