1982 Denver Bears Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 68-67
Finished 3rd in the AA's West Division
Manager: Rich Donnelly (68-67)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 537,914, Avg. 7,969

1982 Denver Bears Roster

The Denver Bears of the American Association ended the 1982 season with a record of 68 wins and 67 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.

The Bears scored 771 runs and surrendered 753 runs. Pete O'Brien led Denver with 25 home runs, while Randy Bass, Jim Anderson, Bob Johnson and Pete Mackanin each walloped 15 or more also. Pete O'Brien drove in 102 runs. Jim Anderson paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .314 average. Jim Farr topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 4.27 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1982 Denver Bears who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Pete O'Brien, Víctor Cruz, Randy Bass, Pat Putnam, Rick Sofield, Joe Kerrigan, Rick Matula, Jim Farr, John Butcher, Dave Rajsich, Ramón Avilés, Bob Johnson, Mark Mercer, Joe Gates, Dennis Littlejohn, Terry Bogener, Steve Luebber, Dan Boitano, Jack Lazorko, Mike Smithson, Don Werner, Wayne Tolleson, Nick Capra, Pete Mackanin, Bob Babcock, Len Whitehouse, Bob Jones, Dave Hostetler, Dan Gonzales, Jim Anderson, Will McEnaney, Don Kainer and Roger Holt.

Rich Donnelly 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
Jim Farr	13	8	.619	4.27	26	26	0	7	1	0	173.0	200	95	82	14	49	5	90	1	1	10
Mike Smithson	11	7	.611	4.54	29	24	3	8	0	0	152.7	149	82	77	21	47	2	144	6	1	6
Dan Boitano	6	5	.545	4.31	32	1	20	0	0	6	48.0	51	29	23	6	23	6	42	1	1	4
John Butcher	5	1	.833	2.75	8	8	0	1	1	0	59.0	54	20	18	5	14	0	31	0	1	1
Dave Rajsich	5	6	.455	6.15	19	14	1	3	0	0	86.3	96	64	59	13	47	0	52	1	0	6
Will McEnaney	4	4	.500	4.93	54	4	18	1	0	2	76.7	89	44	42	13	24	1	42	2	0	2
Len Whitehouse	4	8	.333	6.30	30	20	1	1	1	0	121.3	146	97	85	14	45	1	65	3	0	0
Bob Babcock	3	1	.750	3.16	14	0	5	0	0	1	25.7	29	11	9	1	14	2	22	2	0	1
Víctor Cruz	3	3	.500	3.86	44	0	31	0	0	14	56.0	48	28	24	8	25	2	62	1	0	2
Mark Mercer	1	0	1.000	8.80	13	0	2	0	0	0	15.3	21	15	15	2	8	0	8	0	1	1
Jack Lazorko	1	2	.333	6.85	23	1	7	0	0	1	43.3	63	38	33	8	23	4	32	5	0	3
Rick Matula					19						0.0
Steve Luebber					13						0.0
Paul Semall					30						0.0
Joe Kerrigan					17						0.0
Tony Hudson	0	0		2.45	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.7	5	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
Dennis Long	0	0		10.80	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.7	2	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Don Kainer	0	1	.000	22.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	7	5	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
Totals	56	46	.549	4.94	376	99	91	21	3	24	864.7	960	531	475	107	322	23	594	22	5	36	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
Jim Anderson	128	554	488	95	153	30	3	16	83	4	1	45	52	.314	.375	.486	.860	237		7	7	7	1
Pete O'Brien	128	543	477	92	148	21	1	25	102	0	2	56	65	.310	.378	.516	.894	246		1	1	8	4
Nick Capra	121	493	416	82	117	15	10	9	40	29	13	71	72	.281	.387	.430	.817	179		1	4	1	0
Pete Mackanin	116	414	377	54	101	17	7	16	73	5	1	31	76	.268	.325	.477	.803	180		2	2	2	5
Roger Holt	128	470	414	54	99	16	4	1	37	4	3	42	46	.239	.312	.304	.616	126		2	11	1	3
Pat Putnam	80	324	281	47	87	20	3	13	60	1	0	36	34	.310	.395	.541	.936	152		5	0	2	5
Bob Jones	82	311	261	44	83	19	5	12	51	1	2	39	42	.318	.416	.567	.983	148		7	1	3	1
Terry Bogener	76	281	243	44	78	17	5	4	31	2	4	34	24	.321	.405	.481	.886	117		1	2	1	1
Bob Johnson	93	375	305	57	76	10	5	22	76	3	4	62	88	.249	.376	.531	.907	162		3	0	5	2
Wayne Tolleson	71	314	266	48	64	9	3	4	27	19	6	40	49	.241	.337	.342	.679	91		0	5	3	1
Randy Bass	68	268	214	43	62	10	1	18	45	0	1	49	47	.290	.429	.598	1.027	128		4	0	1	4
Dennis Littlejohn	53	183	159	27	43	4	0	4	15	1	0	21	31	.270	.354	.371	.725	59		0	2	1	0
Dave Hostetler	36	152	128	24	34	8	0	12	36	0	0	20	32	.266	.362	.609	.971	78		1	0	3	1
Mel Barrow	36	98	87	17	21	6	2	0	6	2	1	6	18	.241	.295	.356	.651	31		1	3	1	0
Mike Jirschele	14	48	45	6	14	3	3	0	5	0	0	2	8	.311	.340	.511	.852	23		0	1	0	0
Rick Sofield	15	40	36	6	10	3	1	0	3	0	0	2	6	.278	.308	.417	.724	15		0	1	1	1
Don Werner	8	27	16	2	7	2	0	1	2	0	1	10	2	.438	.667	.750	1.417	12		1	0	0	1
Tracy Cowger	12	35	30	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.133	.235	.167	.402	5		1	1	0	0
Jerry Neufang	4	15	12	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.250	.357	.333	.690	4		0	1	0	0
Gary Venner	2	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	3		0	0	0	0
Joe Gates	8	16	16	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.125	.125	.188	.312	3		0	0	0	0
Dan Boitano	32	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0	0	0
Craig Perkins	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0	0	0
Dave Stockstill	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Will McEnaney	54	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1367	4974	4282	757	1209	214	53	157	695	71	40	573	700	.282	.369	.467	.836	2000	0	37	42	40	30

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Pat Putnam	1B	73	625	48	8	74	.988	9.219
Pete O'Brien	1B	41	312	34	3	24	.991	8.439
Dave Hostetler	1B	14	123	8	3	12	.978	9.357
Bob Johnson	1B	7	55	5	0	5	1.000	8.571
Randy Bass	1B	6	60	5	0	6	1.000	1.833
Pete Mackanin	1B	4	16	2	1	1	.947	4.500
Roger Holt	2B	122	259	384	11	92	.983	5.270
Pete Mackanin	2B	16	24	36	4	8	.938	3.750
Joe Gates	2B	3	7	12	0	2	1.000	6.333
Ramón Avilés	2B	1						.000
Jim Anderson	3B	74	41	128	14	15	.923	2.284
Pete Mackanin	3B	62	34	95	13	5	.908	2.081
Ramón Avilés	3B	3						.000
Dave Stockstill	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Mike Jirschele	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bob Johnson	C	79	456	49	4	5	.992	6.392	8
Dennis Littlejohn	C	43	226	32	2	3	.992	6.000	4
Don Werner	C	8	41	4	1	0	.978	5.625	1
Tracy Cowger	C	7	36	1	4	0	.902	5.286	0
Jerry Neufang	C	4	16	5	2	1	.913	5.250	0
Gary Venner	C	2	6	1	0	0	1.000	3.500	0
Craig Perkins	C	1	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.000	0
Nick Capra	OF	121	275	11	3	2	.990	2.364
Pete O'Brien	OF	80	106	3	5	1	.956	1.362
Bob Jones	OF	77	120	5	2	2	.984	1.623
Terry Bogener	OF	68	107	5	2	2	.982	1.647
Dan Gonzales	OF	40						.000
Mel Barrow	OF	33	50	4	1	0	.982	1.636
Rick Sofield	OF	13	16	0	0	0	1.000	1.231
Tracy Cowger	OF	4	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.250
Pete Mackanin	OF	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.333
Pat Putnam	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Will McEnaney	P	54	6	13	0	2	1.000	.352
Víctor Cruz	P	44	2	5	0	1	1.000	.159
Dan Boitano	P	32	0	3	2	1	.600	.094
Len Whitehouse	P	30	11	25	1	3	.973	1.200
Paul Semall	P	30						.000
Mike Smithson	P	29	8	30	2	3	.950	1.310
Jim Farr	P	26	16	37	1	2	.981	2.038
Jack Lazorko	P	23	4	8	2	1	.857	.522
Dave Rajsich	P	19	7	16	1	2	.958	1.211
Rick Matula	P	19						.000
Joe Kerrigan	P	17						.000
Bob Babcock	P	14	1	11	1	1	.923	.857
Mark Mercer	P	13	0	2	0	0	1.000	.154
Steve Luebber	P	13						.000
John Butcher	P	8	3	13	0	1	1.000	2.000
Dennis Long	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Tony Hudson	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Don Kainer	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Wayne Tolleson	SS	71	97	195	6	14	.980	4.113
Jim Anderson	SS	54	89	168	14	38	.948	4.759
Mike Jirschele	SS	12	18	35	1	9	.981	4.417
Roger Holt	SS	2	5	7	0	2	1.000	6.000
Ramón Avilés	SS	1						.000
Totals		1529	3291	1447	114	340	.977	3.099	13	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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