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