1955 Denver Bears Statistics
Team Record: 83-71
Finished 3rd in the AA
Manager: Ralph Houk (83-71)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 426,248, Avg. 5,536
Playoffs - Minneapolis Millers 4 games, Denver Bears 0
The Denver Bears of the American Association ended the 1955 season with a record of 83 wins and 71 losses, finishing third in the AA.
The Bears scored 874 runs and conceded 838 runs.
Johnny Blanchard, Mike Blyzka, Wally Burnette, Al Cicotte, Rip Coleman, Sonny Dixon, Marion Fricano, Jim Fridley, Woodie Held, Whitey Herzog, Ralph Houk, Billy Hunter, Darrell Johnson, Steve Kraly, Tony Kubek, Johnny Kucab, Don Larsen, Jim McDonald, Johnny Pesky, Herb Plews, Bobby Richardson, Lou Skizas, Marlin Stuart, Ralph Terry, Dick Tettelbach, Marv Throneberry and Jack Urban were all players from the 1955 Denver Bears who played in the Majors during their careers.
Ralph Houk 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wally Burnette | 15 | 12 | .556 | 4.62 | 33 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 220.0 | 239 | 125 | 113 | 27 | 74 | 9 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Rip Coleman | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.76 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 170.0 | 149 | 79 | 71 | 16 | 82 | 3 | 133 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Don Larsen | 9 | 1 | .900 | 3.69 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 100.0 | 96 | 49 | 41 | 14 | 43 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Mike Blyzka | 9 | 5 | .643 | 4.99 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 101.0 | 127 | 65 | 56 | 10 | 39 | 0 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jack Urban | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.39 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 160.0 | 175 | 94 | 78 | 20 | 85 | 4 | 90 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Ralph Terry | 7 | 5 | .583 | 5.38 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 97.0 | 105 | 70 | 58 | 10 | 50 | 2 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Johnny Kucab | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.81 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77.0 | 68 | 35 | 24 | 8 | 23 | 4 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Charles Garmon | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.45 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 99.0 | 100 | 54 | 49 | 8 | 32 | 3 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Steve Kraly | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.21 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 76.0 | 92 | 53 | 44 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Sonny Dixon | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.19 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 58.0 | 71 | 33 | 27 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jim Kite | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jim McDonald | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jim Russell | 1 | 3 | .250 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Will Parsons | 1 | 8 | .111 | 6.21 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 | 76 | 55 | 49 | 11 | 45 | 3 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Marion Fricano | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Marlin Stuart | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ed Cereghino | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Al Cicotte | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dave Benedict | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 83 | 69 | .546 | 4.47 | 334 | 139 | 0 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 1229.0 | 1298 | 712 | 610 | 133 | 522 | 32 | 739 | 16 | 1 | 32 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Tettelbach | 144 | 634 | 554 | 107 | 171 | 26 | 6 | 16 | 95 | 23 | 71 | 85 | .309 | .382 | .464 | .846 | 257 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Darrell Johnson | 152 | 593 | 555 | 56 | 170 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 49 | 3 | 33 | 39 | .306 | .348 | .389 | .737 | 216 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Herb Plews | 140 | 624 | 530 | 100 | 160 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 44 | 9 | 87 | 84 | .302 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 212 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Marv Throneberry | 156 | 649 | 581 | 90 | 160 | 25 | 9 | 36 | 117 | 3 | 60 | 150 | .275 | .345 | .535 | .880 | 311 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Whitey Herzog | 149 | 632 | 515 | 101 | 149 | 24 | 7 | 21 | 98 | 11 | 107 | 118 | .289 | .412 | .485 | .897 | 250 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Bobby Richardson | 119 | 547 | 494 | 99 | 146 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 59 | 7 | 48 | 29 | .296 | .359 | .423 | .782 | 209 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Woodie Held | 147 | 609 | 537 | 77 | 140 | 30 | 10 | 18 | 87 | 4 | 60 | 103 | .261 | .337 | .454 | .792 | 244 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Lou Skizas | 112 | 426 | 376 | 69 | 131 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 99 | 3 | 37 | 32 | .348 | .401 | .577 | .978 | 217 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Jim Fridley | 106 | 392 | 344 | 67 | 96 | 14 | 1 | 18 | 69 | 3 | 41 | 60 | .279 | .360 | .483 | .842 | 166 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Johnny Pesky | 66 | 169 | 137 | 32 | 47 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 26 | 9 | .343 | .446 | .445 | .892 | 61 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Leon Carter | 25 | 101 | 91 | 9 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 11 | .253 | .277 | .429 | .706 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Billy Hunter | 13 | 49 | 48 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | .333 | .347 | .438 | .784 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Larsen | 23 | 55 | 46 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 11 | .326 | .418 | .804 | 1.223 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Wally Burnette | 33 | 93 | 84 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 20 | .167 | .213 | .262 | .475 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Tony Kubek | 7 | 27 | 27 | 8 | .296 | .296 | .296 | .593 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Ralph Terry | 16 | 38 | 37 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .216 | .237 | .216 | .453 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Urban | 36 | 59 | 56 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .143 | .172 | .143 | .315 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Kraly | 28 | 29 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .259 | .286 | .259 | .545 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Blyzka | 31 | 41 | 36 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Charles Garmon | 29 | 33 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .156 | .156 | .250 | .406 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hal Grote | 7 | 16 | 16 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Will Parsons | 24 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .235 | .316 | .235 | .551 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Kucab | 45 | 24 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .200 | .304 | .300 | .604 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Houk | 15 | 31 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .154 | .290 | .269 | .560 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rip Coleman | 30 | 70 | 57 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 28 | .070 | .209 | .140 | .349 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Blanchard | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | .429 | .429 | .429 | .857 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Russell | 9 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Marlin Stuart | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Al Cicotte | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim McDonald | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Kite | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Sonny Dixon | 18 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .071 | .133 | .071 | .205 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ed Cereghino | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1705 | 6018 | 5297 | 863 | 1510 | 239 | 72 | 151 | 798 | 73 | 0 | 614 | 851 | .285 | .360 | .443 | .802 | 2346 | 119 | 30 | 28 | 49 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marv Throneberry | 1B | 156 | 1334 | 139 | 17 | 146 | .989 | 9.442 | ||||
| Bobby Richardson | 2B | 113 | 275 | 333 | 15 | 99 | .976 | 5.381 | ||||
| Herb Plews | 2B | 43 | 80 | 130 | 11 | 31 | .950 | 4.884 | ||||
| Herb Plews | 3B | 86 | 70 | 169 | 18 | 23 | .930 | 2.779 | ||||
| Johnny Pesky | 3B | 30 | 22 | 45 | 7 | 2 | .905 | 2.233 | ||||
| Leon Carter | 3B | 24 | 25 | 53 | 9 | 4 | .897 | 3.250 | ||||
| Woodie Held | 3B | 18 | 16 | 31 | 5 | 4 | .904 | 2.611 | ||||
| Darrell Johnson | C | 152 | 822 | 87 | 12 | 14 | .987 | 5.980 | 9 | |||
| Ralph Houk | C | 10 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .919 | 3.400 | 0 | |||
| Whitey Herzog | OF | 148 | 323 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .988 | 2.243 | ||||
| Dick Tettelbach | OF | 144 | 277 | 8 | 10 | 1 | .966 | 1.979 | ||||
| Lou Skizas | OF | 96 | 164 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .983 | 1.802 | ||||
| Jim Fridley | OF | 91 | 179 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .968 | 2.011 | ||||
| Johnny Kucab | P | 45 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .864 | .422 | ||||
| Jack Urban | P | 34 | 17 | 35 | 3 | 1 | .945 | 1.529 | ||||
| Wally Burnette | P | 33 | 12 | 40 | 1 | 2 | .981 | 1.576 | ||||
| Mike Blyzka | P | 31 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .909 | .645 | ||||
| Rip Coleman | P | 30 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .909 | 1.000 | ||||
| Charles Garmon | P | 29 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .724 | ||||
| Will Parsons | P | 24 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .583 | ||||
| Steve Kraly | P | 21 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 2 | .963 | 1.238 | ||||
| Sonny Dixon | P | 18 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | .722 | ||||
| Ralph Terry | P | 16 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .938 | 1.875 | ||||
| Don Larsen | P | 13 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.769 | ||||
| Jim Russell | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marion Fricano | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim McDonald | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Kite | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Al Cicotte | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ed Cereghino | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Benedict | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marlin Stuart | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Woodie Held | SS | 132 | 245 | 413 | 45 | 99 | .936 | 4.985 | ||||
| Billy Hunter | SS | 12 | 20 | 37 | 1 | 8 | .983 | 4.750 | ||||
| Totals | 1589 | 3979 | 1674 | 183 | 450 | .969 | 3.558 | 9 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
