1961 Denver Bears Statistics
Team Record: 75-73
Finished 3rd in the AA
Manager: Charlie Metro (75-73)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 142,746, Avg. 1,929
Playoffs - Louisville Colonels 4 games, Denver Bears 2
The Denver Bears of the American Association ended the 1961 season with a record of 75 wins and 73 losses, finishing third in the AA.
The Bears paced the league with 822 runs, spearheaded by 129 home runs. Denver surrendered 703 runs. Jimmie McDaniel walloped 30 home runs for the team, while Jay Porter swatted 15 or more, too. Jimmie McDaniel accounted for 114 RBI. Don Wert topped all regular batters with a .328 average. Gordon Seyfried led the team with 14 wins, and Ron Nischwitz recorded a 3.56 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1961 Denver Bears who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Harry Chiti, Don Wert, Frank Kostro, Dick Egan, Bob Dustal, Sandy Amorós, Manny Montejo, Ossie Álvarez, Purnal Goldy, Jerry Casale, Jay Porter, Bob Bruce, Dick McAuliffe, Jim Baumer, Gordon Seyfried, George Alusik, Larry Foster, Jackie Moore, Joe Grzenda, Doug Gallagher, Ron Nischwitz and Fred Gladding.
Charlie Metro 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Seyfried | 14 | 8 | .636 | 4.36 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 198.0 | 244 | 107 | 96 | 16 | 38 | 5 | 90 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Ron Nischwitz | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.56 | 28 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 182.0 | 206 | 84 | 72 | 10 | 44 | 0 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Wyman Carey | 8 | 8 | .500 | 5.28 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 109.0 | 120 | 73 | 64 | 11 | 65 | 3 | 74 | 2 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Ed Donnelly | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.60 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 141.0 | 167 | 86 | 72 | 14 | 44 | 0 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Fred Gladding | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.20 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 86.0 | 80 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Larry Foster | 6 | 14 | .300 | 4.19 | 31 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 144.0 | 145 | 85 | 67 | 4 | 91 | 1 | 113 | 4 | 1 | 16 | |||
| Al Pehanick | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.81 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 103.0 | 105 | 67 | 55 | 12 | 47 | 4 | 64 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Jerry Casale | 4 | 1 | .800 | 5.66 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 62.0 | 76 | 44 | 39 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Bob Dustal | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.55 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 70 | 29 | 26 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Joe Grzenda | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 89.0 | 96 | 42 | 33 | 8 | 37 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Bob Bruce | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.67 | 4 | 4 | 27.0 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 19 | 0 | |||||||||
| Manny Montejo | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.44 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 51 | 30 | 26 | 1 | 50 | 7 | 94 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Dick Egan | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.62 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 31 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Doug Gallagher | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.57 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| Totals | 75 | 73 | .507 | 4.13 | 322 | 150 | 0 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 1306.0 | 1427 | 703 | 599 | 94 | 509 | 26 | 807 | 37 | 2 | 68 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Wert | 137 | 583 | 519 | 89 | 170 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 75 | 6 | 44 | 49 | .328 | .379 | .476 | .855 | 247 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Jimmie McDaniel | 150 | 638 | 554 | 101 | 156 | 27 | 3 | 30 | 114 | 10 | 77 | 174 | .282 | .366 | .504 | .869 | 279 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Jim Baumer | 118 | 522 | 478 | 71 | 148 | 27 | 4 | 12 | 76 | 3 | 32 | 65 | .310 | .355 | .458 | .813 | 219 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Jay Porter | 137 | 536 | 470 | 71 | 133 | 23 | 6 | 19 | 77 | 3 | 60 | 55 | .283 | .364 | .479 | .843 | 225 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Sandy Amorós | 128 | 565 | 452 | 92 | 117 | 35 | 7 | 10 | 58 | 10 | 103 | 58 | .259 | .400 | .434 | .834 | 196 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| George Alusik | 102 | 436 | 379 | 70 | 113 | 27 | 1 | 14 | 81 | 1 | 41 | 26 | .298 | .369 | .485 | .854 | 184 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Dick McAuliffe | 64 | 301 | 269 | 68 | 95 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 31 | 4 | 30 | 35 | .353 | .418 | .565 | .983 | 152 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jay Cooke | 116 | 432 | 360 | 71 | 88 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 53 | 3 | 67 | 74 | .244 | .361 | .364 | .725 | 131 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Jim Hughes | 85 | 292 | 275 | 32 | 75 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 2 | 15 | 54 | .273 | .309 | .378 | .687 | 104 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Harry Chiti | 51 | 195 | 177 | 23 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 24 | .294 | .345 | .463 | .809 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Frank Kostro | 73 | 216 | 184 | 24 | 50 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 24 | 31 | .272 | .360 | .402 | .762 | 74 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Purnal Goldy | 40 | 151 | 141 | 23 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 24 | .305 | .351 | .454 | .805 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ossie Álvarez | 43 | 147 | 132 | 18 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 12 | .250 | .308 | .295 | .603 | 39 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jackie Moore | 43 | 152 | 134 | 8 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 14 | .239 | .329 | .261 | .590 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jesse Queen | 19 | 83 | 64 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 11 | .406 | .537 | .516 | 1.052 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alfred Paschal | 20 | 93 | 83 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .253 | .276 | .337 | .613 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ed Donnelly | 23 | 62 | 56 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .250 | .300 | .268 | .568 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Seyfried | 30 | 81 | 69 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 22 | .203 | .282 | .333 | .615 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ron Nischwitz | 28 | 77 | 70 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 23 | .186 | .237 | .271 | .508 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wyman Carey | 31 | 47 | 39 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .231 | .348 | .282 | .630 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Foster | 31 | 50 | 41 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .220 | .250 | .244 | .494 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Casale | 14 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .250 | .300 | .464 | .764 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Gladding | 17 | 36 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .125 | .176 | .125 | .301 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Bruce | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Manny Montejo | 41 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .133 | .133 | .267 | .400 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Egan | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Dustal | 34 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .091 | .286 | .091 | .377 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Pehanick | 41 | 31 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .040 | .111 | .040 | .151 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Grzenda | 17 | 32 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .036 | .067 | .036 | .102 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Doug Gallagher | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1651 | 5835 | 5103 | 822 | 1430 | 258 | 61 | 129 | 756 | 50 | 0 | 601 | 854 | .280 | .356 | .431 | .787 | 2197 | 0 | 28 | 56 | 47 | 44 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Cooke | 1B | 102 | 925 | 28 | 11 | 93 | .989 | 9.343 | ||||
| Jay Porter | 1B | 56 | 476 | 30 | 1 | 49 | .998 | 9.036 | ||||
| Jim Baumer | 2B | 118 | 316 | 352 | 23 | 91 | .967 | 5.661 | ||||
| Alfred Paschal | 2B | 20 | 54 | 40 | 4 | 16 | .959 | 4.700 | ||||
| Jim Hughes | 2B | 15 | 36 | 48 | 3 | 18 | .966 | 5.600 | ||||
| Don Wert | 3B | 132 | 102 | 308 | 27 | 25 | .938 | 3.106 | ||||
| Jim Hughes | 3B | 19 | 11 | 41 | 1 | 3 | .981 | 2.737 | ||||
| Jay Porter | C | 71 | 379 | 34 | 4 | 3 | .990 | 5.817 | 9 | |||
| Harry Chiti | C | 47 | 290 | 22 | 4 | 3 | .987 | 6.638 | 6 | |||
| Jackie Moore | C | 40 | 218 | 26 | 3 | 4 | .988 | 6.100 | 3 | |||
| Jimmie McDaniel | OF | 146 | 220 | 12 | 13 | 2 | .947 | 1.589 | ||||
| Sandy Amorós | OF | 123 | 260 | 10 | 6 | 2 | .978 | 2.195 | ||||
| George Alusik | OF | 102 | 183 | 10 | 9 | 1 | .955 | 1.892 | ||||
| Purnal Goldy | OF | 35 | 48 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .942 | 1.400 | ||||
| Frank Kostro | OF | 34 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .933 | 1.235 | ||||
| Jesse Queen | OF | 18 | 47 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .940 | 2.611 | ||||
| Al Pehanick | P | 41 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 1 | .852 | .561 | ||||
| Manny Montejo | P | 41 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .366 | ||||
| Bob Dustal | P | 34 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .353 | ||||
| Larry Foster | P | 31 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .906 | .935 | ||||
| Wyman Carey | P | 31 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 1 | .909 | .968 | ||||
| Gordon Seyfried | P | 30 | 13 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Ron Nischwitz | P | 28 | 3 | 42 | 4 | 2 | .918 | 1.607 | ||||
| Ed Donnelly | P | 22 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 1 | .977 | 1.909 | ||||
| Joe Grzenda | P | 17 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .941 | .941 | ||||
| Fred Gladding | P | 17 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.118 | ||||
| Dick Egan | P | 13 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .692 | ||||
| Jerry Casale | P | 12 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .917 | ||||
| Dick McAuliffe | SS | 64 | 106 | 227 | 24 | 49 | .933 | 5.203 | ||||
| Jim Hughes | SS | 38 | 57 | 117 | 10 | 28 | .946 | 4.579 | ||||
| Ossie Álvarez | SS | 38 | 73 | 106 | 10 | 13 | .947 | 4.711 | ||||
| Frank Kostro | SS | 15 | 29 | 44 | 4 | 7 | .948 | 4.867 | ||||
| Totals | 1550 | 3919 | 1708 | 184 | 423 | .968 | 3.630 | 18 | 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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