1941 Denver Bears Statistics
Western League (WL) - Class: D
Team Record: 42-68
Finished 9th in the WL
Manager: Cobe Jones (42-68)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Merchants Park
1941 Denver Bears RosterTeam Record: 42-68
Finished 9th in the WL
Manager: Cobe Jones (42-68)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Merchants Park
The Denver Bears of the Western League ended the 1941 season with a record of 42 wins and 68 losses, finishing ninth in the WL.
The Bears tallied 529 runs and surrendered 713 runs, most in the league. Hal Bradley drove in 51 runs. Mike Boettcher paced batters with significant playing time with a .300 average. Jimmy Cleghorn topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.41 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Cobe Jones and Dizzy Dean both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Cobe Jones 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Cleghorn | 13 | 13 | .500 | 3.41 | 37 | 19 | 219.0 | 208 | 131 | 83 | 136 | 140 | 11 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| John Tovado | 8 | 8 | .500 | 5.03 | 32 | 5 | 161.0 | 166 | 117 | 90 | 100 | 95 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Robert Larsen | 8 | 13 | .381 | 5.37 | 32 | 10 | 171.0 | 213 | 130 | 102 | 75 | 106 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Chester Converse | 6 | 7 | .462 | 5.61 | 24 | 4 | 85.0 | 101 | 73 | 53 | 47 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
| Frank Smith | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.24 | 10 | 5 | 55.0 | 68 | 40 | 32 | 30 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Earl Rice | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Barnett | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Flohr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Durward Camerer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Frank Manchester | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Earl Schieves | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick Conover | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Henry Horak | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Melton | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tony Johnson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jack Jasper | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 38 | 57 | .400 | 4.69 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 691.0 | 756 | 491 | 360 | 0 | 388 | 0 | 396 | 24 | 3 | 22 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Bradley | 105 | 452 | 408 | 65 | 118 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 51 | 25 | 28 | 50 | .289 | .342 | .382 | .725 | 156 | 5 | 11 | ||||
| William Haddican | 106 | 476 | 379 | 86 | 110 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 24 | 91 | 46 | .290 | .430 | .367 | .797 | 139 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Toft Jessen | 107 | 445 | 380 | 49 | 98 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 49 | 71 | .258 | .358 | .342 | .700 | 130 | 10 | 6 | ||||
| Mike Boettcher | 84 | 343 | 317 | 35 | 95 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 11 | 12 | 43 | .300 | .337 | .372 | .710 | 118 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| Earl Priester | 81 | 347 | 296 | 57 | 83 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 42 | 18 | .280 | .375 | .358 | .733 | 106 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Durward Camerer | 90 | 369 | 328 | 40 | 75 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 8 | 31 | 36 | .229 | .303 | .290 | .593 | 95 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| Henry Horak | 85 | 350 | 311 | 39 | 69 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 46 | 11 | 36 | 63 | .222 | .305 | .341 | .645 | 106 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Rudy Serot | 82 | 289 | 251 | 32 | 61 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 31 | 30 | .243 | .336 | .303 | .638 | 76 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| William Davis | 57 | 184 | 159 | 21 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 24 | 34 | .220 | .322 | .296 | .618 | 47 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Buck Cunningham | 31 | 132 | 113 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 19 | 24 | .204 | .318 | .239 | .557 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Tovado | 59 | 114 | 109 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 40 | .202 | .223 | .266 | .489 | 29 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Mike Martella | 24 | 82 | 75 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .253 | .309 | .347 | .655 | 26 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Chester Converse | 43 | 79 | 68 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 19 | .221 | .312 | .235 | .547 | 16 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Harold Haddican | 14 | 51 | 44 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 | .205 | .314 | .250 | .564 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jimmy Cleghorn | 47 | 93 | 87 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 34 | .103 | .143 | .115 | .258 | 10 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Robert Larsen | 32 | 64 | 57 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 27 | .070 | .145 | .070 | .215 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Henry Flohr | 5 | 12 | 12 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Frank Smith | 10 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .105 | .190 | .105 | .296 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Cobe Jones | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Carmen Pinkston | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Roy Huff | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Frank Manchester | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Carmen Sutley | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Jasper | 8 | 11 | 11 | 1 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Melton | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Conover | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Earl Rice | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Joseph Lindvay | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Roxie Tolve | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Johnson | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1106 | 3975 | 3484 | 501 | 856 | 80 | 57 | 19 | 392 | 110 | 0 | 398 | 568 | .246 | .329 | .318 | .647 | 1107 | 0 | 36 | 57 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Bradley | 1B | 98 | 880 | 35 | 30 | 60 | .968 | 9.337 | ||||
| Mike Boettcher | 2B | 56 | 113 | 111 | 14 | 24 | .941 | 4.000 | ||||
| Earl Priester | 2B | 35 | 84 | 104 | 15 | 14 | .926 | 5.371 | ||||
| William Haddican | 3B | 76 | 86 | 139 | 14 | 9 | .941 | 2.961 | ||||
| Buck Cunningham | 3B | 30 | 27 | 65 | 13 | 7 | .876 | 3.067 | ||||
| Rudy Serot | C | 76 | 375 | 93 | 20 | 5 | .959 | 6.158 | 14 | |||
| William Davis | C | 43 | 143 | 26 | 10 | 0 | .944 | 3.930 | 9 | |||
| Toft Jessen | OF | 106 | 181 | 8 | 10 | 0 | .950 | 1.783 | ||||
| Henry Horak | OF | 85 | 171 | 8 | 14 | 0 | .927 | 2.106 | ||||
| Mike Boettcher | OF | 28 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mike Martella | OF | 24 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.333 | ||||
| Earl Priester | OF | 21 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 1.048 | ||||
| William Davis | OF | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Harold Haddican | OF | 14 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 1.071 | ||||
| John Tovado | OF | 13 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
| Jimmy Cleghorn | P | 37 | 10 | 60 | 5 | 2 | .933 | 1.892 | ||||
| John Tovado | P | 32 | 5 | 53 | 4 | 2 | .935 | 1.812 | ||||
| Robert Larsen | P | 32 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 2 | .977 | 1.344 | ||||
| Chester Converse | P | 24 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Frank Smith | P | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| John Melton | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Jasper | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Earl Schieves | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Manchester | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Johnson | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Henry Horak | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Earl Rice | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Johnny Barnett | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Henry Flohr | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Conover | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Durward Camerer | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Durward Camerer | SS | 86 | 181 | 266 | 41 | 47 | .916 | 5.198 | ||||
| Earl Priester | SS | 26 | 42 | 52 | 8 | 8 | .922 | 3.615 | ||||
| Totals | 1013 | 2440 | 1104 | 207 | 183 | .945 | 3.499 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
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