1973 Denver Bears Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 61-75
Finished 4th in the AA's West Division
Manager: Jimy Williams (61-75)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 184,279, Avg. 2,710

1973 Denver Bears Roster

The Denver Bears of the American Association ended the 1973 season with a record of 61 wins and 75 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.

The Bears plated 708 runs and surrendered 843 runs, most in the league. Cliff Johnson walloped 33 home runs for Denver and drove in 117 runs. Greg Gross led batters with significant playing time with a .330 average. Oscar Zamora topped the team with 9 wins and a team-best 3.52 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1973 Denver Bears who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rafael Batista, Cisco Carlos, Ron Cook, Mike Cosgrove, Pat Darcy, Mike Easler, Bobby Fenwick, Gus Gil, Fred Gladding, Greg Gross, Cliff Johnson, Skip Jutze, Stan Papi, Milt Ramírez, J. R. Richard, Jay Schlueter, Greg Sims, Gary Sutherland, Otis Thornton, Jim York, Larry Yount and Oscar Zamora.

Jimy Williams 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
Oscar Zamora	9	7	.562	3.52	38	9		7	1	6	143.0	157	66	56	12	26	0	87	1	0	2
Mike Flanagan	8	10	.444	5.53	31	20		4	0	0	148.0	185	107	91	11	66	1	84	7	0	9
Don Stratton	7	4	.636	5.68	22	19		1	0	0	95.0	137	76	60	10	36	0	58	4	2	1
Mike Cosgrove	7	11	.389	6.09	22	22		3	0	0	105.0	128	88	71	11	62	1	70	2	1	12
Carlos Alfonso	6	2	.750	4.62	38	4		1	0	6	115.0	130	74	59	7	47	3	80	0	0	10
Bob Cluck	6	3	.667	3.82	38	0		0	0	11	66.0	72	35	28	6	21	1	45	1	0	1
Edward Mims	5	7	.417	6.32	24	13		4	2	0	104.0	131	89	73	11	74	2	73	6	0	7
Pat Darcy	5	9	.357	3.57	20	20		7	1	0	111.0	101	51	44	10	55	2	76	2	1	6
Larry Yount	3	12	.200	6.79	30	16		3	0	1	118.0	136	98	89	12	89	1	69	4	0	12
Ron Cook	2	0	1.000	9.00	16	1		0	0	0	38.0	68	46	38	5	23	0	23	1	0	2
J. R. Richard	2	4	.333	5.71	8	8		1	0	0	52.0	54	39	33	2	26	0	66	0	0	10
Jim York	1	4	.200	6.62	12	4		0	0	1	34.0	40	29	25	6	20	1	20	4	0	0
Cisco Carlos	0	0		14.85	8	0		0	0	0	20.0	37	33	33	3	18	2	8	0	0	8
Fred Gladding	0	2	.000	4.74	20	0		0	0	1	19.0	28	12	10	0	5	1	9	0	0	4
Totals	61	75	.449	5.47	327	136	0	31	4	26	1168.0	1404	843	710	106	568	15	768	32	4	84	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
Greg Gross	131	623	528	98	174	25	6	0	55	4	8	86	43	.330	.421	.400	.821	211		2	1	6
Gary Sutherland	134	622	572	85	168	36	4	3	80	4	5	45	27	.294	.345	.386	.732	221		1	2	2
Cliff Johnson	133	574	490	105	148	30	4	33	117	3	1	64	103	.302	.398	.582	.980	285		16	1	3
Fernando Tatis	136	575	530	62	148	22	11	1	80	3	3	29	72	.279	.316	.368	.684	195		3	5	8
Rafael Batista	100	446	385	64	122	26	2	9	64	2	1	50	85	.317	.399	.465	.864	179		6	0	5
John Dolinsek	118	513	442	63	121	18	6	9	63	2	3	63	91	.274	.365	.403	.768	178		3	1	4
Jay Schlueter	127	506	447	66	110	17	5	3	29	10	5	43	116	.246	.323	.327	.650	146		9	5	2
Otis Thornton	86	340	315	34	80	11	1	6	34	0	1	19	69	.254	.295	.352	.647	111		0	4	2
Gus Gil	76	291	254	32	77	18	1	2	34	1	3	32	27	.303	.381	.406	.786	103		1	2	2
Mike Easler	48	187	176	24	50	11	2	7	26	1	2	9	39	.284	.323	.489	.811	86		1	1	0
Jimmy Johnson	49	179	164	17	46	11	2	2	21	0	3	12	27	.280	.326	.409	.734	67		0	1	2
Tom Heierle	40	136	126	15	29	7	0	1	13	0	0	5	26	.230	.263	.310	.573	39		1	3	1
Skip Jutze	14	63	54	11	11	1	1	2	7	0	1	8	10	.204	.317	.370	.688	20		1	0	0
Greg Sims	12	49	46	4	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	.196	.245	.217	.462	10		0	0	0
Milt Ramírez	5	25	24	4	7	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	.292	.320	.417	.737	10		0	0	0
Totals	1209	5129	4553	684	1300	235	46	78	625	30	36	469	747	.286	.355	.409	.764	1861	0	44	26	37	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Rafael Batista	1B	98	878	47	14	99	.985	9.439
John Dolinsek	1B	20	166	13	3	17	.984	8.950
Cliff Johnson	1B	17	132	15	4	23	.974	8.647
Gus Gil	1B	5	21	1	0	7	1.000	4.400
Gary Sutherland	2B	132	307	420	15	114	.980	5.508
Gus Gil	2B	4	9	12	0	4	1.000	5.250
Fernando Tatis	3B	136	73	253	28	22	.921	2.397
Gus Gil	3B	2	4	1	0	0	1.000	2.500
Jimmy Johnson	3B	1	1	1	0	1	1.000	2.000
Otis Thornton	C	86	501	51	15	5	.974	6.419	21
Tom Heierle	C	39	191	20	5	3	.977	5.410	6
Skip Jutze	C	14	105	11	2	1	.983	8.286	2
Greg Gross	OF	131	226	11	10	2	.960	1.809
Jay Schlueter	OF	127	329	11	11	1	.969	2.677
John Dolinsek	OF	97	167	6	6	0	.966	1.784
Mike Easler	OF	46	74	2	6	0	.927	1.652
Greg Sims	OF	9	5	0	2	0	.714	.556
Jimmy Johnson	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Oscar Zamora	P	38	9	24	0	3	1.000	.868
Bob Cluck	P	38	4	15	1	2	.950	.500
Carlos Alfonso	P	38	5	15	3	4	.870	.526
Mike Flanagan	P	31	2	14	0	2	1.000	.516
Larry Yount	P	30	9	15	0	4	1.000	.800
Edward Mims	P	24	4	13	3	0	.850	.708
Don Stratton	P	22	3	11	0	0	1.000	.636
Mike Cosgrove	P	22	4	11	1	2	.938	.682
Fred Gladding	P	20	3	5	1	2	.889	.400
Pat Darcy	P	20	4	21	0	1	1.000	1.250
Ron Cook	P	16	1	6	0	0	1.000	.438
Jim York	P	12	1	4	0	0	1.000	.417
J. R. Richard	P	8	3	9	2	0	.857	1.500
Cisco Carlos	P	8	0	1	0	0	1.000	.125
Gus Gil	SS	54	93	190	12	54	.959	5.241
Jimmy Johnson	SS	45	80	135	16	32	.931	4.778
Milt Ramírez	SS	5	10	19	5	3	.853	5.800
Totals		1397	3426	1383	165	408	.967	3.442	29	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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