1953 Denver Bears Statistics
Team Record: 94-60
Finished 2nd in the WL
Manager: Andy Cohen (94-60)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 322,128, Avg. 4,183
Playoffs - Denver Bears 3 games, Pueblo Dodgers 0
Finals - Des Moines Bruins 3 games, Denver Bears 1
The Denver Bears of the Western League ended the 1953 season with a record of 94 wins and 60 losses, finishing second in the WL.
The Bears scored 901 runs, best in the league. Denver conceded 677 runs. Whitey Ries led all regular batters with a .329 average. Jake Thies topped the team with 16 wins, while Nelson King added 15 or more wins, too Jake Thies recorded a 2.43 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Butch McCord, Curt Roberts, Nelson King, Bobby Prescott, Jack Shepard, Orinthal Anderson, Barney Schultz, Jake Thies and Dick Manville were all players from the 1953 Denver Bears who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Andy Cohen served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Thies | 16 | 6 | .727 | 2.43 | 31 | 26 | 196.0 | 181 | 84 | 53 | 6 | 81 | ||||||||||
| Nelson King | 15 | 3 | .833 | 2.00 | 50 | 2 | 99.0 | 87 | 34 | 22 | 5 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Barney Schultz | 13 | 7 | .650 | 4.16 | 31 | 23 | 173.0 | 147 | 99 | 80 | 15 | 84 | ||||||||||
| Fernando Osorio | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.39 | 30 | 22 | 186.0 | 174 | 79 | 70 | 8 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Roque Contreras | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.82 | 39 | 21 | 184.0 | 178 | 101 | 78 | 13 | 81 | ||||||||||
| Harry Pritts | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.81 | 31 | 13 | 118.0 | 99 | 64 | 50 | 8 | 76 | ||||||||||
| Rafael Rivas | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.35 | 23 | 12 | 93.0 | 108 | 54 | 45 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Francis Holleran | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2.88 | 11 | 10 | 75.0 | 64 | 33 | 24 | 4 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Charles Sipple | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.06 | 22 | 9 | 82.0 | 93 | 40 | 37 | 5 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Ramon Salgado | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.30 | 16 | 7 | 56.0 | 57 | 35 | 33 | 8 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Dick Manville | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.40 | 15 | 7 | 45.0 | 55 | 34 | 27 | 3 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 94 | 59 | .614 | 3.57 | 299 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1307.0 | 1243 | 657 | 519 | 81 | 557 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitey Ries | 153 | 580 | 580 | 191 | 40 | 5 | 10 | .329 | .329 | .467 | .797 | 271 | |||||||||||
| Curt Roberts | 151 | 587 | 587 | 171 | 32 | 2 | 12 | .291 | .291 | .414 | .705 | 243 | |||||||||||
| Orinthal Anderson | 138 | 508 | 508 | 155 | 22 | 2 | 18 | .305 | .305 | .463 | .768 | 235 | |||||||||||
| Frank Rice | 147 | 541 | 541 | 155 | 23 | 5 | 25 | .287 | .287 | .486 | .773 | 263 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Prescott | 125 | 450 | 450 | 142 | 38 | 1 | 16 | .316 | .316 | .511 | .827 | 230 | |||||||||||
| Earl Hochstatter | 126 | 414 | 414 | 107 | 22 | 3 | 6 | .258 | .258 | .370 | .628 | 153 | |||||||||||
| Jack Shepard | 84 | 306 | 306 | 99 | 21 | 1 | 9 | .324 | .324 | .487 | .810 | 149 | |||||||||||
| August Gregory | 92 | 346 | 346 | 88 | 7 | 0 | 3 | .254 | .254 | .301 | .555 | 104 | |||||||||||
| Butch McCord | 101 | 299 | 299 | 84 | 19 | 2 | 5 | .281 | .281 | .408 | .689 | 122 | |||||||||||
| Pat Haggerty | 103 | 318 | 318 | 79 | 14 | 8 | 1 | .248 | .248 | .352 | .601 | 112 | |||||||||||
| Bob Wakefield | 86 | 257 | 257 | 68 | 7 | 2 | 13 | .265 | .265 | .459 | .724 | 118 | |||||||||||
| John Albini | 30 | 98 | 98 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .296 | .296 | .480 | .776 | 47 | |||||||||||
| Fernando Osorio | 33 | 68 | 68 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .206 | .206 | .279 | .485 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Barney Schultz | 31 | 55 | 55 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .236 | .236 | .309 | .545 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Jake Thies | 31 | 67 | 67 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .224 | .403 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Francis Holleran | 14 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .367 | .367 | .433 | .800 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Harry Pritts | 46 | 43 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .186 | .186 | .209 | .395 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Rafael Rivas | 23 | 29 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .241 | .483 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Dick Manville | 16 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .385 | .385 | .385 | .769 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Nelson King | 50 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .192 | .231 | .423 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Roque Contreras | 47 | 62 | 62 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .081 | .081 | .081 | .161 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Ramon Salgado | 16 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .278 | .444 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Charles Sipple | 23 | 26 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .115 | .115 | .154 | .269 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1666 | 5141 | 5141 | 0 | 1454 | 263 | 33 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .283 | .283 | .419 | .701 | 2152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Hochstatter | 1B | 88 | 794 | 38 | 19 | .978 | 9.455 | |
| Butch McCord | 1B | 70 | 599 | 27 | 6 | .991 | 8.943 | |
| Curt Roberts | 2B | 151 | 344 | 493 | 23 | .973 | 5.543 | |
| Whitey Ries | 3B | 153 | 146 | 343 | 39 | .926 | 3.196 | |
| Jack Shepard | C | 84 | 457 | 45 | 7 | .986 | 5.976 | |
| John Albini | C | 28 | 152 | 18 | 3 | .983 | 6.071 | |
| Frank Rice | OF | 147 | 375 | 16 | 1 | .997 | 2.660 | |
| Orinthal Anderson | OF | 132 | 174 | 17 | 11 | .946 | 1.447 | |
| Bobby Prescott | OF | 104 | 205 | 10 | 8 | .964 | 2.067 | |
| Bob Wakefield | OF | 69 | 108 | 11 | 4 | .967 | 1.725 | |
| Nelson King | P | 50 | .000 | |||||
| Roque Contreras | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Jake Thies | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Barney Schultz | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Harry Pritts | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Fernando Osorio | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Rafael Rivas | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Sipple | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Ramon Salgado | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Manville | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Francis Holleran | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| August Gregory | SS | 91 | 157 | 289 | 25 | .947 | 4.901 | |
| Pat Haggerty | SS | 58 | 85 | 148 | 18 | .928 | 4.017 | |
| Totals | 1474 | 3596 | 1455 | 164 | 0 | .969 | 3.427 |
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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