1970 Denver Bears Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 70-69
Finished 1st in the AA's West Division
Manager: Whitey Kurowski (0-0), Dick Gernert (0-0)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 175,746, Avg. 2,529
1970 Denver Bears Roster

Playoffs - Omaha Royals 4 games, Denver Bears 1

The Denver Bears of the American Association ended the 1970 season with a record of 70 wins and 69 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.

The Bears plated 668 runs and surrendered 684 runs, most in the league. Gene Martin and Jeff Burroughs paced Denver with 17 home runs apiece., and Dick Billings walloped 15 or more, too. Jeff Burroughs accounted for 71 RBI. Joe Patterson led all regular batters with a .306 average. Cisco Carlos topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.4 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Dick Billings, Jackie Brown, Jeff Burroughs, Cisco Carlos, Don Castle, Jan Dukes, Art Fowler, Tom Grieve, Rick Henninger, Pat House, Bob Humphreys, Elvio Jiménez, Lou Klimchock, Ron Law, Gene Martin, Jim Mason, Jim Miles, Dave Nelson, Dick Nen, Tom Ragland, Lenny Randle, Merritt Ranew, Dick Smith, Dick Such, Ron Theobald, Mike Thompson, Charlie Walters and Bill Whitby were all players from the 1970 Denver Bears who played in the Majors during their careers.

Whitey Kurowski and Dick Gernert 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
Cisco Carlos139.5913.403228901204.02121027712624103515
Ron Law1213.4804.383227810189.02031049214678119804
Woody Woodson1010.5004.363923302157.016991761073692305
Art Fowler95.6431.59450001568.0672212016630003
Jackie Brown61.8572.5412931071.0682420527256004
Jan Dukes57.4174.102814202112.01277051626165401
Rick Henninger33.5002.429732052.0461914216138005
Jim Miles34.4295.1625720261.0733735133837601
Dick Such22.5005.2512920148.0543528734337201
Doug Ritter23.4006.1434100044.0493530629431304
Charlie Walters11.5003.9015100030.0391713212311001
Bill Whitby12.3334.859310026.0392314514112001
Jimmy Blackmon13.2506.9024000030.0432623416315202
John Parker14.2006.529710040.0572929318623213
Pat House240.0
Dick Baldwin000.00100001.00000000000
Bob Humphreys005.62300008.014551003001
Charles Kuhn006.437000014.011121008013313
Mike Thompson02.00010.385300013.016171501407102
Totals6969.5004.193651390344231168.012876685447846556692393460

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
Joe Patterson124479409761252165552646069.306.396.423.819173343
Dick Billings112437387601181421567414367.305.380.468.848181502
Tom Ragland12650342473110191240326179.259.364.323.6871371062
Jeff Burroughs1154713906410517617714570117.269.380.474.854185326
Dick Nen1013492944192183748124741.313.407.466.873137305
Jim Mason1104453825092166843855586.241.333.377.710144116
Gene Martin8634531843811321763012186.255.302.469.771149213
Dave Nelson532362063676176220822018.369.420.539.959111154
Rick Hense6520219026568153211936.295.333.426.76081210
Kristopher Krebs61202179265193124511734.285.342.385.72769033
Tom Grieve512151823951421329203061.280.386.538.92598201
Dick Baldwin8419317621405302051841.227.262.290.55251225
Rich Donnelly6212811113263106001313.234.317.279.59731121
Lenny Randle4611710114213005311215.208.298.238.53624130
Dick Smith207971819212700711.268.329.408.73829001
Don Castle2698896192211001819.213.276.315.59028001
Lou Klimchock208073131850270166.247.300.397.69729001
Jan Dukes29413841601160015.421.436.553.98921020
Cisco Carlos328169614200900321.203.230.232.46216072
Ron Law357572412210500119.167.178.222.40016020
Woody Woodson41524325100400117.116.133.140.2736071
Merritt Ranew622190400010027.211.273.211.4834001
Dick Such1323223400010006.182.182.182.3644010
Jimmy Blackmon24440300010000.750.750.7501.5003000
Jackie Brown12282633000100212.115.179.115.2943000
John Parker913101200000034.200.385.200.5852000
Jim Miles25191702000110113.118.167.118.2842010
Mike Thompson5440100000002.250.250.250.5001000
Charlie Walters15881100010002.125.125.125.2501000
Steve Salvato1613122100010012.083.154.083.2371000
Bill Whitby9650000000012.000.167.000.1670000
Art Fowler45870000000017.000.125.000.1250000
Doug Ritter34540000000002.000.000.000.0000010
Charles Kuhn7330000000001.000.000.000.0000000
Rick Henninger9181710000000016.000.000.000.0000010
Bob Humphreys31000000000101.0000000
Totals163150034362636116818147985787128505937.268.345.398.743173703652480


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Dick Nen1B8873975769.9919.250
Gene Martin1B3731219343.9918.946
Don Castle1B1312412071.0001.462
Jeff Burroughs1B121062110.9919.000
Dick Billings1B110001.0001.000
Tom Ragland2B871972661058.9795.322
Lenny Randle2B346889420.9754.618
Dave Nelson2B183658312.9695.222
Kristopher Krebs2B241022.8757.000
Kristopher Krebs3B37236167.9332.270
Dave Nelson3B35245485.9072.229
Jeff Burroughs3B281840103.8532.071
Rick Hense3B23113681.8552.043
Lou Klimchock3B18113553.9022.556
Ron Theobald3B63711.9091.667
Dick BillingsC10656663164.9755.93421
Rich DonnellyC561662311.9953.3757
Merritt RanewC6290001.0004.8332
Joe PattersonOF1101951651.9771.918
Jeff BurroughsOF771261053.9651.766
Dick BaldwinOF7296922.9811.458
Tom GrieveOF51123561.9552.510
Gene MartinOF4961330.9551.306
Rick HenseOF2432221.9441.417
Dick SmithOF1816120.895.944
Steve SalvatoOF13120001.000.923
Don CastleOF981001.0001.000
Dick BillingsOF220001.0001.000
Art FowlerP4541110.938.333
Woody WoodsonP39132942.9131.077
Doug RitterP3424011.000.176
Ron LawP32174433.9531.906
Cisco CarlosP32123933.9441.594
Jan DukesP28726021.0001.179
Jim MilesP258931.850.680
Pat HouseP24.000
Jimmy BlackmonP240410.800.167
Charlie WaltersP1516001.000.467
Dick SuchP1241020.8751.167
Jackie BrownP1210610.9411.333
Bill WhitbyP924011.000.667
John ParkerP917011.000.889
Rick HenningerP93412.875.778
Charles KuhnP70020.000.000
Mike ThompsonP52230.571.800
Bob HumphreysP313001.0001.333
Dick BaldwinP110001.0001.000
Jim MasonSS1092204084878.9295.761
Tom RaglandSS3159931117.9334.903
Lenny RandleSS103011.0003.000
Totals153834761609193366.9633.3063000

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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