1968 Denver Bears Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 73-72
Finished 4th in the PCL's East Division
Manager: Johnny Goryl (0-0), Billy Martin (0-0)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 187,159, Avg. 2,582

1968 Denver Bears Roster

The Denver Bears of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1968 season with a record of 73 wins and 72 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.

The Bears scored 655 runs and conceded 668 runs, most in the circuit.

Players from the 1968 Denver Bears who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ron Keller, Pat Kelly, George Mitterwald, Bob Oliver, Rick Renick, Dick Woodson, Jackie Hernández, Marv Breeding, Chuck Nieson, Tom Hall, Bill Whitby, Joe Grzenda, Danny Napoleon, Jay Ward, Danny Morris, Johnnie Seale, Tom Fletcher, Joe Gaines, Jim Ollom, Tom Tischinski, Art Fowler, Graig Nettles, Jerry Crider, Ron Theobald and Carroll Hardy.

Johnny Goryl and Billy Martin 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
Jerry Crider	18	10	.643	3.86	39	34		13	3		245.0	251	123	105	21	53	4	141	6	1	2
Danny Morris	16	15	.516	3.94	34	33		12	1		240.0	231	120	105	17	69	6	117	2	0	7
Bill Whitby	7	9	.438	4.26	27	22		6	1		129.0	133	69	61	11	54	7	88	3	0	6
Ron Keller	6	7	.462	3.87	21	18		3	0		121.0	133	62	52	10	52	4	54	2	0	6
Bob Radovich	5	3	.625	3.73	46	0		0	0		82.0	92	44	34	4	22	5	40	2	0	2
Joe Grzenda	5	8	.385	3.14	56	0		0	0		86.0	81	34	30	5	30	4	60	3	0	1
Tom Hall	4	1	.800	2.81	7	6		5	0		48.0	47	18	15	0	12	0	35	1	0	0
Dick Woodson	2	0	1.000	0.50	2	2		2	1		18.0	8	1	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	1
Del Hill	2	1	.667	6.00	8	0		0	0		12.0	11	8	8	1	8	1	3	1	0	3
Chuck Nieson	2	3	.400	5.49	11	7		2	1		41.0	46	27	25	10	19	4	20	0	0	4
Jim Ollom	2	9	.182	8.24	20	14		2	0		71.0	102	77	65	10	31	2	37	7	0	10
Art Fowler	1	1	.500	1.93	28	2		0	0		56.0	45	14	12	1	11	1	43	1	0	1
Tom Fletcher	1	1	.500	3.18	5	4		0	0		17.0	21	11	6	1	8	0	8	4	0	2
Johnnie Seale	1	1	.500	6.58	23	1		0	0		26.0	35	21	19	4	14	1	27	1	0	2
John Randolph	1	1	.500	8.28	8	2		0	0		25.0	28	23	23	5	23	3	16	2	0	2
Ron Lea					13						0.0
Totals	73	70	.510	4.15	348	145	0	45	7	0	1217.0	1264	652	561	100	407	42	695	35	1	49	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
Bob Oliver	137	551	515	71	153	31	8	20	93	17	8	24	94	.297	.327	.505	.832	260		3	0	9
Graig Nettles	130	526	451	84	134	17	12	22	83	5	0	66	82	.297	.386	.534	.920	241		3	0	6
Pat Kelly	108	457	396	70	121	21	4	3	31	38	4	57	53	.306	.395	.402	.796	159		2	1	1
Jim Mooring	127	446	402	54	114	26	3	8	43	9	2	36	57	.284	.349	.423	.772	170		5	2	1
Jay Ward	134	475	424	61	111	22	4	22	80	0	0	39	98	.262	.327	.488	.815	207		4	4	4
George Mitterwald	99	372	341	50	91	25	4	9	56	3	2	26	86	.267	.323	.443	.765	151		3	0	2
Jim Glover	101	342	324	32	88	6	6	2	29	2	0	11	40	.272	.295	.346	.640	112		0	6	1
Ron Theobald	94	326	285	38	72	15	2	0	25	3	2	32	25	.253	.328	.319	.647	91		1	6	2
Rick Renick	75	311	279	41	69	12	1	10	28	2	0	25	66	.247	.313	.405	.718	113		2	4	1
Tom Tischinski	89	303	262	26	67	12	0	6	31	2	1	28	62	.256	.341	.370	.711	97		7	4	2
Joe Solimine	83	225	197	31	55	7	1	2	19	4	2	24	29	.279	.357	.355	.712	70		1	1	2
Jackie Hernández	51	193	181	24	52	6	1	2	16	13	3	10	29	.287	.328	.365	.693	66		1	1	0
Jerry Crider	43	107	101	9	25	5	0	1	11	0	0	4	18	.248	.276	.327	.603	33		0	2	0
Danny Morris	35	93	87	5	11	1	0	0	6	0	0	5	37	.126	.183	.138	.321	12		1	0	0
Ron Keller	23	43	38	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	.211	.268	.211	.479	8		0	2	0
Bill Whitby	28	48	44	4	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	16	.182	.250	.182	.432	8		0	0	0
Chuck Weatherspoon	8	21	20	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.100	.143	.150	.293	3		0	0	0
Jim Ollom	20	23	22	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	.091	.091	.136	.227	3		0	1	0
Johnnie Seale	23	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0
Chuck Nieson	12	16	12	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	.083	.214	.083	.298	1		0	2	0
Tom Hall	7	18	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.062	.167	.062	.229	1		0	0	0
Bob Radovich	46	19	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	.059	.158	.059	.217	1		0	0	0
Joe Grzenda	56	25	22	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	15	.045	.125	.045	.170	1		0	1	0
Tom Fletcher	5	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Art Fowler	28	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.111	.000	.111	0		0	1	0
Del Hill	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
John Randolph	8	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	0	0
Dick Woodson	2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1580	4974	4467	608	1188	208	46	107	559	98	24	405	874	.266	.329	.405	.734	1809	0	33	38	31	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jim Mooring	1B	112	945	76	14	107	.986	9.116
Jay Ward	1B	26	137	12	1	3	.993	5.731
Joe Solimine	1B	11	73	2	1	2	.987	6.818
Bob Oliver	1B	9	78	8	2	8	.977	9.556
Tom Tischinski	1B	6	35	2	2	3	.949	6.167
Chuck Weatherspoon	1B	2	4	1	0	0	1.000	2.500
Graig Nettles	1B	1	7	0	0	1	1.000	7.000
Ron Theobald	2B	74	141	175	15	37	.955	4.270
Jim Glover	2B	68	125	179	10	44	.968	4.471
Jay Ward	2B	8	24	19	0	7	1.000	5.375
Tom Tischinski	2B	1	1	1	0	1	1.000	2.000
Graig Nettles	3B	118	100	265	17	20	.955	3.093
Jay Ward	3B	22	23	35	5	4	.921	2.636
Ron Theobald	3B	10	2	7	3	1	.750	.900
Bob Oliver	3B	3	1	5	1	0	.857	2.000
Jim Glover	3B	2	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.500
Tom Tischinski	C	77	365	51	5	10	.988	5.403	7
George Mitterwald	C	75	385	48	11	10	.975	5.773	13
Chuck Weatherspoon	C	3	11	1	1	0	.923	4.000	0
Bob Oliver	OF	124	290	13	5	2	.984	2.444
Pat Kelly	OF	107	276	14	9	3	.970	2.710
Jay Ward	OF	70	98	6	6	2	.945	1.486
Joe Solimine	OF	50	62	4	2	0	.971	1.320
Graig Nettles	OF	21	18	1	0	0	1.000	.905
George Mitterwald	OF	21	27	3	1	0	.968	1.429
Rick Renick	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jim Glover	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Chuck Weatherspoon	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Danny Morris	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Carroll Hardy	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Joe Grzenda	P	56	2	27	1	3	.967	.518
Bob Radovich	P	46	4	11	1	0	.938	.326
Jerry Crider	P	39	20	24	0	1	1.000	1.128
Danny Morris	P	34	16	43	4	0	.937	1.735
Art Fowler	P	28	4	2	0	1	1.000	.214
Bill Whitby	P	27	7	19	1	3	.963	.963
Johnnie Seale	P	23	0	9	0	0	1.000	.391
Ron Keller	P	21	14	26	3	2	.930	1.905
Jim Ollom	P	20	1	9	3	0	.769	.500
Ron Lea	P	13						.000
Chuck Nieson	P	11	5	5	1	0	.909	.909
John Randolph	P	8	0	2	0	0	1.000	.250
Del Hill	P	8	0	1	0	0	1.000	.125
Tom Hall	P	7	1	3	1	0	.800	.571
Tom Fletcher	P	5	0	2	0	0	1.000	.400
Dick Woodson	P	2	3	3	0	1	1.000	3.000
Rick Renick	SS	72	125	231	18	46	.952	4.944
Jackie Hernández	SS	51	88	203	15	29	.951	5.706
Jim Glover	SS	19	33	56	3	16	.967	4.684
Jay Ward	SS	8	10	29	1	6	.975	4.875
Totals		1526	3565	1635	163	373	.970	3.408	20	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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