1975 Denver Bears Statistics
Team Record: 81-55
Finished 1st in the AA's West Division
Manager: Loren Babe (81-55)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 193,571, Avg. 2,847
Playoffs - Evansville Triplets 4 games, Denver Bears 2
The Denver Bears of the American Association ended the 1975 season with a record of 81 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Bears plated 728 runs and yielded 635 runs. Lamar Johnson paced Denver with 20 home runs, while Jeff Sovern walloped 15 or more, too. Lamar Johnson drove in 101 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .336 average. Steve Dunning led the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.49 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1975 Denver Bears who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Chet Lemon, Jim Ray, Pete Vuckovich, Jim Otten, Lamar Johnson, Hugh Yancy, Jack Kucek, Rich Hinton, Bill Parsons, Bob Gorinski, Sam Ewing, Steve Dunning, Bill Moran, Tony LaRussa, Jerry Hairston, Lloyd Allen, Jim Lyttle, Skip Pitlock, Francisco Barrios and Mike Buskey.
Loren Babe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Dunning | 15 | 9 | .625 | 3.49 | 28 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 196.0 | 187 | 79 | 76 | 10 | 85 | 3 | 139 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Pete Vuckovich | 11 | 4 | .733 | 4.34 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 116.0 | 103 | 63 | 56 | 12 | 54 | 1 | 86 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Harold McClain | 10 | 9 | .526 | 4.21 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 154.0 | 162 | 86 | 72 | 13 | 48 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Rich Hinton | 9 | 2 | .818 | 3.26 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 69.0 | 66 | 34 | 25 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Otten | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.11 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 151.0 | 131 | 79 | 69 | 9 | 71 | 3 | 114 | 5 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Bill Moran | 7 | 8 | .467 | 6.09 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 127.0 | 149 | 103 | 86 | 14 | 79 | 4 | 91 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Duane Shaffer | 6 | 1 | .857 | 3.05 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 59.0 | 59 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Skip Pitlock | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.91 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 55 | 24 | 20 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Francisco Barrios | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.91 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Komadina | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.38 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 29 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jack Kucek | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.88 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17.0 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Lloyd Allen | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Parsons | 15 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jim Ray | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Lehman | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.08 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 39 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mitch Lukevics | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9.00 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 75 | 51 | .595 | 4.35 | 262 | 123 | 0 | 47 | 7 | 13 | 1037.0 | 1046 | 580 | 501 | 87 | 463 | 23 | 674 | 22 | 4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Johnson | 129 | 543 | 485 | 73 | 163 | 35 | 2 | 20 | 101 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 67 | .336 | .398 | .540 | .938 | 262 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Manny Estrada | 126 | 556 | 487 | 89 | 146 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 68 | 5 | 6 | 54 | 47 | .300 | .367 | .431 | .799 | 210 | 1 | 9 | 5 | ||
| Sam Ewing | 119 | 461 | 377 | 62 | 120 | 27 | 4 | 9 | 71 | 5 | 1 | 76 | 45 | .318 | .430 | .483 | .912 | 182 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Buskey | 133 | 504 | 448 | 67 | 109 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 43 | 13 | 11 | 42 | 87 | .243 | .310 | .330 | .640 | 148 | 2 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Tony LaRussa | 118 | 435 | 354 | 87 | 99 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 46 | 13 | 5 | 70 | 46 | .280 | .400 | .415 | .816 | 147 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Jim Lyttle | 80 | 356 | 315 | 44 | 98 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 53 | .311 | .386 | .419 | .805 | 132 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jeff Sovern | 106 | 375 | 334 | 52 | 98 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 65 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 41 | .293 | .342 | .485 | .827 | 162 | 5 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Kenneth Bennett | 119 | 400 | 359 | 47 | 96 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 37 | .267 | .329 | .340 | .669 | 122 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Chet Lemon | 70 | 288 | 254 | 40 | 78 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 11 | 2 | 25 | 35 | .307 | .373 | .508 | .881 | 129 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Hugh Yancy | 56 | 236 | 208 | 43 | 58 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 34 | .279 | .357 | .476 | .833 | 99 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Hairston | 40 | 180 | 139 | 28 | 51 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 15 | .367 | .494 | .496 | .991 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Terry Quinn | 72 | 237 | 207 | 26 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 40 | .242 | .318 | .411 | .728 | 85 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Bob Gorinski | 35 | 124 | 114 | 14 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 31 | .325 | .355 | .579 | .934 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Randy Beach | 46 | 158 | 134 | 16 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 24 | .231 | .320 | .291 | .611 | 39 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Larry Foster | 37 | 124 | 98 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 14 | .224 | .361 | .398 | .759 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Fred Norton | 28 | 76 | 66 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | .242 | .311 | .333 | .644 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Joseph Talley | 16 | 64 | 49 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 | .245 | .422 | .449 | .871 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Hinton | 37 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .600 | .933 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Dunning | 36 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .214 | .353 | .286 | .639 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Vuckovich | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Otten | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duane Shaffer | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1478 | 5152 | 4460 | 728 | 1293 | 257 | 39 | 107 | 665 | 72 | 53 | 570 | 650 | .290 | .370 | .437 | .807 | 1949 | 0 | 24 | 50 | 48 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Johnson | 1B | 114 | 939 | 71 | 13 | 107 | .987 | 8.860 | ||||
| Sam Ewing | 1B | 18 | 139 | 11 | 2 | 9 | .987 | 8.333 | ||||
| Kenneth Bennett | 1B | 10 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
| Jeff Sovern | 1B | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Tony LaRussa | 1B | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Larry Foster | 1B | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Manny Estrada | 2B | 123 | 271 | 344 | 28 | 83 | .956 | 5.000 | ||||
| Tony LaRussa | 2B | 14 | 29 | 34 | 2 | 6 | .969 | 4.500 | ||||
| Hugh Yancy | 2B | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Chet Lemon | 3B | 55 | 33 | 76 | 19 | 5 | .852 | 1.982 | ||||
| Hugh Yancy | 3B | 51 | 32 | 80 | 11 | 7 | .911 | 2.196 | ||||
| Tony LaRussa | 3B | 29 | 19 | 32 | 5 | 2 | .911 | 1.759 | ||||
| Steve Dunning | 3B | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.167 | ||||
| Sam Ewing | 3B | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| Manny Estrada | 3B | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
| Jeff Sovern | 3B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Jeff Sovern | C | 86 | 467 | 68 | 11 | 4 | .980 | 6.221 | 4 | |||
| Terry Quinn | C | 62 | 318 | 25 | 3 | 6 | .991 | 5.532 | 4 | |||
| Kenneth Bennett | OF | 108 | 199 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .971 | 1.870 | ||||
| Jim Lyttle | OF | 80 | 187 | 5 | 6 | 2 | .970 | 2.400 | ||||
| Randy Beach | OF | 45 | 96 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .981 | 2.311 | ||||
| Jerry Hairston | OF | 40 | 72 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .974 | 1.875 | ||||
| Larry Foster | OF | 33 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .959 | 1.424 | ||||
| Bob Gorinski | OF | 31 | 54 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .966 | 1.806 | ||||
| Tony LaRussa | OF | 28 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.071 | ||||
| Fred Norton | OF | 25 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 1.920 | ||||
| Sam Ewing | OF | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .583 | ||||
| Joseph Talley | OF | 16 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.250 | ||||
| Chet Lemon | OF | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Rich Hinton | OF | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Manny Estrada | OF | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Bill Moran | P | 30 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .913 | .700 | ||||
| Rich Hinton | P | 30 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .917 | .733 | ||||
| Jim Otten | P | 28 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .963 | .929 | ||||
| Steve Dunning | P | 28 | 13 | 43 | 1 | 4 | .982 | 2.000 | ||||
| Duane Shaffer | P | 27 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .481 | ||||
| Harold McClain | P | 26 | 9 | 37 | 3 | 3 | .939 | 1.769 | ||||
| Pete Vuckovich | P | 19 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 3 | .909 | 1.579 | ||||
| Bill Parsons | P | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Skip Pitlock | P | 13 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .692 | ||||
| Bill Lehman | P | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| Tony Komadina | P | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Lloyd Allen | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Kucek | P | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Mitch Lukevics | P | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Francisco Barrios | P | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.333 | ||||
| Jim Ray | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Buskey | SS | 132 | 245 | 393 | 24 | 90 | .964 | 4.833 | ||||
| Tony LaRussa | SS | 17 | 15 | 23 | 3 | 10 | .927 | 2.235 | ||||
| Totals | 1429 | 3432 | 1393 | 164 | 367 | .967 | 3.376 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
