1974 Denver Bears Statistics
Team Record: 62-74
Finished 4th in the AA's West Division
Manager: Frank Verdi (62-74)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 159,721, Avg. 2,349
The Denver Bears of the American Association ended the 1974 season with a record of 62 wins and 74 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The Bears scored 650 runs and yielded 726 runs. Mike Easler led Denver with 19 home runs, and Rafael Batista walloped 15 or more also. Rafael Batista accounted for 75 RBI and topped all regular hitters with a .317 average. Jim Crawford paced the squad with 11 wins, while Mike Nagy earned a 4.38 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1974 Denver Bears who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mike Nagy, Oscar Zamora, Mike Cosgrove, Jim York, Skip Jutze, Doug Konieczny, Chris Cannizzaro, Ray Busse, Dan Neumeier, Jay Schlueter, J. R. Richard, Tom Ragland, Jerry Johnson, Roe Skidmore, Jim Crawford, Gus Gil, Wilbur Howard, Mick Kelleher, Rafael Batista and Mike Easler.
Frank Verdi 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 Crawford | 11 | 10 | .524 | 4.96 | 32 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 187.0 | 208 | 118 | 103 | 15 | 68 | 6 | 121 | 5 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Mike Nagy | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.38 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 115.0 | 136 | 65 | 56 | 6 | 45 | 6 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Oscar Zamora | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.76 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 91 | 42 | 33 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Chuck Taylor | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.40 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 92.0 | 106 | 57 | 45 | 8 | 25 | 8 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| J. R. Richard | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 33.0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Culpepper | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.14 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63.0 | 80 | 36 | 29 | 9 | 35 | 10 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Carlos Alfonso | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.97 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 76.0 | 93 | 47 | 42 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Russ Rothermel | 4 | 5 | .444 | 6.33 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 91.0 | 115 | 70 | 64 | 10 | 37 | 11 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mike Flanagan | 4 | 13 | .235 | 5.30 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 129.0 | 159 | 80 | 76 | 21 | 42 | 8 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jerry Johnson | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.88 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 56 | 33 | 26 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Doug Konieczny | 3 | 10 | .231 | 5.50 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 103.0 | 128 | 70 | 63 | 7 | 48 | 2 | 97 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Jim York | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.19 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31.0 | 35 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Cosgrove | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.41 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 27 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dan Neumeier | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 39 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Matthew Rosiek | 1 | 3 | .250 | 10.29 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Cluck | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Edward Mims | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.39 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 48 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 62 | 74 | .456 | 4.80 | 335 | 136 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 18 | 1158.0 | 1357 | 726 | 617 | 101 | 442 | 64 | 705 | 21 | 3 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Batista | 122 | 487 | 413 | 69 | 131 | 25 | 8 | 15 | 75 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 72 | .317 | .398 | .525 | .923 | 217 | 1 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Skip Jutze | 102 | 396 | 361 | 47 | 116 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 45 | .321 | .380 | .427 | .806 | 154 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tom Ragland | 121 | 510 | 438 | 61 | 109 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 5 | 5 | 52 | 73 | .249 | .332 | .340 | .672 | 149 | 3 | 16 | 1 | ||
| Mike Easler | 100 | 423 | 367 | 75 | 104 | 18 | 8 | 19 | 63 | 12 | 4 | 45 | 81 | .283 | .366 | .531 | .897 | 195 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Gus Gil | 114 | 441 | 341 | 52 | 99 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 68 | 6 | 1 | 88 | 38 | .290 | .430 | .393 | .823 | 134 | 1 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Ray Busse | 81 | 359 | 332 | 53 | 96 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 71 | .289 | .341 | .485 | .826 | 161 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wilbur Howard | 65 | 292 | 279 | 43 | 83 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 32 | .297 | .313 | .466 | .779 | 130 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Mick Kelleher | 105 | 383 | 347 | 36 | 82 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 42 | .236 | .293 | .288 | .581 | 100 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Fernando Tatis | 99 | 362 | 318 | 41 | 72 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 63 | .226 | .302 | .333 | .635 | 106 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Manny Lantigua | 51 | 185 | 168 | 22 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 32 | .244 | .306 | .292 | .598 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Floyd | 37 | 120 | 103 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 32 | .194 | .286 | .320 | .606 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Chris Cannizzaro | 40 | 116 | 88 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 29 | .216 | .391 | .318 | .709 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Kevin Drake | 15 | 68 | 61 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .279 | .343 | .344 | .688 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alberto Leaver | 22 | 44 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | .079 | .182 | .079 | .261 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Flanagan | 28 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1102 | 4191 | 3658 | 547 | 993 | 172 | 56 | 68 | 480 | 69 | 42 | 435 | 642 | .271 | .349 | .405 | .754 | 1481 | 0 | 20 | 42 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Batista | 1B | 118 | 1001 | 76 | 10 | 110 | .991 | 9.127 | ||||
| Chris Cannizzaro | 1B | 12 | 57 | 7 | 1 | 7 | .985 | 5.333 | ||||
| Gus Gil | 1B | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Tom Ragland | 2B | 120 | 264 | 355 | 19 | 91 | .970 | 5.158 | ||||
| Fernando Tatis | 2B | 17 | 33 | 30 | 5 | 10 | .926 | 3.706 | ||||
| Gus Gil | 2B | 12 | 21 | 34 | 1 | 5 | .982 | 4.583 | ||||
| Fernando Tatis | 3B | 54 | 23 | 110 | 13 | 9 | .911 | 2.463 | ||||
| Ray Busse | 3B | 46 | 27 | 102 | 11 | 6 | .921 | 2.804 | ||||
| Gus Gil | 3B | 33 | 9 | 51 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.818 | ||||
| Mick Kelleher | 3B | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Manny Lantigua | 3B | 7 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 1.714 | ||||
| Chris Cannizzaro | 3B | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 2 | .722 | 2.600 | ||||
| Roe Skidmore | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Skip Jutze | C | 92 | 510 | 48 | 5 | 9 | .991 | 6.065 | 5 | |||
| Manny Lantigua | C | 45 | 202 | 21 | 2 | 3 | .991 | 4.956 | 6 | |||
| Chris Cannizzaro | C | 9 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 3.778 | 0 | |||
| Mike Easler | OF | 100 | 172 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .973 | 1.790 | ||||
| Wilbur Howard | OF | 64 | 135 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .966 | 2.188 | ||||
| Roe Skidmore | OF | 43 | 58 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .939 | 1.442 | ||||
| Fernando Tatis | OF | 20 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 1.100 | ||||
| Mike Floyd | OF | 18 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 1.333 | ||||
| Alberto Leaver | OF | 17 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.294 | ||||
| Kevin Drake | OF | 15 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .941 | 2.133 | ||||
| Ray Busse | OF | 8 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.875 | ||||
| Rafael Batista | OF | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Russ Rothermel | P | 51 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .392 | ||||
| Chuck Taylor | P | 43 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .465 | ||||
| Carlos Alfonso | P | 34 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .500 | ||||
| David Culpepper | P | 32 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .250 | ||||
| Jim Crawford | P | 32 | 7 | 43 | 2 | 2 | .962 | 1.562 | ||||
| Mike Flanagan | P | 26 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .577 | ||||
| Mike Nagy | P | 21 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 1 | .906 | 1.381 | ||||
| Doug Konieczny | P | 19 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .906 | 1.526 | ||||
| Edward Mims | P | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .400 | ||||
| Oscar Zamora | P | 13 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .955 | 1.615 | ||||
| Jim York | P | 12 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .846 | .917 | ||||
| Dan Neumeier | P | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
| Jerry Johnson | P | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.222 | ||||
| Mike Cosgrove | P | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Matthew Rosiek | P | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| J. R. Richard | P | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bob Cluck | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mick Kelleher | SS | 94 | 148 | 367 | 18 | 80 | .966 | 5.479 | ||||
| Ray Busse | SS | 27 | 38 | 72 | 10 | 17 | .917 | 4.074 | ||||
| Gus Gil | SS | 16 | 30 | 50 | 3 | 17 | .964 | 5.000 | ||||
| Fernando Tatis | SS | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 4.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1348 | 2965 | 1586 | 145 | 389 | .969 | 3.376 | 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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