1949 Denver Bears Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 71-68
Finished 2nd in the WL
Manager: Mike Gazella (0-0), William DeCarlo (0-0), Earl Browne (0-0)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 463,039, Avg. 6,662

1949 Denver Bears Roster

Playoffs - Denver Bears 1 game, Pueblo Dodgers 0 - For second place.
Playoffs - Pueblo Dodgers 3 games, Denver Bears 1

The Denver Bears of the Western League ended the 1949 season with a record of 71 wins and 68 losses, finishing second in the WL.

Mike Gazella, William DeCarlo and Earl Browne 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
Ernie Johnson	15	5	.750	2.37	20			18	0		167.0	138	68	44		51		134	5	0	3
George Uhle	10	5	.667	2.25	22			9	3		140.0	108	48	35		68		132	6	0	6
Virgil Jester	9	5	.643	3.90	50			0	0		127.0	141	76	55		45		69	2	0	2
Burt Barkelew	9	11	.450	4.87	27			9	0		157.0	189	98	85		45		64	0	0	1
Samuel Cooper	8	7	.533	5.09	30			8	1		145.0	150	97	82		85		57	3	4	4
Kenneth St. Pierre	7	9	.438	4.09	28			5	2		143.0	147	88	65		90		90	2	0	8
Al Bennett	6	7	.462	5.24	32			6	1		134.0	154	94	78		86		80	3	1	5
Joe Casey	4	3	.571	6.30	15			2	0		60.0	75	46	42		54		31	1	6	4
Harry MacPherson					10						0.0
Totals	68	52	.567	4.08	234	0	0	57	7	0	1073.0	1102	615	486	0	524	0	657	22	11	33	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
Deo Grose	140	617	562	79	168	31	10	1	98	1		50	49	.299	.357	.395	.752	222		1	4
Robert Jaderlund	132	621	533	93	151	25	18	0	49	11		81	56	.283	.382	.398	.780	212		4	3
Walt Linden	121	510	452	81	147	25	11	11	95	2		55	25	.325	.401	.502	.903	227		2	1
Chuck Tanner	124	541	467	92	146	32	5	5	53	3		70	43	.313	.404	.435	.839	203		2	2
Pete Tedeschi	119	525	447	94	139	26	10	6	68	8		70	46	.311	.409	.454	.863	203		4	4
Paul Rambone	98	409	357	59	95	18	3	8	61	6		47	53	.266	.355	.401	.755	143		2	3
Jack Weisenburger	93	387	320	70	94	25	3	9	60	5		56	51	.294	.408	.475	.883	152		6	5
John Angelone	120	473	405	62	92	18	4	1	47	2		59	36	.227	.327	.299	.626	121		1	8
James McComas	55	189	175	19	50	8	3	2	29	2		7	20	.286	.328	.400	.728	70		4	3
Bob Harmon	61	198	174	20	49	8	0	2	21	2		20	32	.282	.362	.362	.724	63		2	2
William DeCarlo	49	120	106	11	37	6	1	3	23	0		11	13	.349	.425	.509	.934	54		3	0
Mel Nunes	31	132	118	20	32	5	2	1	20	3		14	18	.271	.348	.373	.721	44		0	0
John Lybrand	27	81	73	7	22	4	1	0	11	0		7	5	.301	.362	.384	.746	28		0	1
John Hennerich	27	75	60	12	13	2	1	3	10	0		15	9	.217	.373	.433	.807	26		0	0
Ernie Johnson	20	74	69	7	13	2	1	0	7	0		3	4	.188	.222	.246	.469	17		0	2
George Uhle	23	54	47	9	12	1	0	0	5	0		4	4	.255	.327	.277	.604	13		1	2
Samuel Cooper	30	59	51	4	12	1	0	1	6	0		2	12	.235	.264	.314	.578	16		0	6
Gale Bishop	10	42	38	8	10	3	0	0	5	0		4	6	.263	.333	.342	.675	13		0	0
Kenneth St. Pierre	28	55	50	4	8	1	0	0	0	0		4	12	.160	.222	.180	.402	9		0	1
Virgil Jester	52	46	41	1	7	3	0	0	2	0		4	18	.171	.244	.244	.488	10		0	1
Al Bennett	32	56	54	3	6	1	0	0	3	0		0	20	.111	.111	.130	.241	7		0	2
Burt Barkelew	27	62	50	2	5	0	0	0	2	0		8	19	.100	.224	.100	.324	5		0	4
Joe Casey	15	25	18	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		1	6	.167	.250	.167	.417	3		1	5
Harry MacPherson	10	13	8	2	2	0	0	0	2	0		5	2	.250	.538	.250	.788	2		0	0
Warren Martin	10	9	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	.125	.222	.125	.347	1		0	0
Totals	1454	5373	4683	760	1314	245	73	53	678	45	0	598	564	.281	.366	.398	.764	1864	0	33	59	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Deo Grose	1B	140	1206	79	29	117	.978	9.179
Jack Weisenburger	2B	79	194	205	27	50	.937	5.051
Paul Rambone	2B	24	61	68	9	9	.935	5.375
Mel Nunes	2B	22	52	50	5	10	.953	4.636
John Hennerich	2B	16	34	32	7	8	.904	4.125
Paul Rambone	3B	72	76	145	20	17	.917	3.069
Bob Harmon	3B	27	33	50	8	1	.912	3.074
John Lybrand	3B	17	17	38	10	4	.846	3.235
James McComas	3B	11	6	17	2	2	.920	2.091
Mel Nunes	3B	10	11	23	1	2	.971	3.400
Walt Linden	C	116	678	105	16	17	.980	6.750	11
William DeCarlo	C	26	98	12	3	1	.973	4.231	4
Robert Jaderlund	OF	132	313	15	9	4	.973	2.485
Chuck Tanner	OF	124	206	13	12	0	.948	1.766
Pete Tedeschi	OF	110	185	10	7	1	.965	1.773
James McComas	OF	36	61	3	7	0	.901	1.778
Gale Bishop	OF	10	17	0	0	0	1.000	1.700
Virgil Jester	P	50	5	29	1	4	.971	.680
Al Bennett	P	32	5	39	2	3	.957	1.375
Samuel Cooper	P	30	8	26	1	1	.971	1.133
Kenneth St. Pierre	P	28	7	28	6	2	.854	1.250
Burt Barkelew	P	27	4	33	1	0	.974	1.370
George Uhle	P	22	0	23	0	1	1.000	1.045
Ernie Johnson	P	20	10	33	3	4	.935	2.150
Joe Casey	P	15	3	7	1	1	.909	.667
Harry MacPherson	P	10	0	6	2	0	.750	.600
John Angelone	SS	118	204	350	46	76	.923	4.695
Bob Harmon	SS	21	27	61	10	12	.898	4.190
Jack Weisenburger	SS	10	21	22	4	4	.915	4.300
Totals		1355	3542	1522	249	351	.953	3.737	15	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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