1971 Denver Bears Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 73-67
Finished 1st in the AA's West Division
Manager: Del Wilber (73-67)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 313,912, Avg. 4,484

1971 Denver Bears Roster

Playoffs - Denver Bears 4 games, Indianapolis Indians 3

The Denver Bears of the American Association ended the 1971 season with a record of 73 wins and 67 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.

The Bears plated 767 runs, tops in the circuit. Denver conceded 727 runs. Richie Scheinblum paced the team with 25 home runs, and Tom Grieve walloped 15 or more, too. Richie Scheinblum recorded 108 runs batted in. Jim Mason topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .268 average. Garland Shifflett led the squad with 12 wins, while Ron Law earned a 4.12 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Jackie Brown, Cisco Carlos, Gerry Janeski, Charlie Walters, Jim French, Tom Grieve, Tom Ragland, Lenny Randle, Jim Driscoll, Norm McRae, Jan Dukes, Richie Scheinblum, Larry Biittner, Rick Stelmaszek, Garland Shifflett, Dick Nen, Ron Law, Jim Mason, Mike Thompson, Rick Henninger, Dick Such, Don Castle, Bill Fahey, Dave Nelson, Joe Lovitto, Lou Klimchock, Joe Foy, Jim Miles and Jeff Burroughs were all players from the 1971 Denver Bears who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Del Wilber 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
Garland Shifflett	12	7	.632	4.78	66	0		0	0	18	98.0	110	63	52	10	43	14	64	0	0	5
Ron Law	11	6	.647	4.12	29	24		4	1	0	168.0	193	92	77	15	65	1	114	7	0	6
Cisco Carlos	7	12	.368	4.55	33	24		4	2	2	168.0	206	97	85	14	47	4	97	8	0	7
Jim Miles	6	0	1.000	3.67	54	2		0	0	7	103.0	100	48	42	7	32	3	65	4	0	5
Jackie Brown	6	4	.600	3.96	14	14		5	0	0	91.0	90	47	40	5	40	1	85	4	1	6
Jan Dukes	6	5	.545	3.98	50	5		0	0	2	95.0	112	50	42	3	32	13	77	1	0	4
Norm McRae	6	13	.316	4.89	34	26		4	0	1	171.0	203	101	93	11	82	6	131	3	1	13
Mike Thompson	5	3	.625	4.20	11	9		3	1	0	60.0	55	35	28	2	29	1	50	0	0	2
Dick Such	5	5	.500	6.12	24	11		0	0	1	78.0	102	60	53	9	33	6	48	3	0	1
Gerry Janeski	4	5	.444	4.09	13	12		5	1	0	77.0	97	41	35	5	7	0	19	0	0	2
Charlie Walters	2	1	.667	5.29	13	4		1	0	0	34.0	47	25	20	4	11	0	15	0	0	0
Rick Henninger	2	3	.400	6.19	21	4		0	0	0	48.0	65	36	33	4	22	1	35	1	0	7
Art DeFilippis	1	2	.333	10.29	8	5		0	0	0	21.0	30	27	24	5	24	0	18	1	0	2
Don Castle	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
Lawrence Staab	0	0		9.00	2	0		0	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
James Southworth	0	1	.000	6.75	3	0		0	0	0	4.0	4	3	3	0	3	1	4	1	0	0
Totals	73	67	.521	4.64	376	140	0	26	5	31	1220.0	1420	727	629	94	473	51	824	33	2	60	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
Richie Scheinblum	106	455	374	83	145	31	10	25	108	1	0	72	26	.388	.490	.725	1.215	271		6	0	3
Jim Mason	105	486	403	75	108	17	4	4	36	2	5	77	93	.268	.389	.360	.749	145		3	3	0
Tom Ragland	96	376	329	55	99	14	4	4	32	1	1	42	58	.301	.381	.404	.786	133		2	1	2
Joe Patterson	111	334	296	55	95	23	1	8	55	4	3	33	57	.321	.387	.486	.873	144		0	3	2
Jeff Burroughs	81	349	298	51	87	13	3	12	58	2	2	45	79	.292	.379	.477	.856	142		0	1	5
Tom Grieve	93	364	316	64	86	14	5	19	61	2	1	37	81	.272	.365	.528	.894	167		10	0	1
Dick Nen	87	322	282	33	84	8	2	2	47	0	0	32	25	.298	.362	.362	.724	102		0	2	6
Lou Klimchock	102	370	330	49	78	17	1	9	45	0	0	35	40	.236	.308	.376	.684	124		1	0	4
Dave Nelson	50	231	202	37	62	10	4	2	23	9	5	25	17	.307	.383	.426	.808	86		1	1	2
Rich Donnelly	85	259	232	26	62	8	4	0	19	3	1	22	31	.267	.332	.336	.668	78		1	3	1
Don Castle	61	227	206	26	53	8	3	6	46	0	0	17	53	.257	.317	.413	.730	85		2	0	2
Lenny Randle	48	202	170	32	49	8	2	4	26	7	1	28	28	.288	.390	.429	.819	73		1	2	1
Rick Stelmaszek	73	247	194	27	48	1	1	1	25	0	2	49	43	.247	.397	.278	.675	54		1	0	3
Larry Biittner	25	106	101	20	36	10	2	2	18	0	0	4	15	.356	.387	.554	.941	56		1	0	0
Joe Lovitto	34	111	92	19	30	10	0	2	15	2	1	15	20	.326	.414	.500	.914	46		1	0	3
Rick Hense	54	118	108	8	28	10	0	2	17	0	0	9	20	.259	.314	.407	.721	44		0	0	1
Gary Ratliff	35	103	95	10	21	2	1	0	4	0	1	7	30	.221	.272	.263	.535	25		0	0	1
Ron Law	29	67	65	6	17	4	0	0	8	0	0	2	15	.262	.284	.323	.607	21		0	0	0
Norm McRae	43	64	57	7	12	2	0	2	5	0	0	0	17	.211	.213	.351	.564	20		1	3	3
Joe Foy	15	58	47	13	9	1	0	1	8	1	0	10	9	.191	.328	.277	.604	13		0	0	1
Jackie Brown	14	35	26	4	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	8	13	.231	.429	.308	.736	8		1	0	0
Bill Fahey	4	15	15	1	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	.267	.267	.467	.733	7		0	0	0
Jim French	6	19	16	4	4	1	1	1	6	0	0	2	5	.250	.333	.625	.958	10		0	1	0
Garland Shifflett	66	20	17	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.235	.278	.235	.513	4		0	2	0
Jim Miles	54	27	22	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	9	.182	.308	.273	.580	6		0	1	0
Cisco Carlos	33	62	49	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	17	.082	.151	.102	.253	5		0	9	0
Gerry Janeski	13	27	24	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	.125	.160	.125	.285	3		0	2	0
Dick Such	24	29	28	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	.107	.138	.143	.281	4		1	0	0
James Johnson	5	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	2		0	0	0
Art DeFilippis	8	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.222	.300	.222	.522	2		0	0	0
Jan Dukes	50	29	23	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	.087	.160	.087	.247	2		0	4	0
Mike Thompson	11	28	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	.042	.080	.042	.122	1		0	3	0
Rick Henninger	21	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.091	.000	.091	0		0	0	0
Charlie Walters	13	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	1
Totals	1655	5176	4474	718	1248	216	49	107	676	34	23	586	868	.279	.364	.421	.784	1883	0	33	41	42	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dick Nen	1B	76	648	62	4	64	.994	9.342
Don Castle	1B	44	343	38	5	47	.987	8.659
Larry Biittner	1B	25	223	28	3	16	.988	1.040
Joe Foy	1B	1	4	1	0	0	1.000	5.000
Lenny Randle	2B	39	80	138	3	16	.986	5.590
Tom Ragland	2B	25	55	86	2	21	.986	5.640
Lou Klimchock	2B	17	42	49	3	14	.968	5.353
Dave Nelson	2B	4	4	8	1	2	.923	3.000
Joe Lovitto	2B	3	7	5	1	0	.923	4.000
Jim Mason	2B	1	2	2	0	0	1.000	4.000
Lou Klimchock	3B	50	30	77	14	8	.884	2.140
Dave Nelson	3B	44	54	77	8	9	.942	2.977
Tom Ragland	3B	21	11	27	2	3	.950	1.810
Jim Driscoll	3B	15	14	18	4	3	.889	2.133
Joe Foy	3B	13	17	14	0	6	1.000	2.385
Rick Hense	3B	4	7	8	0	3	1.000	3.750
Rich Donnelly	C	83	406	48	5	2	.989	5.470	16
Rick Stelmaszek	C	72	402	28	3	5	.993	5.972	6
James Johnson	C	5	12	0	0	0	1.000	2.400	0
Jim French	C	4	21	2	1	0	.958	5.750	0
Bill Fahey	C	4	19	2	0	0	1.000	5.250	0
Richie Scheinblum	OF	102	152	10	8	1	.953	1.588
Tom Grieve	OF	85	174	15	3	2	.984	2.224
Jeff Burroughs	OF	81	108	7	10	1	.920	1.420
Joe Patterson	OF	74	126	2	3	0	.977	1.730
Gary Ratliff	OF	31	57	3	6	1	.909	1.935
Joe Lovitto	OF	25	45	3	1	0	.980	1.920
Rick Hense	OF	22	22	3	0	0	1.000	1.136
Lou Klimchock	OF	20	23	0	2	0	.920	1.150
Lenny Randle	OF	9	14	1	1	0	.938	1.667
Don Castle	OF	8	10	1	2	0	.846	1.375
Garland Shifflett	P	66	4	20	0	0	1.000	.364
Jim Miles	P	54	10	7	2	0	.895	.315
Jan Dukes	P	50	7	11	0	0	1.000	.360
Norm McRae	P	34	21	20	3	1	.932	1.206
Cisco Carlos	P	33	11	25	2	2	.947	1.091
Ron Law	P	29	10	27	2	1	.949	1.276
Dick Such	P	24	9	6	0	0	1.000	.625
Rick Henninger	P	21	2	4	0	0	1.000	.286
Jackie Brown	P	14	19	7	0	1	1.000	1.857
Charlie Walters	P	13	2	5	0	0	1.000	.538
Gerry Janeski	P	13	20	8	0	2	1.000	2.154
Mike Thompson	P	11	3	10	2	0	.867	1.182
Art DeFilippis	P	8	1	4	0	0	1.000	.625
James Southworth	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Lawrence Staab	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Don Castle	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Jim Mason	SS	102	136	312	23	61	.951	4.392
Tom Ragland	SS	40	83	123	8	25	.963	5.150
Totals		1525	3470	1352	137	317	.972	3.162	22	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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