1979 Denver Bears Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 62-73
Finished 3rd in the AA's West Division
Manager: Jack McKeon (62-73)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 335,684, Avg. 4,973

1979 Denver Bears Roster

The Denver Bears of the American Association ended the 1979 season with a record of 62 wins and 73 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.

The Bears scored 712 runs and allowed 720 runs, most in the circuit. Randy Bass walloped 36 home runs for Denver, and Bob Pate added 15 or more as well. Randy Bass drove in 105 runs. Bob Pate topped all regular hitters with a .343 average. Randy Miller led the squad with 10 wins, while Bill Atkinson recorded a 4.14 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Randy Miller, Steve Staggs, Paul Siebert, Norm Angelini, Larry Landreth, Jamie Easterly, Ken Macha, Pat Scanlon, Bill Atkinson, Jim Cox, Dyar Miller, Bobby Ramos, Randy Bass, Art Gardner, Bob Reece, Bill Gullickson, Joe Keener, John Tamargo, Tony Bernazard, Dave Campbell, Jerry Fry, Joe Pettini, Hal Dues, Bob Pate, Wayne Granger, Steve Ratzer and Bob James were all players from the 1979 Denver Bears who played in the Majors during their careers.

Jack McKeon 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
Randy Miller	10	8	.556	4.44	26	22		5	1	0	146.0	152	80	72	13	67	6	102	4	3	3
Bill Atkinson	9	6	.600	4.14	36	23		11	0	2	187.0	198	92	86	20	54	4	83	3	0	2
Norm Angelini	8	5	.615	3.67	48	4		2	1	5	103.0	88	49	42	7	43	8	77	4	0	3
Steve Ratzer	8	9	.471	4.53	40	14		4	0	4	151.0	197	88	76	15	22	5	50	1	2	0
Bob James	8	13	.381	6.68	26	26		2	1	0	132.0	139	112	98	11	123	1	122	6	3	11
Jamie Easterly	5	6	.455	3.27	20	13		6	2	2	88.0	100	40	32	2	39	2	55	2	0	5
Bill Gullickson	3	3	.500	6.67	11	11		1	0	0	54.0	65	44	40	10	26	0	31	1	0	1
Dyar Miller	2	0	1.000	1.80	15	0		0	0	2	25.0	20	6	5	0	12	3	18	0	0	1
Dave Campbell	2	3	.400	4.00	42	2		0	0	2	81.0	95	49	36	7	50	5	72	6	0	1
Mike Finlayson	2	3	.400	9.38	6	5		0	0	0	24.0	39	26	25	3	13	3	3	1	1	0
Wayne Granger	2	4	.333	6.75	24	0		0	0	1	28.0	38	28	21	3	17	4	16	2	0	0
Paul Siebert	1	3	.250	5.25	17	0		0	0	1	24.0	22	20	14	0	13	7	13	0	0	1
Hal Dues	1	3	.250	9.45	5	5		0	0	0	20.0	31	21	21	1	19	1	3	1	0	2
Larry Landreth	1	5	.167	6.38	12	9		1	0	0	55.0	72	42	39	6	29	2	35	1	0	1
Larry Horn	0	0		20.25	4	0		0	0	0	4.0	7	10	9	1	8	2	1	0	0	0
Joe Keener	0	1	.000		1	1		0	0	0	0.0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Warren Hemm	0	1	.000	6.75	11	0		0	0	0	12.0	16	9	9	1	6	0	6	0	0	0
Totals	62	73	.459	4.99	344	135	0	32	5	19	1134.0	1283	720	629	100	541	53	687	32	9	31	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
Bob Pate	118	497	428	85	147	26	1	15	63	13	6	60	47	.343	.424	.514	.938	220		3	2	4
Randy Bass	122	530	421	91	140	28	1	36	105	2	0	97	67	.333	.454	.660	1.114	278		3	1	8
Art Gardner	124	526	481	80	134	23	11	11	74	26	16	29	54	.279	.321	.441	.762	212		5	3	8
Jim Cox	117	466	429	56	131	20	2	12	77	0	2	28	48	.305	.345	.445	.790	191		1	2	6
Joe Pettini	132	524	446	70	131	21	6	4	46	11	7	58	65	.294	.378	.395	.773	176		4	14	2
Leonel Carrion	121	483	417	57	122	17	3	12	71	10	9	46	44	.293	.364	.434	.798	181		6	5	9
Pat Scanlon	103	365	307	35	84	19	3	2	45	1	5	52	47	.274	.377	.375	.752	115		1	2	3
Tony Bernazard	82	353	273	58	82	15	2	3	29	19	15	74	61	.300	.450	.403	.853	110		2	2	2
John Tamargo	53	212	187	35	60	11	2	4	29	0	2	23	9	.321	.398	.465	.863	87		1	1	0
Bob Reece	91	288	256	34	58	7	0	4	34	2	0	24	30	.227	.295	.301	.596	77		1	7	0
Dennis Sherow	55	172	159	32	48	9	3	0	13	11	1	12	34	.302	.349	.396	.745	63		0	0	1
Steve Staggs	56	192	155	28	35	10	3	2	12	8	0	27	21	.226	.337	.368	.705	57		0	8	2
Ken Macha	31	123	102	12	27	1	0	1	10	5	0	14	9	.265	.344	.304	.648	31		1	1	5
Ray Crowley	33	113	88	13	21	4	1	2	14	2	0	22	10	.239	.387	.375	.762	33		0	2	1
Eddie Gates	19	73	59	8	13	3	0	1	8	0	0	10	13	.220	.361	.322	.683	19		3	1	0
Jerry Fry	20	46	44	4	10	1	1	1	3	0	0	2	13	.227	.261	.364	.625	16		0	0	0
Bill Gullickson	14	8	8	2	5	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	.625	.625	.750	1.375	6		0	0	0
Larry Goldetsky	6	15	14	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.214	.214	.214	.429	3		0	1	0
Bob James	28	22	19	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	8	.158	.238	.211	.449	4		0	1	0
Bill Atkinson	44	24	24	4	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	6	.125	.125	.208	.333	5		0	0	0
Craig Perkins	17	36	30	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	5	.100	.250	.133	.383	4		1	0	0
Dave Campbell	42	10	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.222	.300	.222	.522	2		0	0	0
Bobby Ramos	8	13	11	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.182	.250	.182	.432	2		1	1	0
Steve Ratzer	42	16	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.133	.133	.133	.267	2		0	1	0
Norm Angelini	48	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1		0	0	0
Jamie Easterly	20	6	5	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	1		0	0	0
Randy Miller	26	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.091	.000	.091	0		0	0	0
Larry Landreth	13	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.100	.000	.100	0		0	1	0
Wayne Granger	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Warren Hemm	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1620	5142	4413	712	1268	218	40	110	649	110	63	589	625	.287	.372	.430	.801	1896	0	33	56	51	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Randy Bass	1B	100	885	92	7	91	.993	9.770
Pat Scanlon	1B	22	158	20	3	15	.983	8.091
Ray Crowley	1B	17	121	13	0	6	1.000	7.882
Jerry Fry	1B	3	8	1	1	2	.900	3.000
Steve Staggs	1B	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Craig Perkins	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Ken Macha	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jim Cox	1B	1	7	3	0	0	1.000	1.000
Tony Bernazard	2B	79	178	275	19	59	.960	5.734
Steve Staggs	2B	44	84	91	8	19	.956	3.977
Jim Cox	2B	21	30	44	3	13	.961	3.524
Larry Goldetsky	2B	5	13	12	1	4	.962	5.000
Pat Scanlon	2B	3	8	4	0	0	1.000	4.000
Jim Cox	3B	93	62	149	15	11	.934	2.269
Pat Scanlon	3B	48	24	72	6	8	.941	2.000
Ken Macha	3B	7	8	6	2	1	.875	2.000
Steve Staggs	3B	1	1	3	0	0	1.000	4.000
Joe Pettini	3B	1	1	2	1	0	.750	3.000
Bob Reece	C	83	443	50	10	4	.980	5.940	5
John Tamargo	C	42	208	28	3	3	.987	5.619	2
Ken Macha	C	13	74	10	6	3	.933	6.462	1
Bobby Ramos	C	8	14	3	1	0	.944	2.125	1
Craig Perkins	C	8	6	2	0	1	1.000	1.000	0
Jerry Fry	C	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.500	0
Art Gardner	OF	121	256	16	11	4	.961	2.248
Leonel Carrion	OF	115	210	9	8	2	.965	1.904
Bob Pate	OF	114	177	10	7	1	.964	1.640
Dennis Sherow	OF	46	65	3	2	0	.971	1.478
Eddie Gates	OF	14	19	0	1	0	.950	1.357
Ken Macha	OF	7	9	1	0	0	1.000	1.429
Ray Crowley	OF	5	9	2	0	0	1.000	2.200
Pat Scanlon	OF	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	.667
Norm Angelini	P	48	8	17	0	1	1.000	.521
Dave Campbell	P	42	1	4	1	0	.833	.119
Steve Ratzer	P	40	18	32	4	6	.926	1.250
Bill Atkinson	P	36	26	28	1	1	.982	1.500
Randy Miller	P	26	11	13	6	0	.800	.923
Bob James	P	26	9	16	5	0	.833	.962
Wayne Granger	P	24	0	3	1	0	.750	.125
Jamie Easterly	P	20	8	17	1	3	.962	1.250
Paul Siebert	P	17	0	5	0	0	1.000	.294
Dyar Miller	P	15	4	2	0	0	1.000	.400
Larry Landreth	P	12	3	8	0	1	1.000	.917
Warren Hemm	P	11	0	1	1	0	.500	.091
Bill Gullickson	P	11	11	9	1	2	.952	1.818
Mike Finlayson	P	6	0	3	0	0	1.000	.500
Hal Dues	P	5	1	2	0	0	1.000	.600
Larry Horn	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250
Joe Keener	P	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Joe Pettini	SS	131	198	413	33	87	.949	4.664
Steve Staggs	SS	6	7	10	1	1	.944	2.833
Jim Cox	SS	3	5	2	0	0	1.000	2.333
Totals		1513	3398	1507	171	349	.966	3.242	9	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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