1959 Denver Bears Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 76-86
Finished 3rd in the AA's West Division
Manager: Stan Hack (76-86)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 161,127, Avg. 1,989

1959 Denver Bears Roster

The Denver Bears of the American Association ended the 1959 season with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.

The Bears led the league with 771 runs, powered by 110 home runs. Denver allowed 860 runs, most in the circuit. Jimmie McDaniel paced the squad with 24 home runs, while Bobby Malkmus, Gordie Windhorn and Henry Mitchell each walloped 15 or more as well. Henry Mitchell accounted for 85 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .323 average. John Gabler and Ed Donnelly paced the team with 14 wins each, and John Gabler recorded a 3.39 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Howie Judson, Harry Perkowski, Bill Bell, John Gabler, Virgil Jester, Mel Held, Bob Thorpe, Gordie Windhorn, Manny Montejo, Bob Oldis, Rance Pless, Jack Lamabe, Bobby Malkmus, Ed Winceniak, Stan Pitula, Johnny Schaive, Tony Bartirome and Ed Mayer were all players from the 1959 Denver Bears who played in the Majors during their careers.

Stan Hack 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
John Gabler	14	8	.636	3.39	26	26		13	0		194.0	222	87	73	13	39	1	95	6	1	5
Ed Donnelly	14	10	.583	3.54	31	31		17	3		229.0	237	104	90	19	70	3	95	11	0	3
Harry Perkowski	9	3	.750	4.99	47	5		2	0		92.0	101	54	51	10	43	5	63	1	0	7
Robert Walz	8	8	.500	3.04	48	1		0	0		77.0	78	33	26	8	23	6	41	2	0	6
Pete Mesa	7	5	.583	5.21	20	19		2	0		114.0	113	71	66	16	78	3	56	0	0	4
Harvey Cohen	7	18	.280	6.28	36	28		7	0		179.0	219	144	125	20	105	6	77	8	0	9
Stan Pitula	6	7	.462	4.87	19	18		7	1		133.0	154	79	72	16	35	5	66	2	0	2
Virgil Jester	3	2	.600	4.22	14	3		0	0		49.0	60	23	23	4	11	1	23	4	0	0
Howie Judson	3	9	.250	5.75	35	7		2	0		119.0	151	86	76	14	45	7	57	2	0	6
Kenneth Moursund	2	5	.286	5.61	13	11		0	0		69.0	90	50	43	8	30	0	45	1	0	1
Manny Montejo	1	0	1.000		9						0.0
John Stadnicki	1	1	.500	4.80	7	4		1	0		30.0	33	18	16	4	13	0	17	1	0	0
Angel Oliva	1	2	.333		11						0.0
Vern Rapp	0	0			5						0.0
Bill Bell	0	0			2						0.0
Mel Held	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Jack Lamabe	0	1	.000	8.18	4						11.0	19	15	10		12		3
Robert Sedlak	0	2	.000		3						0.0
Ed Mayer	0	4	.000	6.08	10	3		0	0		37.0	52	26	25	5	13	1	10	0	0	1
Totals	76	86	.469	4.70	344	156	0	51	4	0	1333.0	1529	790	696	137	517	38	648	38	1	44	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
Henry Mitchell	133	551	489	87	158	28	7	15	85	12		49	90	.323	.384	.501	.885	245		2	7	4	3
Gordie Windhorn	122	539	477	94	149	18	1	15	58	7		53	70	.312	.382	.449	.831	214		2	5	2	1
Bob Oldis	135	524	453	59	133	29	3	2	65	4		56	30	.294	.371	.384	.755	174		3	6	6	1
Bobby Malkmus	118	488	434	62	130	28	5	16	69	5		43	51	.300	.361	.498	.859	216		1	6	4	1
Rance Pless	131	492	441	48	107	19	3	14	72	2		36	74	.243	.301	.395	.695	174		4	3	8	4
Bill Davidson	131	518	456	53	104	13	3	1	41	4		55	38	.228	.317	.276	.593	126		5	0	2	7
John Jaciuk	93	377	346	34	92	11	1	0	31	1		25	28	.266	.314	.303	.617	105		0	4	2	2
Gene Hassell	101	366	306	51	87	8	0	0	20	10		58	16	.284	.397	.310	.708	95		0	1	1	3
Jimmie McDaniel	81	360	300	61	86	18	0	24	79	2		57	104	.287	.400	.587	.987	176		1	0	2	6
Bill Causion	75	316	282	42	85	18	4	5	37	10		31	45	.301	.371	.447	.818	126		1	1	1	4
Bob Thorpe	66	275	259	31	77	12	5	8	40	1		13	37	.297	.333	.475	.808	123		1	2	0	3
Tony Bartirome	56	254	222	48	67	10	4	0	28	6		24	6	.302	.363	.383	.745	85		0	3	5	0
Vern Rapp	89	247	212	18	53	10	3	4	31	0		32	29	.250	.350	.382	.732	81		1	1	1	5
Johnny Schaive	36	159	147	27	46	9	1	2	17	2		8	8	.313	.346	.429	.774	63		1	0	3	2
Ed Winceniak	30	134	125	9	31	3	1	0	6	0		7	7	.248	.286	.288	.574	36		0	1	1	1
Ed Donnelly	37	98	89	13	23	1	0	0	5	2		7	17	.258	.320	.270	.589	24		1	1	0	0
Arnie Hallgren	23	85	76	10	20	4	0	1	8	0		8	13	.263	.333	.355	.689	27		0	1	0	0
John Gabler	28	84	77	7	15	2	0	0	7	0		2	13	.195	.215	.221	.436	17		0	5	0	0
Stan Pitula	25	62	57	8	10	0	0	1	4	0		5	14	.175	.242	.228	.470	13		0	0	0	0
Harvey Cohen	36	68	62	3	10	1	0	1	5	0		4	24	.161	.212	.226	.438	14		0	2	0	0
Howie Judson	35	37	34	1	6	0	0	0	2	0		2	10	.176	.243	.176	.420	6		1	0	0	0
Harry Perkowski	48	34	32	1	5	0	0	1	3	0		1	15	.156	.182	.250	.432	8		0	1	0	0
Pete Mesa	20	45	40	2	5	1	0	0	1	0		2	14	.125	.167	.150	.317	6		0	3	0	0
Virgil Jester	14	16	12	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		4	4	.333	.500	.333	.833	4		0	0	0	0
Robert Walz	48	20	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	4	.111	.200	.111	.311	2		0	0	0	0
Kenneth Moursund	14	24	20	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		0	4	.100	.100	.100	.200	2		0	4	0	0
Robert Sedlak	3	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Angel Oliva	12	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	1	0	0
Ed Mayer	10	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0	0
John Stadnicki	7	8	8		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Mel Held	4	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Manny Montejo	10	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0	0
Jack Lamabe	4	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1775	6210	5500	772	1509	243	41	110	717	68	0	584	770	.274	.344	.393	.738	2164	0	24	60	42	43

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
John Jaciuk	1B	92	785	73	10	102	.988	9.326
Tony Bartirome	1B	55	490	28	5	59	.990	9.418
Rance Pless	1B	17	145	13	2	14	.988	9.294
Bobby Malkmus	2B	113	308	355	15	100	.978	5.867
Johnny Schaive	2B	36	111	117	12	33	.950	6.333
Gene Hassell	2B	16	31	51	3	10	.965	5.125
Rance Pless	3B	102	79	207	17	25	.944	2.804
Gene Hassell	3B	61	62	117	8	12	.957	2.934
Bob Oldis	C	124	560	72	2	5	.997	5.097	11
Vern Rapp	C	42	194	30	4	7	.982	5.333	3
Henry Mitchell	OF	122	271	15	5	7	.983	2.344
Gordie Windhorn	OF	121	265	8	7	1	.975	2.256
Jimmie McDaniel	OF	81	196	13	5	3	.977	2.580
Bill Causion	OF	73	149	9	3	3	.981	2.164
Bob Thorpe	OF	65	133	9	2	4	.986	2.185
Arnie Hallgren	OF	21	38	5	1	0	.977	2.048
Robert Walz	P	48	3	7	0	1	1.000	.208
Harry Perkowski	P	47	6	28	3	0	.919	.723
Harvey Cohen	P	36	11	26	2	3	.949	1.028
Howie Judson	P	35	11	16	1	1	.964	.771
Ed Donnelly	P	31	14	46	1	6	.984	1.935
John Gabler	P	26	14	22	1	2	.973	1.385
Pete Mesa	P	20	6	13	1	0	.950	.950
Stan Pitula	P	19	10	18	0	2	1.000	1.474
Virgil Jester	P	14	0	4	0	0	1.000	.286
Kenneth Moursund	P	13	2	6	1	1	.889	.615
Angel Oliva	P	11	1	5	0	0	1.000	.545
Ed Mayer	P	10	1	8	1	0	.900	.900
Manny Montejo	P	9						.000
John Stadnicki	P	7						.000
Vern Rapp	P	5						.000
Jack Lamabe	P	4						.000
Mel Held	P	4						.000
Robert Sedlak	P	3						.000
Bill Bell	P	2						.000
Bill Davidson	SS	131	228	388	34	92	.948	4.702
Ed Winceniak	SS	30	76	97	8	26	.956	5.767
Totals		1646	4200	1806	154	519	.975	3.649	14	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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