1980 Denver Bears Statistics
Team Record: 92-44
Finished 1st in the AA's West Division
Manager: Billy Gardner (92-44)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 565,214, Avg. 8,312
Playoffs - Springfield Redbirds 4 games, Denver Bears 1
The Denver Bears of the American Association ended the 1980 season with a record of 92 wins and 44 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Bears paced the league with 865 runs, ignited by 144 home runs. Denver yielded 575 runs. Randy Bass walloped 37 home runs for the team, and Tim Wallach added 15 or more, too. Randy Bass drove in 143 runs. Tim Raines led all regular batters with a .354 average. Steve Ratzer topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.59 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1980 Denver Bears who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bill Gullickson, Dan Briggs, Luis Quintana, Bobby Ramos, Jack O'Connor, Randy Bass, Rick Engle, Art Gardner, Dale Murray, Bob Reece, Randy Miller, Norm Angelini, Jamie Easterly, Brad Mills, Dave Hostetler, Bob Pate, Hal Dues, Tim Raines, Jerry Manuel, Steve Ratzer, Tim Wallach, Dave Campbell, Charlie Lea, LaRue Washington, Chris Smith and Bob James.
Billy Gardner 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 Ratzer | 15 | 4 | .789 | 3.59 | 30 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 163.0 | 166 | 76 | 65 | 7 | 29 | 1 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rick Engle | 12 | 7 | .632 | 4.50 | 28 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 168.0 | 160 | 90 | 84 | 12 | 96 | 2 | 90 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Bob James | 9 | 2 | .818 | 3.83 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 87.0 | 66 | 42 | 37 | 2 | 74 | 1 | 79 | 6 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Norm Angelini | 9 | 5 | .643 | 4.14 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 87.0 | 105 | 46 | 40 | 6 | 35 | 4 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jamie Easterly | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.63 | 56 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 134.0 | 118 | 64 | 54 | 5 | 56 | 5 | 105 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Kevin Mendon | 7 | 1 | .875 | 4.26 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 75 | 43 | 35 | 5 | 35 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Hal Dues | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.40 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 98.0 | 87 | 38 | 37 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Rick Ramos | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.86 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 113.0 | 125 | 65 | 61 | 17 | 35 | 4 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bill Gullickson | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.91 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 66.0 | 47 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dale Murray | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.64 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44.0 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Randy Miller | 4 | 1 | .800 | 5.38 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 72.0 | 89 | 47 | 43 | 9 | 47 | 4 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Luis Quintana | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 30 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Lea | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Jack O'Connor | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Campbell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.60 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.0 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Steven Lovins | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.57 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 92 | 44 | .676 | 3.88 | 318 | 136 | 0 | 32 | 9 | 33 | 1186.0 | 1158 | 575 | 511 | 76 | 544 | 34 | 740 | 37 | 10 | 43 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Raines | 108 | 497 | 429 | 105 | 152 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 64 | 77 | 13 | 61 | 42 | .354 | .439 | .501 | .940 | 215 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Randy Bass | 123 | 549 | 450 | 106 | 150 | 25 | 2 | 37 | 143 | 3 | 2 | 85 | 64 | .333 | .437 | .644 | 1.082 | 290 | 5 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Tim Wallach | 134 | 575 | 512 | 103 | 144 | 29 | 7 | 36 | 124 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 92 | .281 | .343 | .576 | .919 | 295 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Art Gardner | 120 | 475 | 436 | 79 | 138 | 30 | 10 | 14 | 64 | 23 | 10 | 30 | 49 | .317 | .363 | .528 | .890 | 230 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Jerry Manuel | 128 | 594 | 491 | 105 | 136 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 61 | 11 | 3 | 81 | 62 | .277 | .379 | .350 | .730 | 172 | 5 | 9 | 8 | ||
| Dan Briggs | 110 | 466 | 427 | 59 | 135 | 25 | 3 | 13 | 74 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 68 | .316 | .365 | .480 | .845 | 205 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dave Hostetler | 126 | 508 | 453 | 62 | 122 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 81 | .269 | .343 | .371 | .713 | 168 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bob Pate | 67 | 299 | 266 | 49 | 86 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 65 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 28 | .323 | .383 | .485 | .868 | 129 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bobby Ramos | 74 | 273 | 244 | 36 | 72 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 39 | .295 | .364 | .377 | .741 | 92 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| LaRue Washington | 85 | 318 | 271 | 50 | 72 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 46 | 30 | .266 | .374 | .354 | .728 | 96 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Mills | 52 | 233 | 201 | 43 | 58 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 16 | .289 | .378 | .398 | .776 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Leonel Carrion | 45 | 150 | 129 | 23 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 17 | .240 | .338 | .442 | .780 | 57 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Reece | 34 | 97 | 92 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .250 | .289 | .283 | .571 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Sherow | 25 | 63 | 59 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | .237 | .270 | .288 | .558 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Chris Smith | 9 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .200 | .286 | .320 | .606 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jamie Easterly | 57 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luis Quintana | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Engle | 28 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rick Ramos | 23 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Ratzer | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Miller | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Mendon | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Lea | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob James | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Gullickson | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Dues | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Campbell | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Angelini | 46 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1526 | 5181 | 4534 | 842 | 1343 | 220 | 45 | 144 | 775 | 143 | 53 | 545 | 629 | .296 | .373 | .460 | .833 | 2085 | 0 | 36 | 19 | 47 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Hostetler | 1B | 120 | 1039 | 63 | 16 | 96 | .986 | 9.183 | ||||
| Randy Bass | 1B | 10 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 8.400 | ||||
| Tim Wallach | 1B | 6 | 71 | 4 | 1 | 6 | .987 | 12.500 | ||||
| Dan Briggs | 1B | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.333 | ||||
| Tim Raines | 2B | 107 | 226 | 338 | 16 | 70 | .972 | 5.271 | ||||
| LaRue Washington | 2B | 32 | 66 | 78 | 5 | 14 | .966 | 4.500 | ||||
| Brad Mills | 2B | 6 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.833 | ||||
| Tim Wallach | 3B | 90 | 72 | 143 | 18 | 20 | .923 | 2.389 | ||||
| Brad Mills | 3B | 50 | 37 | 101 | 9 | 15 | .939 | 2.760 | ||||
| LaRue Washington | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Bobby Ramos | C | 74 | 399 | 51 | 4 | 7 | .991 | 6.081 | 3 | |||
| Bob Reece | C | 33 | 146 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .982 | 4.848 | 0 | |||
| Art Gardner | OF | 119 | 249 | 5 | 9 | 2 | .966 | 2.134 | ||||
| Dan Briggs | OF | 107 | 192 | 10 | 3 | 3 | .985 | 1.888 | ||||
| Bob Pate | OF | 67 | 126 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .985 | 1.955 | ||||
| Tim Wallach | OF | 41 | 79 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .975 | 1.927 | ||||
| Leonel Carrion | OF | 36 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 1.972 | ||||
| LaRue Washington | OF | 34 | 77 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .952 | 2.324 | ||||
| Dennis Sherow | OF | 23 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.043 | ||||
| Jamie Easterly | P | 56 | 8 | 33 | 1 | 2 | .976 | .732 | ||||
| Norm Angelini | P | 46 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .435 | ||||
| Randy Miller | P | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .156 | ||||
| Steve Ratzer | P | 30 | 17 | 44 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 2.033 | ||||
| Rick Engle | P | 28 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Rick Ramos | P | 23 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .739 | ||||
| Bob James | P | 17 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 3 | .893 | 1.471 | ||||
| Dale Murray | P | 16 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .750 | ||||
| Hal Dues | P | 16 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.062 | ||||
| Steven Lovins | P | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Kevin Mendon | P | 13 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .846 | ||||
| Bill Gullickson | P | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| Dave Campbell | P | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| Luis Quintana | P | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Jack O'Connor | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Charlie Lea | P | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Jerry Manuel | SS | 126 | 233 | 357 | 22 | 64 | .964 | 4.683 | ||||
| LaRue Washington | SS | 13 | 18 | 43 | 3 | 12 | .953 | 4.692 | ||||
| Totals | 1416 | 3332 | 1429 | 127 | 344 | .974 | 3.362 | 3 | 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.
