1965 Denver Bears Statistics
Team Record: 83-62
Finished 2nd in the PCL's East Division
Manager: Cal Ermer (83-62)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 187,518, Avg. 2,586
The Denver Bears of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1965 season with a record of 83 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Bears scored 731 runs, best in the league. Denver yielded 646 runs. Andy Kosco led the team with 27 home runs, while Bobo Osborne and Jay Ward walloped 15 or more also. Andy Kosco drove in 116 runs. Ted Uhlaender paced batters with significant playing time with a .340 average. Jim Merritt topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.13 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1965 Denver Bears who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bernie Allen, Jerry Fosnow, Marty Martínez, Jay Ward, César Tovar, Pete Cimino, Jim Ollom, Carroll Hardy, Jim Roland, Andy Kosco, Ron Henry, Art Fowler, Bill Whitby, Bobo Osborne, Ron Piché, Frank Quilici, Chuck Nieson, Ken Retzer, Garry Roggenburk, Ted Uhlaender, Jim Merritt, Johnny Goryl and Dwight Siebler.
Cal Ermer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Merritt | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.13 | 26 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 190.0 | 176 | 82 | 66 | 21 | 46 | 3 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Don Gregson | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4.09 | 39 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 176.0 | 191 | 94 | 80 | 21 | 53 | 8 | 114 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dwight Siebler | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.37 | 30 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 187.0 | 164 | 82 | 70 | 22 | 46 | 1 | 115 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Garry Roggenburk | 9 | 3 | .750 | 3.22 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 81.0 | 78 | 31 | 29 | 5 | 29 | 6 | 63 | 8 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Pete Cimino | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.70 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 90.0 | 73 | 46 | 37 | 11 | 44 | 7 | 91 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Chuck Nieson | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.37 | 49 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 134.0 | 128 | 72 | 65 | 13 | 58 | 7 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Jim Roland | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.81 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 156.0 | 163 | 81 | 66 | 14 | 71 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Art Fowler | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.95 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 82.0 | 96 | 43 | 36 | 7 | 25 | 9 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jerry Fosnow | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.14 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 44 | 31 | 24 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Jim Ollom | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.47 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 51.0 | 49 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Bobo Osborne | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Randolph | 1 | 3 | .250 | 9.78 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 35 | 26 | 25 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Ron Piché | 17 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Whitby | 0 | 0 | 5.62 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 80 | 59 | .576 | 3.81 | 361 | 139 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 1223.0 | 1209 | 616 | 518 | 127 | 427 | 45 | 904 | 28 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Uhlaender | 136 | 575 | 518 | 95 | 176 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 57 | 19 | 6 | 38 | 31 | .340 | .388 | .479 | .867 | 248 | 4 | 13 | 2 | ||
| Andy Kosco | 119 | 520 | 492 | 85 | 161 | 36 | 6 | 27 | 116 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 86 | .327 | .340 | .589 | .929 | 290 | 0 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Jay Ward | 134 | 519 | 480 | 63 | 136 | 35 | 2 | 15 | 75 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 94 | .283 | .321 | .458 | .779 | 220 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||
| César Tovar | 102 | 439 | 396 | 87 | 130 | 28 | 8 | 11 | 50 | 28 | 8 | 33 | 38 | .328 | .376 | .523 | .899 | 207 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Bobo Osborne | 134 | 544 | 461 | 78 | 125 | 24 | 3 | 19 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 125 | .271 | .376 | .460 | .836 | 212 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Johnny Goryl | 121 | 399 | 361 | 50 | 107 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 58 | .296 | .353 | .407 | .760 | 147 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Carroll Hardy | 124 | 405 | 350 | 56 | 105 | 21 | 4 | 14 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 70 | .300 | .389 | .503 | .891 | 176 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Marty Martínez | 131 | 437 | 386 | 47 | 95 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 69 | .246 | .314 | .306 | .620 | 118 | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Frank Quilici | 83 | 334 | 303 | 42 | 84 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 46 | .277 | .327 | .393 | .720 | 119 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Ken Retzer | 108 | 361 | 311 | 28 | 84 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 30 | .270 | .363 | .357 | .720 | 111 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Bernie Allen | 41 | 138 | 122 | 14 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 17 | .246 | .326 | .377 | .703 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ron Henry | 54 | 164 | 152 | 15 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 46 | .197 | .256 | .388 | .644 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dwight Siebler | 31 | 71 | 66 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | .167 | .179 | .167 | .346 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jim Roland | 30 | 63 | 56 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .179 | .220 | .232 | .452 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jim Merritt | 27 | 78 | 58 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 28 | .172 | .279 | .241 | .521 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Don Gregson | 48 | 72 | 68 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .132 | .157 | .176 | .334 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pete Cimino | 50 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .278 | .300 | .389 | .689 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Garry Roggenburk | 36 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .190 | .190 | .190 | .381 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Nieson | 53 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .111 | .158 | .167 | .325 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Randolph | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Suplizio | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .556 | .778 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Fosnow | 11 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Ollom | 8 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .067 | .125 | .067 | .192 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Art Fowler | 53 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .000 | .444 | .000 | .444 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill Whitby | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1652 | 5263 | 4702 | 689 | 1323 | 260 | 48 | 117 | 645 | 68 | 27 | 429 | 841 | .281 | .341 | .432 | .773 | 2030 | 0 | 17 | 74 | 41 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobo Osborne | 1B | 129 | 965 | 87 | 15 | 112 | .986 | 8.155 | ||||
| Frank Quilici | 2B | 70 | 153 | 161 | 4 | 41 | .987 | 4.486 | ||||
| Johnny Goryl | 2B | 46 | 106 | 85 | 4 | 21 | .979 | 4.152 | ||||
| Jay Ward | 2B | 32 | 77 | 82 | 5 | 21 | .970 | 4.969 | ||||
| Bernie Allen | 2B | 22 | 54 | 54 | 5 | 13 | .956 | 4.909 | ||||
| Jay Ward | 3B | 75 | 59 | 169 | 17 | 21 | .931 | 3.040 | ||||
| Johnny Goryl | 3B | 48 | 28 | 64 | 5 | 9 | .948 | 1.917 | ||||
| César Tovar | 3B | 31 | 22 | 43 | 10 | 7 | .867 | 2.097 | ||||
| Bernie Allen | 3B | 12 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 1 | .912 | 2.583 | ||||
| Ron Henry | C | 49 | 281 | 23 | 7 | 3 | .977 | 6.204 | 8 | |||
| Ted Uhlaender | OF | 132 | 265 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .985 | 2.045 | ||||
| Andy Kosco | OF | 113 | 228 | 10 | 8 | 1 | .967 | 2.106 | ||||
| Carroll Hardy | OF | 106 | 183 | 13 | 3 | 4 | .985 | 1.849 | ||||
| César Tovar | OF | 56 | 112 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .983 | 2.071 | ||||
| Jay Ward | OF | 28 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .949 | 1.321 | ||||
| Art Fowler | P | 53 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .340 | ||||
| Chuck Nieson | P | 49 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 2 | .886 | .633 | ||||
| Pete Cimino | P | 49 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .449 | ||||
| Don Gregson | P | 39 | 20 | 35 | 3 | 4 | .948 | 1.410 | ||||
| Garry Roggenburk | P | 35 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .952 | .571 | ||||
| Dwight Siebler | P | 30 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .966 | .933 | ||||
| Jim Roland | P | 29 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 3 | .852 | .793 | ||||
| Jim Merritt | P | 26 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .889 | .923 | ||||
| Jerry Fosnow | P | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
| John Randolph | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Ollom | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Whitby | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobo Osborne | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marty Martínez | SS | 123 | 155 | 276 | 25 | 56 | .945 | 3.504 | ||||
| Frank Quilici | SS | 26 | 32 | 72 | 5 | 11 | .954 | 4.000 | ||||
| César Tovar | SS | 13 | 6 | 29 | 5 | 4 | .875 | 2.692 | ||||
| Johnny Goryl | SS | 11 | 12 | 32 | 3 | 4 | .936 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1466 | 2847 | 1396 | 148 | 343 | .966 | 2.894 | 8 | 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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