1950 Denver Bears Statistics
Team Record: 75-79
Finished 5th in the WL
Manager: Earl Browne (75-79)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 379,180, Avg. 4,924
The Denver Bears of the Western League ended the 1950 season with a record of 75 wins and 79 losses, finishing fifth in the WL.
The Bears topped the league with 956 runs. Denver allowed 970 runs. Pierce McWhorter accounted for 66 RBI. Dallas Womack led batters with significant playing time with a .317 average. Jack Taylor and Merlin Williams paced the squad with 12 wins each, while Virgil Jester recorded a 3.7 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1950 Denver Bears who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Pete Whisenant, Jack Dittmer, Steve Kuczek, Chuck Tanner, Buddy Peterson and Virgil Jester.
Earl Browne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Taylor | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4.21 | 28 | 154.0 | 169 | 102 | 72 | 9 | 75 | |||||||||||
| Merlin Williams | 12 | 12 | .500 | 4.05 | 53 | 189.0 | 188 | 122 | 85 | 11 | 109 | |||||||||||
| Frank Stewart | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4.19 | 33 | 187.0 | 194 | 107 | 87 | 12 | 102 | |||||||||||
| Virgil Jester | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.70 | 59 | 163.0 | 152 | 80 | 67 | 13 | 63 | |||||||||||
| John Hoffman | 9 | 10 | .474 | 6.42 | 31 | 136.0 | 165 | 128 | 97 | 10 | 94 | |||||||||||
| Donald Straub | 7 | 5 | .583 | 5.16 | 20 | 103.0 | 123 | 68 | 59 | 8 | 64 | |||||||||||
| Glenn Thompson | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.89 | 23 | 138.0 | 104 | 90 | 75 | 10 | 131 | |||||||||||
| William Williams | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.80 | 14 | 45.0 | 57 | 40 | 29 | 0 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Joe Casey | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 69 | 64 | .519 | 4.61 | 273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1115.0 | 1152 | 737 | 571 | 73 | 669 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Tanner | 154 | 619 | 619 | 195 | 34 | 9 | 7 | .315 | .315 | .433 | .748 | 268 | |||||||||||
| Daniel Holden | 151 | 572 | 572 | 176 | 40 | 11 | 5 | .308 | .308 | .442 | .750 | 253 | |||||||||||
| Dallas Womack | 154 | 545 | 545 | 173 | 32 | 6 | 17 | .317 | .317 | .492 | .809 | 268 | |||||||||||
| Pete Whisenant | 118 | 481 | 481 | 150 | 34 | 10 | 24 | .312 | .312 | .574 | .886 | 276 | |||||||||||
| Lucius Morgan | 112 | 452 | 452 | 140 | 23 | 10 | 3 | .310 | .310 | .425 | .735 | 192 | |||||||||||
| Joseph DellaMonica | 108 | 421 | 421 | 106 | 10 | 2 | 5 | .252 | .252 | .321 | .572 | 135 | |||||||||||
| Pierce McWhorter | 108 | 376 | 376 | 60 | 101 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 66 | 2 | .269 | .269 | .410 | .678 | 154 | ||||||||
| Jack Dittmer | 72 | 255 | 255 | 95 | 18 | 5 | 2 | .373 | .373 | .506 | .878 | 129 | |||||||||||
| Steve Kuczek | 89 | 236 | 236 | 71 | 12 | 5 | 2 | .301 | .301 | .419 | .720 | 99 | |||||||||||
| John Mulcahy | 40 | 156 | 156 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .244 | .244 | .321 | .564 | 50 | |||||||||||
| Buddy Peterson | 27 | 101 | 101 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 4 | .327 | .327 | .515 | .842 | 52 | |||||||||||
| William DeCarlo | 62 | 131 | 131 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .237 | .237 | .328 | .565 | 43 | |||||||||||
| Gene Edwards | 24 | 78 | 78 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .205 | .205 | .346 | .551 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Glenn Thompson | 24 | 58 | 58 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .310 | .552 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Frank Stewart | 33 | 67 | 67 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .209 | .209 | .254 | .463 | 17 | |||||||||||
| James Keller | 21 | 58 | 58 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .224 | .224 | .397 | .621 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Pete Tedeschi | 28 | 81 | 81 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .160 | .160 | .198 | .358 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Norm Ozark | 11 | 40 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .275 | .275 | .375 | .650 | 15 | |||||||||||
| John Hanley | 14 | 42 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .262 | .262 | .286 | .548 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Merlin Williams | 53 | 55 | 55 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .218 | .400 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Frank Nubin | 40 | 51 | 51 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .176 | .176 | .255 | .431 | 13 | |||||||||||
| John Hoffman | 31 | 45 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .178 | .178 | .178 | .356 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Virgil Jester | 59 | 48 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .312 | .479 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Donald Straub | 20 | 36 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .194 | .194 | .250 | .444 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Jack Taylor | 28 | 57 | 57 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .123 | .123 | .140 | .263 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Lawrence Hartley | 10 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | |||||||||||
| William Williams | 15 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .056 | .056 | .111 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Joe Casey | 12 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1618 | 5106 | 5106 | 60 | 1453 | 265 | 68 | 87 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .285 | .285 | .414 | .699 | 2115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Jester | P | 59 | .000 | |||||
| Merlin Williams | P | 53 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Stewart | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| John Hoffman | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Taylor | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Glenn Thompson | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Straub | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| William Williams | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Casey | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
