1966 Denver Bears Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 79-68
Finished 4th in the PCL's East Division
Manager: Cal Ermer (79-68)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 182,041, Avg. 2,477

1966 Denver Bears Roster

The Denver Bears of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1966 season with a record of 79 wins and 68 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.

The Bears scored 762 runs, best in the league. Denver conceded 747 runs. Walt Bond and Bobo Osborne led the team with 18 home runs apiece., while Ron Henry and Ron Clark walloped 15 or more, too. Ron Clark recorded 94 runs batted in. Rich Reese paced batters with significant playing time with a .327 average. Jim Ollom topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 3.43 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1966 Denver Bears who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Garry Roggenburk, Ted Uhlaender, Chuck Nieson, Paul Ratliff, Frank Quilici, Ron Keller, Bill Whitby, Rick Renick, Ron Clark, Bobo Osborne, Jerry Fosnow, Marty Martínez, Sandy Valdespino, Walt Bond, Mel Nelson, Bill Pleis, Rich Reese, Frank Kostro, Art Fowler, Jim Ollom, Jim Roland, Jerry Crider, Ron Henry, Hank Izquierdo and Carroll Hardy.

Cal Ermer 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
Jim Ollom	20	8	.714	3.43	33	33		17	1		247.0	275	110	94	15	64	3	137	10	2	10
Bill Whitby	13	11	.542	3.46	35	33		14	1		247.0	276	118	95	12	63	7	163	1	1	9
Art Fowler	8	2	.800	2.31	46	0		0	0		70.0	62	18	18	3	16	4	47	0	0	3
Curt Sauer	6	3	.667	3.84	12	11		5	1		75.0	86	37	32	6	17	1	31	1	0	1
Garry Roggenburk	6	3	.667	4.25	12	11		2	1		72.0	80	37	34	8	21	0	35	4	0	7
Ron Keller	5	1	.833	3.16	8	7		2	0		57.0	47	24	20	3	26	3	38	1	0	2
Don Gregson	5	5	.500	6.85	33	8		1	1		67.0	102	64	51	10	22	2	35	1	1	1
Mel Nelson	5	11	.312	6.21	32	18		5	1		116.0	169	89	80	13	43	1	73	1	0	5
Chuck Nieson	4	6	.400	5.20	41	4		2	0		90.0	113	69	52	10	38	10	53	2	1	9
Jim Roland	3	11	.214	5.28	19	15		0	0		87.0	109	56	51	9	43	0	51	1	0	9
Lacy West	2	1	.667	5.32	9	1		0	0		22.0	35	13	13	2	7	1	15	1	0	1
Jerry Crider	1	1	.500	6.63	12	0		0	0		19.0	27	15	14	2	11	0	11	1	0	2
Bill Pleis	1	2	.333	5.49	18	5		0	0		41.0	57	30	25	3	17	1	26	2	0	3
Marty Martínez	0	0		4.68	7	0		0	0		25.0	28	17	13	2	12	1	7	1	0	2
Bobo Osborne	0	0		5.40	2	0		0	0		5.0	6	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Jerry Fosnow	0	1	.000	7.31	19	2		0	0		32.0	46	38	26	6	18	0	27	3	0	5
Gene Garnell	0	2	.000	7.20	6	0		0	0		10.0	17	9	8	0	2	0	8	0	0	0
Totals	79	68	.537	4.42	344	148	0	48	6	0	1282.0	1535	747	629	104	422	34	758	30	5	69	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
Rich Reese	138	541	495	85	162	31	7	11	74	14	4	36	38	.327	.377	.485	.861	240		5	2	3
Ron Clark	146	608	531	84	156	26	4	16	94	8	4	59	71	.294	.361	.448	.810	238		4	2	12
Frank Kostro	140	550	483	74	145	32	6	10	78	5	3	52	42	.300	.365	.453	.819	219		2	5	8
Frank Quilici	145	594	528	77	135	17	9	8	54	3	3	53	72	.256	.329	.367	.696	194		5	7	1
Walt Bond	122	408	361	64	114	17	3	18	74	1	1	36	42	.316	.385	.529	.914	191		7	0	4
Marty Martínez	97	350	307	42	96	11	1	0	32	10	2	36	38	.313	.384	.355	.739	109		0	6	1
Sandy Valdespino	72	323	293	57	94	21	4	8	39	4	3	18	29	.321	.362	.502	.864	147		4	3	5
Ron Henry	94	319	285	44	76	11	2	16	56	0	0	28	80	.267	.339	.488	.826	139		4	0	2
Bobo Osborne	126	387	329	54	76	11	2	18	53	2	3	54	81	.231	.341	.441	.782	145		2	0	2
Carroll Hardy	114	286	255	37	66	10	4	6	36	3	1	24	35	.259	.319	.400	.719	102		1	1	5
Ted Uhlaender	43	204	185	37	63	9	2	5	21	11	0	17	16	.341	.399	.492	.891	91		1	1	0
Hank Izquierdo	56	196	180	19	44	12	1	0	22	0	0	12	21	.244	.299	.322	.621	58		2	2	0
Jim Jenkins	61	205	194	24	36	7	3	2	28	2	1	7	33	.186	.222	.284	.505	55		2	2	0
Paul Ratliff	29	99	92	7	20	3	1	4	9	0	0	6	37	.217	.273	.402	.675	37		1	0	0
Rick Renick	32	109	94	15	18	3	1	2	9	2	0	11	28	.191	.290	.309	.598	29		2	2	0
Bill Whitby	35	92	82	5	16	3	0	0	6	0	0	4	36	.195	.233	.232	.464	19		0	6	0
Charlie Benson	16	43	41	4	12	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	8	.293	.326	.366	.691	15		1	0	0
Jim Ollom	33	108	90	5	10	1	0	0	7	0	0	7	46	.111	.182	.122	.304	11		1	9	1
Mel Nelson	37	42	40	8	9	2	0	2	7	0	0	1	15	.225	.244	.425	.669	17		0	1	0
Curt Sauer	12	32	30	3	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	17	.267	.290	.333	.624	10		0	1	0
Ron Keller	8	21	17	1	5	1	1	0	3	0	0	2	6	.294	.400	.471	.871	8		1	1	0
Garry Roggenburk	12	30	27	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.185	.185	.222	.407	6		0	3	0
Jim Roland	23	32	28	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.143	.226	.143	.369	4		0	1	0
Don Gregson	37	21	18	6	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.167	.211	.167	.377	3		0	2	0
Lacy West	9	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	2		0	0	0
Jerry Fosnow	19	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	2		0	0	0
Chuck Nieson	41	25	21	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.095	.136	.095	.232	2		0	3	0
Jerry Crider	12	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2		0	0	0
Gene Garnell	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Bill Pleis	20	13	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.000	.308	.000	.308	0		1	0	0
Art Fowler	46	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	.000	.400	.000	.400	0		0	1	0
Totals	1781	5668	5040	762	1380	233	52	126	711	66	26	477	833	.274	.339	.416	.755	2095	0	46	61	44	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bobo Osborne	1B	96	596	38	6	64	.991	6.604
Walt Bond	1B	85	588	29	10	70	.984	7.259
Rich Reese	1B	34	122	5	0	10	1.000	3.735
Frank Quilici	2B	134	379	420	17	102	.979	5.963
Rick Renick	2B	11	25	23	4	5	.923	4.364
Charlie Benson	2B	11	21	31	2	6	.963	4.727
Ron Clark	3B	142	131	281	12	30	.972	2.901
Ron Henry	C	82	407	51	2	7	.996	5.585	13
Hank Izquierdo	C	54	281	26	4	4	.987	5.685	3
Paul Ratliff	C	24	115	11	4	4	.969	5.250	4
Frank Kostro	OF	125	282	11	7	3	.977	2.344
Rich Reese	OF	117	162	9	4	2	.977	1.462
Carroll Hardy	OF	99	129	5	1	0	.993	1.354
Sandy Valdespino	OF	71	134	9	5	2	.966	2.014
Ted Uhlaender	OF	43	97	8	4	2	.963	2.442
Bobo Osborne	OF	24	22	0	1	0	.957	.917
Walt Bond	OF	21	23	1	1	0	.960	1.143
Art Fowler	P	46	1	10	0	0	1.000	.239
Chuck Nieson	P	41	4	13	2	1	.895	.415
Bill Whitby	P	35	12	33	0	0	1.000	1.286
Jim Ollom	P	33	10	38	3	2	.941	1.455
Don Gregson	P	33	4	10	1	1	.933	.424
Mel Nelson	P	32	2	21	0	0	1.000	.719
Jim Roland	P	19	4	12	2	1	.889	.842
Jerry Fosnow	P	19	1	3	0	0	1.000	.211
Bill Pleis	P	18	2	5	0	0	1.000	.389
Curt Sauer	P	12	2	12	1	0	.933	1.167
Garry Roggenburk	P	12	5	11	0	1	1.000	1.333
Jerry Crider	P	12	2	7	1	1	.900	.750
Lacy West	P	9						.000
Ron Keller	P	8						.000
Marty Martínez	P	7						.000
Gene Garnell	P	6						.000
Bobo Osborne	P	2						.000
Marty Martínez	SS	82	137	255	21	38	.949	4.780
Jim Jenkins	SS	56	74	178	21	38	.923	4.500
Rick Renick	SS	16	21	50	6	13	.922	4.438
Frank Quilici	SS	11	19	30	2	7	.961	4.455
Totals		1682	3814	1646	144	414	.974	3.246	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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