1970 Denver Bears Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 70-69
Finished 1st in the AA's West Division
Manager: Whitey Kurowski (0-0), Dick Gernert (0-0)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 175,746, Avg. 2,529

1970 Denver Bears Roster

Playoffs - Omaha Royals 4 games, Denver Bears 1

The Denver Bears of the American Association ended the 1970 season with a record of 70 wins and 69 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.

The Bears plated 668 runs and surrendered 684 runs, most in the league. Jeff Burroughs and Gene Martin paced Denver with 17 home runs apiece., and Dick Billings walloped 15 or more, too. Jeff Burroughs accounted for 71 RBI. Joe Patterson led all regular batters with a .306 average. Cisco Carlos topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.4 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Bob Humphreys, Bill Whitby, Jan Dukes, Tom Ragland, Lenny Randle, Merritt Ranew, Pat House, Gene Martin, Jackie Brown, Charlie Walters, Elvio Jiménez, Cisco Carlos, Tom Grieve, Lou Klimchock, Art Fowler, Dick Nen, Dick Smith, Don Castle, Rick Henninger, Mike Thompson, Dick Such, Dave Nelson, Dick Billings, Jim Miles, Ron Theobald, Jeff Burroughs, Jim Mason and Ron Law were all players from the 1970 Denver Bears who played in the Majors during their careers.

Whitey Kurowski and Dick Gernert 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
Cisco Carlos	13	9	.591	3.40	32	28		9	0	1	204.0	212	102	77	12	62	4	103	5	1	5
Ron Law	12	13	.480	4.38	32	27		8	1	0	189.0	203	104	92	14	67	8	119	8	0	4
Woody Woodson	10	10	.500	4.36	39	23		3	0	2	157.0	169	91	76	10	73	6	92	3	0	5
Art Fowler	9	5	.643	1.59	45	0		0	0	15	68.0	67	22	12	0	16	6	30	0	0	3
Jackie Brown	6	1	.857	2.54	12	9		3	1	0	71.0	68	24	20	5	27	2	56	0	0	4
Jan Dukes	5	7	.417	4.10	28	14		2	0	2	112.0	127	70	51	6	26	1	65	4	0	1
Rick Henninger	3	3	.500	2.42	9	7		3	2	0	52.0	46	19	14	2	16	1	38	0	0	5
Jim Miles	3	4	.429	5.16	25	7		2	0	2	61.0	73	37	35	1	33	8	37	6	0	1
Dick Such	2	2	.500	5.25	12	9		2	0	1	48.0	54	35	28	7	34	3	37	2	0	1
Doug Ritter	2	3	.400	6.14	34	1		0	0	0	44.0	49	35	30	6	29	4	31	3	0	4
Charlie Walters	1	1	.500	3.90	15	1		0	0	0	30.0	39	17	13	2	12	3	11	0	0	1
Bill Whitby	1	2	.333	4.85	9	3		1	0	0	26.0	39	23	14	5	14	1	12	0	0	1
Jimmy Blackmon	1	3	.250	6.90	24	0		0	0	0	30.0	43	26	23	4	16	3	15	2	0	2
John Parker	1	4	.200	6.52	9	7		1	0	0	40.0	57	29	29	3	18	6	23	2	1	3
Pat House					24						0.0
Dick Baldwin	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Humphreys	0	0		5.62	3	0		0	0	0	8.0	14	5	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	1
Charles Kuhn	0	0		6.43	7	0		0	0	0	14.0	11	12	10	0	8	0	13	3	1	3
Mike Thompson	0	2	.000	10.38	5	3		0	0	0	13.0	16	17	15	0	14	0	7	1	0	2
Totals	69	69	.500	4.19	365	139	0	34	4	23	1168.0	1287	668	544	78	465	56	692	39	3	46	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
Joe Patterson	124	479	409	76	125	21	6	5	55	26	4	60	69	.306	.396	.423	.819	173		3	4	3
Dick Billings	112	437	387	60	118	14	2	15	67	4	1	43	67	.305	.380	.468	.848	181		5	0	2
Tom Ragland	126	503	424	73	110	19	1	2	40	3	2	61	79	.259	.364	.323	.687	137		10	6	2
Jeff Burroughs	115	471	390	64	105	17	6	17	71	4	5	70	117	.269	.380	.474	.854	185		3	2	6
Dick Nen	101	349	294	41	92	18	3	7	48	1	2	47	41	.313	.407	.466	.873	137		3	0	5
Jim Mason	110	445	382	50	92	16	6	8	43	8	5	55	86	.241	.333	.377	.710	144		1	1	6
Gene Martin	86	345	318	43	81	13	2	17	63	0	1	21	86	.255	.302	.469	.771	149		2	1	3
Dave Nelson	53	236	206	36	76	17	6	2	20	8	2	20	18	.369	.420	.539	.959	111		1	5	4
Rick Hense	65	202	190	26	56	8	1	5	32	1	1	9	36	.295	.333	.426	.760	81		2	1	0
Kristopher Krebs	61	202	179	26	51	9	3	1	24	5	1	17	34	.285	.342	.385	.727	69		0	3	3
Tom Grieve	51	215	182	39	51	4	2	13	29	2	0	30	61	.280	.386	.538	.925	98		2	0	1
Dick Baldwin	84	193	176	21	40	5	3	0	20	5	1	8	41	.227	.262	.290	.552	51		2	2	5
Rich Donnelly	62	128	111	13	26	3	1	0	6	0	0	13	13	.234	.317	.279	.597	31		1	2	1
Lenny Randle	46	117	101	14	21	3	0	0	5	3	1	12	15	.208	.298	.238	.536	24		1	3	0
Dick Smith	20	79	71	8	19	2	1	2	7	0	0	7	11	.268	.329	.408	.738	29		0	0	1
Don Castle	26	98	89	6	19	2	2	1	10	0	1	8	19	.213	.276	.315	.590	28		0	0	1
Lou Klimchock	20	80	73	13	18	5	0	2	7	0	1	6	6	.247	.300	.397	.697	29		0	0	1
Jan Dukes	29	41	38	4	16	0	1	1	6	0	0	1	5	.421	.436	.553	.989	21		0	2	0
Cisco Carlos	32	81	69	6	14	2	0	0	9	0	0	3	21	.203	.230	.232	.462	16		0	7	2
Ron Law	35	75	72	4	12	2	1	0	5	0	0	1	19	.167	.178	.222	.400	16		0	2	0
Woody Woodson	41	52	43	2	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	17	.116	.133	.140	.273	6		0	7	1
Merritt Ranew	6	22	19	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	.211	.273	.211	.483	4		0	0	1
Dick Such	13	23	22	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.182	.182	.182	.364	4		0	1	0
Jimmy Blackmon	24	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	.750	1.500	3		0	0	0
Jackie Brown	12	28	26	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	12	.115	.179	.115	.294	3		0	0	0
John Parker	9	13	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.200	.385	.200	.585	2		0	0	0
Jim Miles	25	19	17	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	13	.118	.167	.118	.284	2		0	1	0
Mike Thompson	5	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0	0
Charlie Walters	15	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	1		0	0	0
Steve Salvato	16	13	12	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.083	.154	.083	.237	1		0	0	0
Bill Whitby	9	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0		0	0	0
Art Fowler	45	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.125	.000	.125	0		0	0	0
Doug Ritter	34	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Charles Kuhn	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Rick Henninger	9	18	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Bob Humphreys	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0		0	0	0
Totals	1631	5003	4362	636	1168	181	47	98	578	71	28	505	937	.268	.345	.398	.743	1737	0	36	52	48	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dick Nen	1B	88	739	75	7	69	.991	9.250
Gene Martin	1B	37	312	19	3	43	.991	8.946
Don Castle	1B	13	124	12	0	7	1.000	1.462
Jeff Burroughs	1B	12	106	2	1	10	.991	9.000
Dick Billings	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Tom Ragland	2B	87	197	266	10	58	.979	5.322
Lenny Randle	2B	34	68	89	4	20	.975	4.618
Dave Nelson	2B	18	36	58	3	12	.969	5.222
Kristopher Krebs	2B	2	4	10	2	2	.875	7.000
Kristopher Krebs	3B	37	23	61	6	7	.933	2.270
Dave Nelson	3B	35	24	54	8	5	.907	2.229
Jeff Burroughs	3B	28	18	40	10	3	.853	2.071
Rick Hense	3B	23	11	36	8	1	.855	2.043
Lou Klimchock	3B	18	11	35	5	3	.902	2.556
Ron Theobald	3B	6	3	7	1	1	.909	1.667
Dick Billings	C	106	566	63	16	4	.975	5.934	21
Rich Donnelly	C	56	166	23	1	1	.995	3.375	7
Merritt Ranew	C	6	29	0	0	0	1.000	4.833	2
Joe Patterson	OF	110	195	16	5	1	.977	1.918
Jeff Burroughs	OF	77	126	10	5	3	.965	1.766
Dick Baldwin	OF	72	96	9	2	2	.981	1.458
Tom Grieve	OF	51	123	5	6	1	.955	2.510
Gene Martin	OF	49	61	3	3	0	.955	1.306
Rick Hense	OF	24	32	2	2	1	.944	1.417
Dick Smith	OF	18	16	1	2	0	.895	.944
Steve Salvato	OF	13	12	0	0	0	1.000	.923
Don Castle	OF	9	8	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Dick Billings	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Art Fowler	P	45	4	11	1	0	.938	.333
Woody Woodson	P	39	13	29	4	2	.913	1.077
Doug Ritter	P	34	2	4	0	1	1.000	.176
Ron Law	P	32	17	44	3	3	.953	1.906
Cisco Carlos	P	32	12	39	3	3	.944	1.594
Jan Dukes	P	28	7	26	0	2	1.000	1.179
Jim Miles	P	25	8	9	3	1	.850	.680
Pat House	P	24						.000
Jimmy Blackmon	P	24	0	4	1	0	.800	.167
Charlie Walters	P	15	1	6	0	0	1.000	.467
Dick Such	P	12	4	10	2	0	.875	1.167
Jackie Brown	P	12	10	6	1	0	.941	1.333
Bill Whitby	P	9	2	4	0	1	1.000	.667
John Parker	P	9	1	7	0	1	1.000	.889
Rick Henninger	P	9	3	4	1	2	.875	.778
Charles Kuhn	P	7	0	0	2	0	.000	.000
Mike Thompson	P	5	2	2	3	0	.571	.800
Bob Humphreys	P	3	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.333
Dick Baldwin	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jim Mason	SS	109	220	408	48	78	.929	5.761
Tom Ragland	SS	31	59	93	11	17	.933	4.903
Lenny Randle	SS	1	0	3	0	1	1.000	3.000
Totals		1538	3476	1609	193	366	.963	3.306	30	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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