1978 Denver Bears Statistics
Team Record: 64-71
Finished 2nd in the AA's West Division
Manager: Doc Edwards (64-71)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 261,647, Avg. 3,876
The Denver Bears of the American Association ended the 1978 season with a record of 64 wins and 71 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Bears plated 817 runs, tops in the circuit. Denver conceded 808 runs, most in the league. Mike Hart paced the squad with 19 home runs, while Pete Mackanin and Bob Pate walloped 15 or more also. Pete Mackanin drove in 112 runs. Mike Hart topped hitters with significant playing time with a .320 average. Joe Keener led the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 4.3 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1978 Denver Bears who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Pete Mackanin, Timothy Jones, Jerry Fry, Tony Bernazard, Rick Renick, Bob Pate, Dan Schatzeder, Steve Ratzer, Ossie Blanco, Randy Miller, Larry Landreth, Bill Atkinson, Mike Hart, Pat Scanlon, Scott Sanderson, Fred Holdsworth, Norm Angelini, Jim Cox, Frank Ortenzio, Bob Reece, Bryn Smith, Bobby Ramos, Don DeMola, Joe Keener, Jerry White and Gerry Pirtle.
Doc Edwards 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Keener | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4.30 | 29 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 159.0 | 181 | 88 | 76 | 15 | 71 | 2 | 67 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Norm Angelini | 7 | 2 | .778 | 4.63 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 70.0 | 86 | 41 | 36 | 5 | 27 | 3 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Randy Miller | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.14 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 100.0 | 108 | 51 | 46 | 11 | 54 | 10 | 95 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Steve Ratzer | 7 | 10 | .412 | 5.00 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 135.0 | 163 | 90 | 75 | 14 | 31 | 6 | 70 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Timothy Jones | 7 | 11 | .389 | 6.35 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 119.0 | 156 | 95 | 84 | 19 | 43 | 2 | 66 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Dave Gronlund | 6 | 9 | .400 | 6.47 | 30 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 135.0 | 164 | 114 | 97 | 8 | 95 | 7 | 86 | 6 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Scott Sanderson | 4 | 2 | .667 | 6.06 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 47 | 35 | 33 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dan Schatzeder | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.89 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28.0 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don DeMola | 3 | 4 | .429 | 9.00 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47.0 | 71 | 55 | 47 | 10 | 35 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jeff Gingrich | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.49 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 68.0 | 97 | 55 | 49 | 11 | 29 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Fred Holdsworth | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 55 | 33 | 28 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Rick Williams | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9.41 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 34 | 27 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Larry Landreth | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.59 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 42 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bill Atkinson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.41 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 34.0 | 46 | 31 | 28 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gerry Pirtle | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Rushing | 0 | 0 | 4.29 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bryn Smith | 0 | 6 | .000 | 6.83 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 79 | 48 | 41 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 63 | 71 | .470 | 5.67 | 348 | 135 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 21 | 1111.0 | 1374 | 807 | 700 | 127 | 510 | 39 | 623 | 32 | 13 | 48 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Hart | 125 | 535 | 444 | 94 | 142 | 23 | 10 | 19 | 98 | 17 | 6 | 76 | 93 | .320 | .424 | .545 | .969 | 242 | 9 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pete Mackanin | 131 | 560 | 515 | 92 | 142 | 30 | 10 | 17 | 112 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 65 | .276 | .322 | .472 | .794 | 243 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Tony Bernazard | 128 | 589 | 479 | 107 | 137 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 65 | 33 | 14 | 94 | 84 | .286 | .404 | .443 | .847 | 212 | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Leonel Carrion | 129 | 565 | 476 | 91 | 131 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 61 | 24 | 8 | 77 | 62 | .275 | .383 | .395 | .778 | 188 | 7 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Bob Pate | 129 | 512 | 463 | 76 | 130 | 27 | 11 | 16 | 78 | 9 | 5 | 41 | 55 | .281 | .337 | .490 | .827 | 227 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Jim Cox | 84 | 375 | 338 | 51 | 101 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 38 | .299 | .355 | .438 | .793 | 148 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Pat Scanlon | 95 | 389 | 299 | 65 | 90 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 86 | 52 | .301 | .454 | .485 | .939 | 145 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Jerry Fry | 86 | 310 | 269 | 46 | 79 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 53 | .294 | .368 | .461 | .829 | 124 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Ed Creech | 81 | 288 | 252 | 39 | 65 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 56 | .258 | .319 | .333 | .652 | 84 | 0 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Bob Reece | 47 | 171 | 152 | 19 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 14 | .296 | .352 | .362 | .713 | 55 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Rick Renick | 43 | 174 | 145 | 25 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 35 | .228 | .356 | .476 | .832 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry White | 27 | 118 | 100 | 22 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 13 | .290 | .398 | .480 | .878 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Ortenzio | 36 | 158 | 129 | 20 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 24 | .217 | .348 | .372 | .720 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ossie Blanco | 28 | 123 | 103 | 17 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 28 | .223 | .341 | .350 | .691 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Ramos | 12 | 47 | 39 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | .179 | .298 | .179 | .477 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steve Ratzer | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1224 | 4914 | 4203 | 769 | 1182 | 209 | 61 | 121 | 718 | 113 | 47 | 605 | 679 | .281 | .372 | .446 | .819 | 1876 | 0 | 31 | 32 | 43 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Scanlon | 1B | 91 | 761 | 53 | 14 | 90 | .983 | 8.945 | ||||
| Frank Ortenzio | 1B | 31 | 307 | 21 | 3 | 29 | .991 | 1.581 | ||||
| Jim Cox | 1B | 7 | 52 | 5 | 1 | 8 | .983 | 8.143 | ||||
| Rick Renick | 1B | 5 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.400 | ||||
| Ossie Blanco | 1B | 5 | 51 | 4 | 2 | 6 | .965 | 11.000 | ||||
| Tony Bernazard | 2B | 126 | 297 | 386 | 32 | 101 | .955 | 5.421 | ||||
| Jim Cox | 2B | 8 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Pete Mackanin | 2B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Ed Creech | 2B | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 8.000 | ||||
| Leonel Carrion | 2B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jim Cox | 3B | 62 | 40 | 98 | 13 | 13 | .914 | 2.226 | ||||
| Pete Mackanin | 3B | 54 | 40 | 105 | 9 | 11 | .942 | 2.685 | ||||
| Rick Renick | 3B | 19 | 11 | 31 | 4 | 1 | .913 | 2.211 | ||||
| Jerry Fry | 3B | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Ed Creech | 3B | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
| Tony Bernazard | 3B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Jerry Fry | C | 68 | 310 | 26 | 15 | 3 | .957 | 4.941 | 1 | |||
| Bob Reece | C | 46 | 235 | 31 | 8 | 4 | .971 | 5.783 | 1 | |||
| Craig Perkins | C | 16 | 85 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .989 | 5.625 | 1 | |||
| Bobby Ramos | C | 12 | 56 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 5.917 | 1 | |||
| Leonel Carrion | OF | 128 | 296 | 10 | 9 | 3 | .971 | 2.391 | ||||
| Bob Pate | OF | 121 | 183 | 11 | 7 | 2 | .965 | 1.603 | ||||
| Mike Hart | OF | 115 | 198 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .985 | 1.757 | ||||
| Jerry White | OF | 26 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 2.038 | ||||
| Pete Mackanin | OF | 14 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
| Jerry Fry | OF | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ossie Blanco | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tony Bernazard | OF | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Randy Miller | P | 50 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .260 | ||||
| Steve Ratzer | P | 40 | 13 | 35 | 1 | 2 | .980 | 1.200 | ||||
| Norm Angelini | P | 39 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .950 | .487 | ||||
| Dave Gronlund | P | 30 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 0 | .909 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joe Keener | P | 29 | 15 | 30 | 6 | 4 | .882 | 1.552 | ||||
| Bill Atkinson | P | 23 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .391 | ||||
| Timothy Jones | P | 21 | 10 | 27 | 9 | 2 | .804 | 1.762 | ||||
| Don DeMola | P | 21 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Jeff Gingrich | P | 19 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.105 | ||||
| Kenneth Rushing | P | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| Gerry Pirtle | P | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rick Williams | P | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Bryn Smith | P | 11 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.182 | ||||
| Scott Sanderson | P | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .750 | .667 | ||||
| Fred Holdsworth | P | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .667 | ||||
| Larry Landreth | P | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 2.200 | ||||
| Dan Schatzeder | P | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Ed Creech | SS | 73 | 107 | 204 | 21 | 49 | .937 | 4.260 | ||||
| Pete Mackanin | SS | 68 | 116 | 211 | 13 | 59 | .962 | 4.809 | ||||
| Totals | 1463 | 3375 | 1463 | 189 | 403 | .962 | 3.307 | 4 | 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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