1964 Denver Bears Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 80-78
Finished 4th in the PCL's East Division
Manager: Bill Adair (80-78)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 139,200, Avg. 1,762

1964 Denver Bears Roster

The Denver Bears of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1964 season with a record of 80 wins and 78 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.

The Bears plated 748 runs and allowed 692 runs. Tommie Aaron paced Denver with 21 home runs, while Jimmie Coker and Lou Klimchock walloped 15 or more, too. Lou Klimchock drove in 112 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .334 average. Larry Maxie and Phil Niekro led the squad with 11 wins each, and Phil Niekro recorded a 3.45 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1964 Denver Bears who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Sandy Alomar, Gary Kolb, Eddie Haas, Jacke Davis, Purnal Goldy, Frank Funk, Ernie Bowman, Wade Blasingame, Jay Hook, Jay Porter, Cecil Butler, George Kopacz, Dennis Ribant, Dan Schneider, John Braun, Lou Klimchock, Bubba Morton, Clay Carroll, Elio Chacón, Bill Kunkel, Dick Kelley, Don Buddin, Tommie Aaron, Jimmie Coker, Phil Niekro, Phil Roof, Pat House, Jack Smith, Ethan Blackaby, Larry Maxie and Herb Hippauf.

Bill Adair 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
Phil Niekro	11	5	.688	3.45	29	21		13	1		172.0	172	79	66	19	45	3	119	3	0	7
Larry Maxie	11	9	.550	3.86	33	26		6	1		161.0	171	81	69	20	47	0	106	7	0	4
Dennis Ribant	8	2	.800	3.52	30	14		4	2		120.0	129	57	47	14	23	5	114	0	0	1
Clay Carroll	8	8	.500	3.47	21	20		5	0		127.0	129	56	49	7	35	1	87	2	1	5
Carl Greene	8	9	.471	4.67	36	12		2	0		135.0	147	74	70	9	27	6	118	8	0	4
John Braun	6	5	.545	4.95	41	0		0	0		60.0	60	36	33	9	24	6	62	3	0	1
Cecil Butler	6	9	.400	3.68	30	20		4	3		115.0	102	63	47	15	71	3	81	6	1	8
Jay Hook	5	6	.455	4.86	24	18		4	1		100.0	125	61	54	7	25	2	64	5	0	7
Wade Blasingame	4	5	.444	3.26	11	10		5	0		69.0	66	31	25	5	32	0	51	2	0	0
Dan Schneider	3	0	1.000	4.62	8	6		0	0		37.0	52	22	19	5	13	0	18	0	0	0
Frank Funk	3	4	.429	4.42	24	0		0	0		53.0	43	28	26	7	15	3	48	1	0	0
Bill Kunkel	3	5	.375	3.68	29	2		0	0		66.0	55	30	27	8	24	5	49	0	0	2
Jack Smith	3	6	.333	2.90	33	0		0	0		59.0	54	23	19	3	25	3	36	3	0	1
Herb Hippauf	1	5	.167	4.97	20	8		0	0		58.0	63	33	32	6	35	2	39	3	0	7
Gail Thomas					2						0.0
Pat House	0	0		3.75	8	1		0	0		12.0	16	6	5	0	2	0	13	0	0	2
David Fracaro	0	0		7.00	7	0		0	0		9.0	11	7	7	0	7	1	10	1	0	7
Dick Kelley	0	0		9.00	5	0		0	0		2.0	4	2	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
Totals	80	78	.506	3.97	391	158	0	43	8	0	1355.0	1399	689	597	134	451	41	1016	44	2	56	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
Lou Klimchock	153	625	569	90	190	38	13	19	112	3	1	52	35	.334	.390	.547	.937	311		2	0	2
Sandy Alomar	154	662	620	86	163	18	22	3	40	20	14	31	110	.263	.298	.377	.676	234		2	5	4
Bubba Morton	149	605	518	89	157	33	9	9	79	5	3	73	83	.303	.390	.454	.843	235		5	2	7
Tommie Aaron	152	614	553	103	153	28	11	21	86	5	1	56	85	.277	.344	.481	.825	266		2	1	2
Ethan Blackaby	144	560	482	79	116	25	10	10	52	6	6	65	88	.241	.340	.396	.736	191		8	4	1
Jimmie Coker	112	431	372	55	103	17	3	16	70	1	1	45	65	.277	.353	.468	.821	174		3	3	8
Ernie Bowman	125	464	431	48	100	9	5	3	32	5	3	23	74	.232	.270	.297	.567	128		1	5	4
Purnal Goldy	127	410	380	41	93	13	2	8	57	0	1	22	84	.245	.291	.353	.644	134		4	1	3
Gary Kolb	52	208	185	24	52	5	3	2	17	10	6	22	44	.281	.361	.373	.734	69		1	0	0
Elio Chacón	39	175	154	32	45	13	0	0	11	4	0	18	23	.292	.370	.377	.747	58		1	2	0
Phil Roof	74	246	218	24	41	8	1	4	28	2	1	21	60	.188	.272	.289	.561	63		5	0	2
Jay Porter	48	158	128	25	35	7	1	5	21	0	0	26	21	.273	.392	.461	.853	59		1	0	3
Eddie Haas	79	142	113	7	24	4	0	3	20	0	0	26	28	.212	.359	.327	.687	37		1	0	2
George Kopacz	17	56	52	8	14	2	1	1	6	1	0	3	9	.269	.309	.404	.713	21		0	1	0
Phil Niekro	32	69	63	7	14	2	1	0	11	0	0	0	19	.222	.219	.286	.504	18		0	5	1
Carl Greene	38	55	47	5	10	3	0	1	9	0	0	4	23	.213	.275	.340	.615	16		0	4	0
Wade Blasingame	11	31	29	2	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	.310	.355	.379	.734	11		1	0	0
Jay Hook	24	38	28	2	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	6	9	.214	.353	.214	.567	6		0	4	0
Larry Maxie	33	61	52	4	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	5	28	.096	.203	.154	.357	8		2	2	0
Dan Schneider	14	13	13	2	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	.308	.308	.308	.615	4		0	0	0
Jack Smith	33	13	12	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	.250	.250	.250	.500	3		0	1	0
Herb Hippauf	21	21	19	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.158	.200	.158	.358	3		0	1	0
Dennis Ribant	36	43	37	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.081	.128	.081	.209	3		1	4	0
Clay Carroll	24	49	46	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	.065	.085	.065	.150	3		1	2	0
John Braun	41	11	10	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.200	.273	.200	.473	2		0	0	0
Cecil Butler	32	45	38	1	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	26	.053	.140	.053	.192	2		0	2	1
Butler Powell	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0
David Fracaro	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Frank Funk	24	18	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.000	.059	.000	.059	0		0	1	0
Bill Kunkel	29	19	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Pat House	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		0	0	0
Totals	1834	5847	5207	743	1351	227	82	106	677	62	37	508	990	.259	.328	.396	.723	2060	0	41	51	40	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Tommie Aaron	1B	121	1015	68	6	102	.994	8.950
Phil Roof	1B	15	102	11	3	9	.974	7.533
George Kopacz	1B	15	103	3	0	9	1.000	7.067
Jay Porter	1B	1	132	7	2	14	.986	139.000
Ernie Bowman	2B	109	208	286	18	74	.965	4.532
Elio Chacón	2B	34	85	92	3	23	.983	5.206
Tommie Aaron	2B	21	42	28	2	7	.972	3.333
Lou Klimchock	3B	147	125	270	14	30	.966	2.687
Jimmie Coker	C	103	706	60	8	11	.990	7.437	16
Phil Roof	C	49	287	28	1	4	.997	6.429	8
Jay Porter	C	11	65	9	1	1	.987	6.727	1
Bubba Morton	OF	147	215	6	9	1	.961	1.503
Ethan Blackaby	OF	141	273	8	7	1	.976	1.993
Purnal Goldy	OF	117	168	5	10	0	.945	1.479
Gary Kolb	OF	50	115	5	2	0	.984	2.400
Eddie Haas	OF	35	34	1	1	0	.972	1.000
Jay Porter	OF	11	15	0	1	0	.938	1.364
Tommie Aaron	OF	10	9	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
John Braun	P	41	3	11	1	0	.933	.341
Carl Greene	P	36	7	17	3	2	.889	.667
Jack Smith	P	33	3	17	1	2	.952	.606
Larry Maxie	P	33	8	19	2	3	.931	.818
Dennis Ribant	P	30	8	24	2	0	.941	1.067
Cecil Butler	P	30	4	12	3	1	.842	.533
Phil Niekro	P	29	9	24	1	0	.971	1.138
Bill Kunkel	P	29	2	7	2	0	.818	.310
Jay Hook	P	24	6	11	3	0	.850	.708
Frank Funk	P	24	1	7	0	0	1.000	.333
Clay Carroll	P	21	6	23	1	2	.967	1.381
Herb Hippauf	P	20	2	17	1	2	.950	.950
Wade Blasingame	P	11	3	12	1	0	.938	1.364
Dan Schneider	P	8						.000
Pat House	P	8						.000
David Fracaro	P	7						.000
Dick Kelley	P	5						.000
Gail Thomas	P	2						.000
Sandy Alomar	SS	152	235	476	42	92	.944	4.678
Ernie Bowman	SS	10	8	26	1	5	.971	3.400
Totals		1690	4004	1591	152	395	.974	3.311	25	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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