1958 Denver Bears Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 78-71
Finished 4th in the AA
Manager: Andy Cohen (78-71)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 228,262, Avg. 3,064

1958 Denver Bears Roster

Playoffs - Denver Bears 4 games, Charleston Senators 3
Finals - Minneapolis Millers 4 games, Denver Bears 0

The Denver Bears of the American Association ended the 1958 season with a record of 78 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the AA.

The Bears plated 808 runs, tops in the circuit. Denver yielded 796 runs, most in the league. Johnny Blanchard paced the squad with 19 home runs, and Jim Pisoni walloped 15 or more, too. Johnny Blanchard accounted for 96 RBI. Gordie Windhorn topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .328 average. John Gabler paced the team with 19 wins and a team-best 4.27 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Gordie Windhorn, Jack McMahan, Jim Pisoni, John Gabler, George Wilson, Wally Burnette, Zeke Bella, Carl Duser, Chuck Templeton, Ben Flowers, Fritz Brickell, Curt Roberts, Johnny Blanchard, Joe McClain, Johnny Kucab, Tom Carroll, Zach Monroe, Jim McManus and Mark Freeman were all players from the 1958 Denver Bears who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

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
John Gabler	19	7	.731	4.27	32	30		15	2		217.0	224	120	103	16	94	5	89	6	0	6
Mark Freeman	13	10	.565	4.77	33	32		13	5		202.0	200	119	107	21	104	2	175	10	0	10
Zach Monroe	10	2	.833	3.33	13	13		8	0		100.0	108	42	37	5	28	2	53	1	1	5
Ed Donnelly	10	10	.500	5.78	39	16		5	1		148.0	189	100	95	11	74	8	66	2	0	4
Joe McClain	9	7	.562	4.66	28	12		4	0		114.0	132	63	59	10	28	1	46	1	1	3
Ben Flowers	6	14	.300	5.49	37	28		8	1		182.0	222	129	111	19	62	10	106	4	0	8
Stan Johnson	4	2	.667	7.40	45	1		0	0		73.0	106	70	60	8	32	4	30	3	0	0
Johnny Kucab	4	8	.333	4.43	44	0		0	0		61.0	62	36	30	7	21	7	28	2	0	1
John Stadnicki	2	3	.400	6.39	10	7		1	0		38.0	48	27	27	6	21	2	23	1	0	2
Jimmy DePalo	1	0	1.000		8						0.0									0
Leigh Lawrence	0	0			7						0.0									0
Chuck Templeton	0	0			11						0.0									0
Carl Duser	0	0			1						0.0									0
Jack McMahan	0	1	.000	4.11	27	1		0	0		35.0	35	16	16	2	20	3	20	1	0	2
Wally Burnette	0	7	.000	5.95	11	9		3	0		56.0	71	39	37	5	18	7	23	0	0	0
Totals	78	71	.523	5.01	346	149	0	57	9	0	1226.0	1397	761	682	110	502	51	659	31	2	41	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
Gordie Windhorn	141	573	509	96	167	33	6	10	72	3		51	57	.328	.391	.475	.867	242		3	8	2	5
Curt Roberts	138	614	544	93	162	33	5	11	60	7		47	48	.298	.352	.438	.789	238		1	17	5	1
Johnny Blanchard	141	614	554	88	161	28	5	19	96	1		51	34	.291	.351	.462	.813	256		3	1	5	10
Dick Sanders	145	571	493	82	132	26	2	10	86	4		60	86	.268	.343	.389	.733	192		2	6	10	4
George Wilson	124	481	395	65	118	26	3	12	66	0		79	39	.299	.411	.471	.882	186		0	2	5	7
Zeke Bella	96	381	316	58	107	20	2	6	58	2		49	40	.339	.427	.472	.898	149		4	6	6	2
Curtis Hardaway	134	477	376	62	99	18	4	9	67	5		92	89	.263	.408	.404	.813	152		3	2	4	16
Jim Pisoni	83	348	310	56	97	12	1	16	67	4		27	64	.313	.379	.513	.892	159		8	0	3	6
Vern Rapp	93	317	274	48	78	12	2	14	55	2		36	20	.285	.369	.496	.866	136		2	3	2	4
Gene Hassell	90	279	243	49	71	8	2	0	15	1		31	14	.292	.372	.342	.713	83		1	2	2	2
Fritz Brickell	67	277	252	33	67	12	2	7	29	7		21	20	.266	.320	.413	.733	104		0	2	2	2
Tom Carroll	57	223	204	29	59	7	6	3	17	3		15	39	.289	.344	.426	.770	87		2	2	0	1
John Gabler	47	109	98	9	27	5	1	1	19	0		6	22	.276	.330	.378	.708	37		2	3	0	0
Jim McManus	31	107	95	12	24	4	0	1	11	0		11	17	.253	.327	.326	.653	31		0	0	1	1
Mark Freeman	33	88	85	3	16	1	0	0	7	0		0	30	.188	.184	.200	.384	17		0	1	2	0
Joe McClain	32	50	44	5	13	3	0	0	7	0		3	8	.295	.340	.364	.704	16		0	3	0	0
Ed Donnelly	41	62	55	7	9	0	1	0	4	1		4	13	.164	.220	.200	.420	11		0	3	0	0
Zach Monroe	13	46	42	3	7	0	0	0	7	0		1	12	.167	.186	.167	.353	7		0	3	0	0
Stan Johnson	46	20	18	4	6	0	0	1	2	0		1	6	.333	.368	.500	.868	9		0	1	0	0
John Stadnicki	11	15	12	2	5	1	1	0	2	0		1	2	.417	.462	.667	1.128	8		0	2	0	0
Ben Flowers	37	70	63	3	3	0	0	1	2	0		2	34	.048	.077	.095	.172	6		0	5	0	0
Jack McMahan	27	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	1	.667	.750	1.000	1.750	3		0	0	0	0
Wally Burnette	12	22	19	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	8	.105	.150	.105	.255	2		0	2	0	0
Leigh Lawrence	7	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Jimmy DePalo	8	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Chuck Templeton	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Johnny Kucab	44	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	1	0
Totals	1709	5765	5019	808	1434	250	43	121	751	40	0	590	705	.286	.361	.425	.786	2133	0	31	75	50	61

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Zeke Bella	1B	75	627	29	7	58	.989	8.747
Vern Rapp	1B	42	292	23	6	20	.981	7.500
Jim McManus	1B	29	240	15	4	25	.985	8.793
Dick Sanders	1B	19	139	5	4	16	.973	7.579
Curt Roberts	2B	137	297	424	13	95	.982	5.263
Curtis Hardaway	2B	11	25	25	6	8	.893	4.545
Curtis Hardaway	3B	105	110	190	25	23	.923	2.857
Gene Hassell	3B	54	47	105	5	13	.968	2.815
Johnny Blanchard	C	126	582	55	12	13	.982	5.056	13
Vern Rapp	C	35	144	16	4	2	.976	4.571	7
Gordie Windhorn	OF	136	288	9	6	1	.980	2.184
George Wilson	OF	111	168	15	4	3	.979	1.649
Dick Sanders	OF	94	195	13	4	3	.981	2.213
Jim Pisoni	OF	83	199	12	6	2	.972	2.542
Johnny Blanchard	OF	17	23	1	0	0	1.000	1.412
Zeke Bella	OF	17	25	1	1	0	.963	1.529
Curtis Hardaway	OF	10	14	1	0	0	1.000	1.500
Stan Johnson	P	45	3	14	1	0	.944	.378
Johnny Kucab	P	44	3	9	0	0	1.000	.273
Ed Donnelly	P	39	6	16	0	1	1.000	.564
Ben Flowers	P	37	8	41	1	1	.980	1.324
Mark Freeman	P	33	8	22	2	0	.938	.909
John Gabler	P	32	10	42	1	1	.981	1.625
Joe McClain	P	28	6	17	1	0	.958	.821
Jack McMahan	P	27	2	7	0	0	1.000	.333
Zach Monroe	P	13	6	20	3	3	.897	2.000
Chuck Templeton	P	11	0	4	0	0	1.000	.364
Wally Burnette	P	11	1	10	0	0	1.000	1.000
John Stadnicki	P	10	0	5	1	0	.833	.500
Jimmy DePalo	P	8						.000
Leigh Lawrence	P	7						.000
Carl Duser	P	1						.000
Fritz Brickell	SS	67	117	211	18	47	.948	4.896
Tom Carroll	SS	52	87	162	15	27	.943	4.788
Dick Sanders	SS	37	64	94	11	15	.935	4.270
Totals		1603	3736	1613	161	377	.971	3.337	20	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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