1976 Denver Bears Statistics
Team Record: 86-50
Finished 1st in the AA's West Division
Manager: Vern Rapp (86-50)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 202,444, Avg. 2,977
Playoffs - Denver Bears 4 games, Omaha Royals 2
The Denver Bears of the American Association ended the 1976 season with a record of 86 wins and 50 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Bears paced the circuit with 748 runs, spearheaded by 149 home runs. Denver allowed 602 runs. Roger Freed walloped 42 home runs for the team, while Andre Dawson and Pat Scanlon swatted 15 or more as well. Roger Freed drove in 102 runs. Warren Cromartie topped all regular hitters with a .337 average. Joe Keener led the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.38 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1976 Denver Bears who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bill Atkinson, Dennis Blair, Jim Cox, Warren Cromartie, Andre Dawson, Don DeMola, Steve Dunning, Terry Enyart, Roger Freed, Wayne Granger, Larry Johnson, Joe Keener, Joe Kerrigan, Larry Landreth, Chip Lang, Jim Lyttle, Stan Papi, Bob Reece, Gary Roenicke, Pat Scanlon, Rodney Scott, Tony Scott, Bob Strampe, Chuck Taylor, Ellis Valentine and Dan Warthen.
Vern Rapp 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Keener | 14 | 4 | .778 | 3.38 | 27 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 176.0 | 173 | 74 | 66 | 15 | 59 | 0 | 82 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Larry Landreth | 13 | 9 | .591 | 3.72 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 155.0 | 128 | 77 | 64 | 15 | 83 | 2 | 118 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dave Gronlund | 10 | 3 | .769 | 4.33 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 106.0 | 107 | 60 | 51 | 13 | 52 | 0 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dennis Blair | 9 | 4 | .692 | 4.50 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122.0 | 131 | 73 | 61 | 14 | 84 | 3 | 91 | 8 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Terry Enyart | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.63 | 45 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 105.0 | 115 | 61 | 54 | 11 | 50 | 3 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bill Atkinson | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.99 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 79.0 | 79 | 36 | 35 | 9 | 47 | 6 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| David Drumright | 5 | 4 | .556 | 6.43 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35.0 | 38 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Donald Albin | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.95 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 80.0 | 101 | 53 | 44 | 13 | 25 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dan Warthen | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 34.0 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Taylor | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.71 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 63.0 | 58 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Steve Dunning | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.74 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Granger | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.45 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 44.0 | 42 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Kerrigan | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.38 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32.0 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bill Kirkpatrick | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.00 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Cox | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don DeMola | 0 | 1 | .000 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chip Lang | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7.50 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 53 | 37 | 35 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bob Strampe | 0 | 4 | .000 | 6.35 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 86 | 50 | .632 | 4.16 | 362 | 137 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 36 | 1128.0 | 1136 | 602 | 521 | 125 | 525 | 29 | 689 | 33 | 3 | 48 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Cromartie | 107 | 448 | 415 | 69 | 140 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 60 | 27 | 8 | 22 | 27 | .337 | .372 | .448 | .821 | 186 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Roger Freed | 122 | 483 | 398 | 88 | 123 | 21 | 2 | 42 | 102 | 7 | 5 | 73 | 75 | .309 | .416 | .688 | 1.104 | 274 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Rodney Scott | 114 | 436 | 375 | 75 | 115 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 35 | 15 | 53 | 66 | .307 | .395 | .400 | .795 | 150 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Tony Scott | 106 | 355 | 328 | 63 | 102 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 45 | 18 | 6 | 25 | 67 | .311 | .361 | .503 | .864 | 165 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Pat Scanlon | 103 | 372 | 312 | 65 | 96 | 21 | 2 | 18 | 78 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 57 | .308 | .412 | .561 | .973 | 175 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Stan Papi | 108 | 349 | 318 | 46 | 86 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 53 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 65 | .270 | .326 | .418 | .744 | 133 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Andre Dawson | 74 | 267 | 240 | 51 | 84 | 19 | 4 | 20 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 50 | .350 | .414 | .712 | 1.126 | 171 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Roenicke | 77 | 302 | 252 | 56 | 73 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 39 | .290 | .397 | .516 | .913 | 130 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Juan Navarrete | 77 | 273 | 245 | 29 | 71 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 20 | .290 | .335 | .359 | .694 | 88 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Larry Johnson | 84 | 270 | 235 | 37 | 68 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 30 | 45 | .289 | .369 | .536 | .906 | 126 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bob Reece | 93 | 280 | 248 | 39 | 67 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 27 | .270 | .344 | .399 | .743 | 99 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ellis Valentine | 57 | 231 | 204 | 31 | 63 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 22 | 25 | .309 | .374 | .466 | .840 | 95 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Jim Cox | 78 | 257 | 226 | 29 | 62 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 47 | .274 | .344 | .473 | .817 | 107 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Rudy Kinard | 54 | 187 | 161 | 26 | 42 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 20 | .261 | .341 | .342 | .682 | 55 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Jim Lyttle | 25 | 113 | 92 | 15 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 19 | .283 | .405 | .554 | .960 | 51 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Joe Keener | 27 | 70 | 67 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | .149 | .186 | .179 | .365 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Gronlund | 22 | 44 | 38 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .132 | .154 | .132 | .285 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Bill Atkinson | 51 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Enyart | 45 | 32 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Larry Landreth | 26 | 59 | 52 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | .058 | .109 | .077 | .186 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| David Drumright | 21 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chip Lang | 8 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .444 | .667 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Dan Warthen | 8 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .167 | .333 | .167 | .500 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Albin | 40 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .091 | .091 | .136 | .227 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Vern Rapp | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Kerrigan | 22 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Blair | 25 | 43 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .027 | .100 | .027 | .127 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Taylor | 37 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Strampe | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Dunning | 4 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill Kirkpatrick | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .667 | .000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Granger | 26 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Goodman | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1651 | 5003 | 4376 | 748 | 1253 | 216 | 65 | 149 | 680 | 147 | 60 | 496 | 795 | .286 | .361 | .468 | .829 | 2046 | 0 | 34 | 64 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Freed | 1B | 107 | 905 | 65 | 14 | 79 | .986 | 9.065 | ||||
| Jim Cox | 1B | 34 | 201 | 20 | 2 | 20 | .991 | 6.500 | ||||
| Warren Cromartie | 1B | 14 | 95 | 6 | 2 | 5 | .981 | 7.214 | ||||
| Larry Johnson | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Juan Navarrete | 2B | 62 | 118 | 152 | 8 | 35 | .971 | 4.355 | ||||
| Rudy Kinard | 2B | 49 | 108 | 144 | 6 | 32 | .977 | 5.143 | ||||
| Jim Cox | 2B | 34 | 62 | 58 | 5 | 12 | .960 | 3.529 | ||||
| Rodney Scott | 2B | 8 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 3 | .949 | 4.625 | ||||
| Stan Papi | 2B | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Pat Scanlon | 3B | 97 | 59 | 179 | 17 | 13 | .933 | 2.454 | ||||
| Stan Papi | 3B | 46 | 28 | 76 | 2 | 10 | .981 | 2.261 | ||||
| Juan Navarrete | 3B | 9 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 2 | .880 | 2.444 | ||||
| Jim Cox | 3B | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rodney Scott | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bob Reece | C | 86 | 389 | 49 | 4 | 8 | .991 | 5.093 | 2 | |||
| Larry Johnson | C | 73 | 352 | 51 | 9 | 5 | .978 | 5.521 | 4 | |||
| Bobby Goodman | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Warren Cromartie | OF | 94 | 179 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .979 | 1.979 | ||||
| Tony Scott | OF | 93 | 162 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.817 | ||||
| Gary Roenicke | OF | 76 | 110 | 9 | 5 | 2 | .960 | 1.566 | ||||
| Andre Dawson | OF | 70 | 97 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .980 | 1.414 | ||||
| Ellis Valentine | OF | 57 | 122 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .985 | 2.281 | ||||
| Jim Lyttle | OF | 25 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .980 | 2.000 | ||||
| Roger Freed | OF | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.200 | ||||
| Rodney Scott | OF | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .400 | ||||
| Jim Cox | OF | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.714 | ||||
| Bill Atkinson | P | 51 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .373 | ||||
| Terry Enyart | P | 45 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .311 | ||||
| Chuck Taylor | P | 37 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .297 | ||||
| Donald Albin | P | 35 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .935 | .829 | ||||
| Joe Keener | P | 27 | 13 | 27 | 6 | 0 | .870 | 1.481 | ||||
| Larry Landreth | P | 26 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 3 | .931 | 1.038 | ||||
| Wayne Granger | P | 26 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .654 | ||||
| Dennis Blair | P | 25 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 1.160 | ||||
| Joe Kerrigan | P | 22 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .409 | ||||
| Dave Gronlund | P | 19 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .789 | ||||
| David Drumright | P | 19 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .579 | ||||
| Dan Warthen | P | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Chip Lang | P | 8 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Bob Strampe | P | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bill Kirkpatrick | P | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Steve Dunning | P | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Don DeMola | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Cox | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rodney Scott | SS | 95 | 142 | 266 | 24 | 51 | .944 | 4.295 | ||||
| Stan Papi | SS | 61 | 81 | 121 | 12 | 21 | .944 | 3.311 | ||||
| Juan Navarrete | SS | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1600 | 3386 | 1467 | 153 | 315 | .969 | 3.033 | 6 | 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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