1951 Denver Bears Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 88-66
Finished 2nd in the WL
Manager: Andy Cohen (88-66)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 424,065, Avg. 5,507

1951 Denver Bears Roster

Playoffs - Denver Bears 3 games, Wichita Indians 1
Finals - Sioux City Soos 3 games, Denver Bears 1

The Denver Bears of the Western League ended the 1951 season with a record of 88 wins and 66 losses, finishing second in the WL.

The Bears scored 785 runs and surrendered 693 runs. Pierce McWhorter accounted for 59 RBI. Lucius Morgan led hitters with significant playing time with a .304 average. Bull Palica topped the team with 17 wins, while Fred Wollpert added 15 or more wins, too Rafael Rivas recorded a 2.84 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Harry MacPherson, Frank Torre, Don McMahon, Curt Roberts, Bill Bruton, Buck Frierson and Barney Schultz were all players from the 1951 Denver Bears who played in the Majors during their careers.

Andy Cohen 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
Bull Palica	17	10	.630	3.92	36						216.0	223	126	94	11	75
Fred Wollpert	15	11	.577	3.90	31						194.0	195	108	84	11	101
Rafael Rivas	11	4	.733	2.84	30						165.0	164	71	52	4	49
Merlin Williams	10	9	.526	3.34	36						143.0	123	66	53	4	79
Larry Lassalle	9	7	.562	4.13	28						159.0	151	82	73	8	80
Fernando Osorio	5	3	.625	3.48	48						119.0	120	58	46	9	37
Frank Stewart	5	6	.455	3.05	18						112.0	117	48	38	2	35
Don McMahon	1	0	1.000	2.25	4	1					16.0	10	5	4		8
Marshall Epperson	0	0		0.00	2						2.0
Totals	73	50	.593	3.55	233	1	0	0	0	0	1126.0	1103	564	444	49	464	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
Lucius Morgan	150	566	566		172	44	10	4						.304	.304	.438	.742	248
Bill Bruton	133	518	518		157	18	27	2						.303	.303	.454	.757	235
August Gregory	130	503	503		150	27	2	4						.298	.298	.384	.682	193
Curt Roberts	132	459	459		129	24	5	5						.281	.281	.388	.669	178
Pierce McWhorter	117	389	389	46	116	28	0	7	59	0				.298	.298	.424	.722	165
Doug Lewis	86	309	309		81	13	2	1						.262	.262	.327	.589	101
Frank Torre	76	233	233		73	15	0	0						.313	.313	.378	.691	88
Buck Frierson	71	221	221		67	14	1	5						.303	.303	.443	.747	98
Whitey Ries	68	244	244		57	11	1	2						.234	.234	.311	.545	76
Neb Wilson	43	139	139		41	8	0	3						.295	.295	.417	.712	58
Robert Jaderlund	52	146	146		37	10	0	3						.253	.253	.384	.637	56
Roger Isringhaus	47	159	159		37	4	0	1						.233	.233	.277	.509	44
Lester Severin	28	89	89		30	6	4	2						.337	.337	.562	.899	50
Frank Finnegan	36	117	117		27	10	1	4						.231	.231	.436	.667	51
Fred Wollpert	38	89	89		20	3	0	2						.225	.225	.326	.551	29
Edward Kosan	14	43	43		12	3	0	0						.279	.279	.349	.628	15
Frank Stewart	18	43	43		9	1	0	0						.209	.209	.233	.442	10
Larry Lassalle	28	52	52		9	0	0	0						.173	.173	.173	.346	9
Rafael Rivas	30	56	56		9	0	0	0						.161	.161	.161	.321	9
Bull Palica	36	71	71		8	2	0	0						.113	.113	.141	.254	10
Pablo Bernard	13	30	30		5	0	0	1						.167	.167	.267	.433	8
Fernando Osorio	48	44	44		5	2	0	1						.114	.114	.227	.341	10
Merlin Williams	36	46	46		5	1	0	0						.109	.109	.130	.239	6
Totals	1430	4566	4566	46	1256	244	53	47	59	0	0	0	0	.275	.275	.383	.658	1747	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Fernando Osorio	P	48					.000
Merlin Williams	P	36					.000
Bull Palica	P	36					.000
Fred Wollpert	P	31					.000
Rafael Rivas	P	30					.000
Larry Lassalle	P	28					.000
Frank Stewart	P	18					.000
Totals		227	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.

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