1981 Denver Bears Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 76-60
Finished 2nd in the AA's West Division
Manager: Felipe Alou (76-60)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 555,806, Avg. 8,174

1981 Denver Bears Roster

Playoffs - Denver Bears 3 games, Evansville Triplets 1
Finals - Denver Bears 4 games, Omaha Royals 0

The Denver Bears of the American Association ended the 1981 season with a record of 76 wins and 60 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.

The Bears scored 733 runs, best in the league. Denver yielded 666 runs. Dave Hostetler led the squad with 27 home runs, and Dan Briggs walloped 15 or more, too. Dan Briggs drove in 110 runs. Dave Hostetler paced batters with significant playing time with a .318 average. Bryn Smith topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.05 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Terry Francona, Hal Dues, Pat Rooney, Steve Ratzer, Dave Campbell, John Tamargo, LaRue Washington, Chris Smith, Tony Johnson, Bob James, Willie Mueller, Rich Wortham, Norm Angelini, Brad Mills, Dave Hostetler, Dan Norman, Tom Wieghaus, John Hale, Rick Engle, Bob Reece, Harry Chappas, Bryn Smith, Skip Lockwood, Mike Gates, Wallace Johnson, Greg Bargar, Luis Quintana, Dan Briggs and Bob Pate were all players from the 1981 Denver Bears who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Felipe Alou 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
Bryn Smith	15	5	.750	3.05	29	24	2	9	0	1	183.0	166	80	62	13	42	1	127	8	0	6
Norm Angelini	10	7	.588	3.18	61	0	30	0	0	4	99.0	99	52	35	5	46	8	67	3	0	5
Luis Quintana	7	2	.778	4.80	51	4	12	1	0	2	105.0	116	64	56	9	50	2	90	2	0	5
Steve Ratzer	7	3	.700	3.42	41	3	26	0	0	13	71.0	85	32	27	4	21	4	33	2	0	1
Rick Ramos	6	5	.545	4.01	21	12	3	3	1	1	83.0	92	42	37	8	25	1	44	0	0	1
Rich Wortham	6	6	.500	4.79	16	15	1	4	0	0	77.0	57	48	41	7	71	2	33	1	0	11
Rick Engle	6	7	.462	3.74	31	21	3	5	1	0	154.0	137	73	64	5	69	0	78	5	0	6
Greg Bargar	5	6	.455	6.03	23	14	5	0	0	0	91.0	108	63	61	10	58	3	58	4	0	5
Hal Dues	5	6	.455	6.73	20	18	0	3	0	0	91.0	113	75	68	12	60	1	47	1	0	7
Bruce MacPherson	3	3	.500	4.11	13	6	2	1	0	0	46.0	39	24	21	4	14	0	16	3	0	2
Tommy Shimp	3	3	.500	6.84	17	4	2	0	0	0	50.0	63	41	38	7	26	0	40	3	0	3
Skip Lockwood	2	5	.286	5.10	24	0	17	0	0	6	30.0	39	20	17	2	18	3	26	2	0	2
Bob James	1	2	.333	5.68	20	15	0	0	0	0	57.0	43	43	36	4	69	0	46	1	4	3
Dan Briggs	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0
Willie Mueller	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Harry Chappas	0	0		3.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Dave Campbell	0	0		4.91	10	0	5	0	0	1	11.0	10	8	6	1	11	1	5	2	0	0
Totals	76	60	.559	4.45	380	136	109	26	2	29	1154.0	1170	666	570	91	585	26	713	38	4	57	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
Dan Briggs	133	557	493	83	155	34	4	22	110	6	1	55	93	.314	.387	.533	.920	263		5	1	3	7
Mike Gates	127	564	498	91	154	36	4	3	57	13	6	52	50	.309	.374	.416	.790	207		2	8	4	4
Dave Hostetler	125	515	440	91	140	14	7	27	103	3	2	66	89	.318	.408	.566	.974	249		4	0	5	4
Brad Mills	118	477	427	65	134	34	1	12	66	2	3	38	34	.314	.368	.482	.850	206		2	4	6	7
Terry Francona	93	380	355	53	125	17	9	1	58	7	3	16	22	.352	.377	.459	.836	163		1	3	5	0
Harry Chappas	126	514	424	65	94	16	4	1	34	24	7	65	70	.222	.328	.285	.613	121		3	20	2	5
Tom Wieghaus	124	404	345	48	83	13	1	4	50	2	5	49	33	.241	.333	.319	.652	110		0	8	2	2
Dan Norman	73	270	239	46	65	13	3	11	38	13	3	27	36	.272	.348	.490	.838	117		2	0	2	1
Wallace Johnson	59	244	215	39	64	13	4	0	16	15	3	25	15	.298	.376	.395	.771	85		2	2	0	1
John Hale	55	180	155	27	51	7	1	7	26	2	4	24	46	.329	.417	.523	.939	81		0	0	1	0
Chris Smith	38	158	132	22	40	9	1	1	17	1	2	22	15	.303	.405	.409	.814	54		2	0	2	1
Pat Rooney	55	194	179	23	38	7	3	8	29	1	1	12	32	.212	.263	.419	.682	75		1	0	2	4
LaRue Washington	46	173	145	25	35	10	0	1	12	8	4	28	19	.241	.364	.331	.695	48		0	0	0	1
Bob Pate	38	145	120	20	34	3	0	1	19	5	3	24	13	.283	.407	.333	.740	40		1	0	0	0
Tommy Mutz	59	159	145	15	32	7	0	3	19	0	0	11	19	.221	.278	.331	.610	48		1	1	1	2
John Tamargo	20	42	38	1	10	1	0	0	3	0	1	4	6	.263	.333	.289	.623	11		0	0	0	1
Tony Johnson	14	47	43	4	8	1	1	0	4	2	0	2	4	.186	.213	.256	.469	11		0	0	2	0
Craig Perkins	14	30	24	3	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	6	3	.292	.433	.458	.892	11		0	0	0	1
Bob Reece	10	20	14	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	4	.357	.474	.429	.902	6		0	1	1	1
Luis Quintana	51	7	7	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.571	.571	.714	1.286	5		0	0	0	0
Rich Wortham	16	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2		0	0	0	0
Greg Bargar	26	7	6	3	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	4		0	1	0	0
Steve Ratzer	41	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0	0	0
Leonel Carrion	1	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	2		0	0	0	0
Bryn Smith	29	11	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.125	.222	.125	.347	1		0	2	0	0
Bob James	20	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Skip Lockwood	24	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Rick Engle	39	10	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	3	0	0
Hal Dues	20	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Rick Ramos	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		0	0	0	0
Bruce MacPherson	13	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Norm Angelini	61	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1689	5135	4483	733	1285	239	44	103	670	104	49	534	620	.287	.363	.429	.792	1921	0	26	54	38	42

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dave Hostetler	1B	123	1104	66	13	92	.989	9.512
Dan Briggs	1B	17	126	6	2	6	.985	7.765
John Tamargo	1B	1	4	0	0	1	1.000	4.000
Craig Perkins	1B	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Mike Gates	2B	101	207	237	9	47	.980	4.396
Wallace Johnson	2B	39	71	116	7	23	.964	4.795
LaRue Washington	2B	5	16	12	0	4	1.000	5.600
Brad Mills	2B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Harry Chappas	2B	1	4	5	0	0	1.000	9.000
Brad Mills	3B	117	84	236	16	20	.952	2.735
Mike Gates	3B	16	15	22	3	3	.925	2.312
Chris Smith	3B	4	3	6	2	0	.818	2.250
John Hale	3B	2	1	1	1	0	.667	1.000
LaRue Washington	3B	1	0	0	2	0	.000	.000
Tom Wieghaus	C	119	621	87	11	12	.985	5.950	6
Tommy Mutz	C	39	113	14	7	3	.948	3.256	1
Bob Reece	C	9	27	2	0	0	1.000	3.222	0
Dan Briggs	OF	119	272	14	8	4	.973	2.403
Terry Francona	OF	92	158	7	3	1	.982	1.793
Dan Norman	OF	59	100	2	2	0	.981	1.729
Pat Rooney	OF	52	85	3	2	2	.978	1.692
Bob Pate	OF	35	56	1	3	0	.950	1.629
John Hale	OF	30	56	2	1	1	.983	1.933
LaRue Washington	OF	18	40	1	2	1	.953	2.278
Chris Smith	OF	12	15	0	0	0	1.000	1.250
Tony Johnson	OF	10	11	1	1	0	.923	1.200
Wallace Johnson	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Leonel Carrion	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Norm Angelini	P	61	5	22	1	1	.964	.443
Luis Quintana	P	51	4	21	7	0	.781	.490
Steve Ratzer	P	41	11	14	1	1	.962	.610
Rick Engle	P	31	7	38	3	4	.938	1.452
Bryn Smith	P	29	11	44	2	4	.965	1.897
Skip Lockwood	P	24	0	9	0	1	1.000	.375
Greg Bargar	P	23	5	14	3	1	.864	.826
Rick Ramos	P	21	1	12	1	0	.929	.619
Bob James	P	20	4	11	3	0	.833	.750
Hal Dues	P	20	8	15	3	0	.885	1.150
Tommy Shimp	P	17	2	9	1	0	.917	.647
Rich Wortham	P	16	3	9	2	0	.857	.750
Bruce MacPherson	P	13	4	8	0	0	1.000	.923
Dave Campbell	P	10	0	3	0	0	1.000	.300
Willie Mueller	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Harry Chappas	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Dan Briggs	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Harry Chappas	SS	121	165	352	30	61	.945	4.273
Mike Gates	SS	17	18	38	3	9	.949	3.294
LaRue Washington	SS	12	12	20	5	2	.865	2.667
Totals		1556	3456	1480	160	304	.969	3.172	7	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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