1969 Denver Bears Statistics
Team Record: 58-82
Finished 6th in the AA
Manager: Don Heffner (58-82)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 175,329, Avg. 2,505
The Denver Bears of the American Association ended the 1969 season with a record of 58 wins and 82 losses, finishing sixth in the AA.
The Bears tallied 679 runs, worst in the circuit, and conceded 858 runs, most in the league. Jim Holt paced Denver with 11 home runs and recorded 87 runs batted in, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .336 average. Dick Estelle topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 4.66 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1969 Denver Bears who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Darrell Brandon, Mel Nelson, Minnie Mendoza, Danny Morris, John Sevcik, Jim Holt, Nick Willhite, Paul Powell, Ron Clark, Bruce Look, Rick Renick, Bill Whitby, Bob Perry, Garland Shifflett, Dick Estelle, Jerry Crider, Cotton Nash, Bill Davis, Bill Kelso, Herman Hill, Ron Theobald, Larry Elliot, Frank Kostro, Dick Egan and Jim Ollom.
Don Heffner 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dick Estelle | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4.66 | 34 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 170.0 | 222 | 110 | 88 | 13 | 75 | 9 | 98 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||
Danny Morris | 9 | 9 | .500 | 5.81 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 155.0 | 197 | 112 | 100 | 11 | 50 | 2 | 91 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||
Jerry Hudgins | 8 | 13 | .381 | 4.95 | 33 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 151.0 | 169 | 97 | 83 | 18 | 73 | 3 | 91 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
Garland Shifflett | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.66 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 110.0 | 133 | 72 | 57 | 7 | 44 | 4 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
Darrell Brandon | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.17 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 54.0 | 61 | 30 | 19 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
Jerry Crider | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 49 | 28 | 27 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
Bob Radovich | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7.38 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50.0 | 76 | 43 | 41 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
Jose Paredes | 2 | 9 | .182 | 6.77 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 97.0 | 144 | 86 | 73 | 8 | 50 | 3 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Nick Willhite | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 10.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gale Kennedy | 1 | 7 | .125 | 8.72 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 65.0 | 100 | 71 | 63 | 7 | 35 | 5 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
Mel Nelson | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Dick Egan | 25 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bill Kelso | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bill Whitby | 15 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Jim Ollom | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.0 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
Jim Jenkins | 0 | 0 | 7.77 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 26 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
Rich Peterson | 0 | 0 | 8.42 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 55 | 34 | 29 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
Totals | 48 | 65 | .425 | 5.70 | 322 | 117 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 21 | 971.0 | 1259 | 720 | 615 | 96 | 419 | 28 | 575 | 35 | 3 | 55 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minnie Mendoza | 139 | 615 | 582 | 97 | 194 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 31 | .333 | .365 | .380 | .745 | 221 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
Jim Holt | 139 | 578 | 535 | 98 | 180 | 37 | 12 | 11 | 87 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 63 | .336 | .377 | .512 | .889 | 274 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
Herman Hill | 135 | 607 | 560 | 90 | 168 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 31 | 16 | 37 | 84 | .300 | .346 | .398 | .744 | 223 | 3 | 6 | 1 | ||
Jim Glover | 108 | 432 | 403 | 45 | 124 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 37 | .308 | .336 | .377 | .714 | 152 | 0 | 4 | 5 | ||
Ron Theobald | 96 | 373 | 317 | 43 | 93 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 48 | 24 | .293 | .390 | .328 | .718 | 104 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
Bruce Look | 106 | 353 | 305 | 35 | 68 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 45 | .223 | .316 | .285 | .601 | 87 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
Frank Kostro | 57 | 240 | 206 | 35 | 64 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 16 | .311 | .392 | .476 | .867 | 98 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
Cotton Nash | 53 | 232 | 192 | 30 | 60 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 38 | .312 | .427 | .516 | .942 | 99 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Jim Mooring | 64 | 253 | 226 | 33 | 56 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 36 | .248 | .316 | .425 | .741 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Jim Jenkins | 73 | 217 | 205 | 18 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 30 | .234 | .276 | .298 | .574 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Clark | 60 | 235 | 200 | 23 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 30 | .225 | .335 | .285 | .620 | 57 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
John Sevcik | 54 | 178 | 162 | 27 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 23 | .265 | .328 | .327 | .655 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bob Perry | 45 | 172 | 156 | 18 | 41 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 40 | .263 | .320 | .474 | .794 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Paul Powell | 20 | 73 | 72 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | .222 | .219 | .236 | .455 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Chuck Weatherspoon | 28 | 85 | 72 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 25 | .139 | .259 | .167 | .425 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
Rick Renick | 6 | 28 | 25 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .360 | .429 | .520 | .949 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Danny Morris | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jose Paredes | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rich Peterson | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gale Kennedy | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Garland Shifflett | 44 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Dick Estelle | 34 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1363 | 4685 | 4230 | 614 | 1220 | 181 | 44 | 51 | 531 | 53 | 41 | 380 | 551 | .288 | .348 | .388 | .737 | 1642 | 0 | 25 | 21 | 29 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Mooring | 1B | 58 | 434 | 32 | 8 | 56 | .983 | 8.034 | ||||
Frank Kostro | 1B | 21 | 149 | 11 | 3 | 22 | .982 | 7.619 | ||||
Larry Elliot | 1B | 18 | 104 | 7 | 1 | 11 | .991 | 6.167 | ||||
Jim Holt | 1B | 8 | 65 | 3 | 1 | 7 | .986 | 8.500 | ||||
Chuck Weatherspoon | 1B | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
Cotton Nash | 1B | 2 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .864 | 9.500 | ||||
Jim Jenkins | 1B | 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 8.500 | ||||
John Sevcik | 1B | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
Ron Theobald | 2B | 94 | 197 | 285 | 18 | 77 | .964 | 5.128 | ||||
Jim Glover | 2B | 43 | 97 | 132 | 8 | 34 | .966 | 5.326 | ||||
Ron Clark | 2B | 7 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 5.143 | ||||
Jim Jenkins | 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
Minnie Mendoza | 3B | 65 | 51 | 121 | 6 | 15 | .966 | 2.646 | ||||
Jim Glover | 3B | 51 | 38 | 92 | 5 | 15 | .963 | 2.549 | ||||
Jim Jenkins | 3B | 17 | 8 | 28 | 4 | 2 | .900 | 2.118 | ||||
Jim Holt | 3B | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .857 | 2.000 | ||||
Ron Clark | 3B | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
Frank Kostro | 3B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
Bruce Look | C | 101 | 541 | 60 | 6 | 10 | .990 | 5.950 | 7 | |||
John Sevcik | C | 53 | 245 | 30 | 5 | 5 | .982 | 5.189 | 4 | |||
Herman Hill | OF | 135 | 341 | 15 | 12 | 3 | .967 | 2.637 | ||||
Jim Holt | OF | 123 | 219 | 27 | 6 | 7 | .976 | 2.000 | ||||
Bob Perry | OF | 39 | 70 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .912 | 1.872 | ||||
Frank Kostro | OF | 29 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.690 | ||||
Paul Powell | OF | 19 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.105 | ||||
Jim Jenkins | OF | 16 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 1.438 | ||||
Chuck Weatherspoon | OF | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 1.444 | ||||
Rick Renick | OF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
Cotton Nash | OF | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
Jim Mooring | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Garland Shifflett | P | 40 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .909 | .750 | ||||
Jose Paredes | P | 36 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .389 | ||||
Dick Estelle | P | 34 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .893 | .735 | ||||
Jerry Hudgins | P | 33 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .485 | ||||
Bob Radovich | P | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .241 | ||||
Danny Morris | P | 26 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .912 | 1.192 | ||||
Dick Egan | P | 25 | .000 | |||||||||
Gale Kennedy | P | 21 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .429 | ||||
Rich Peterson | P | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .294 | ||||
Bill Whitby | P | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
Mel Nelson | P | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
Darrell Brandon | P | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.500 | ||||
Jim Ollom | P | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
Jim Jenkins | P | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
Jerry Crider | P | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 1.833 | ||||
Bill Kelso | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Nick Willhite | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
Minnie Mendoza | SS | 72 | 126 | 236 | 22 | 51 | .943 | 5.028 | ||||
Ron Clark | SS | 46 | 98 | 124 | 12 | 37 | .949 | 4.826 | ||||
Jim Jenkins | SS | 15 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 5 | .852 | 3.467 | ||||
Jim Glover | SS | 6 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 4 | .903 | 4.667 | ||||
Rick Renick | SS | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
Totals | 1402 | 3080 | 1417 | 164 | 381 | .965 | 3.208 | 11 | 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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