1952 Denver Bears Statistics
Team Record: 88-66
Finished 1st in the WL
Manager: Andy Cohen (88-66)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 461,419, Avg. 5,992
Playoffs - Denver Bears 3 games, Sioux City Soos 1
Finals - Denver Bears 3 games, Omaha Cardinals 0
The Denver Bears of the Western League ended the 1952 season with a record of 88 wins and 66 losses, finishing first in the WL.
The Bears yielded 665 runs, fewest in the league. Denver plated 808 runs. Curt Roberts led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .280 average. Fernando Osorio topped the squad with 20 wins, while Barney Schultz added 15 or more wins also Barney Schultz registered a 3.18 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1952 Denver Bears who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Curt Roberts, Bobby Prescott, Orinthal Anderson, Joe Tepsic, Red Lynn, Jess Dobernic, Barney Schultz, Ed Steele, Don Carlsen and Fuzz White.
Andy Cohen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fernando Osorio | 20 | 6 | .769 | 3.25 | 40 | 227.0 | 210 | 92 | 82 | 16 | 64 | |||||||||||
| Barney Schultz | 17 | 9 | .654 | 3.18 | 34 | 238.0 | 209 | 97 | 84 | 11 | 96 | |||||||||||
| Fred Wollpert | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3.78 | 34 | 195.0 | 205 | 103 | 82 | 4 | 81 | |||||||||||
| Rafael Rivas | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.70 | 38 | 146.0 | 165 | 77 | 60 | 5 | 59 | |||||||||||
| Edward Santulli | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.68 | 31 | 115.0 | 108 | 55 | 47 | 9 | 67 | |||||||||||
| Rene Vega | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.54 | 31 | 123.0 | 127 | 72 | 62 | 5 | 69 | |||||||||||
| Merlin Williams | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.12 | 14 | 52.0 | 55 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Lawrence Manier | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.57 | 13 | 63.0 | 67 | 34 | 25 | 4 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Don Carlsen | 2 | 6 | .250 | 3.00 | 11 | 63.0 | 66 | 36 | 21 | 3 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Marshall Epperson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 3 | 10.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 83 | 57 | .593 | 3.51 | 249 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1232.0 | 1212 | 588 | 481 | 58 | 496 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitey Ries | 154 | 607 | 607 | 167 | 37 | 6 | 5 | .275 | .275 | .381 | .656 | 231 | |||||||||||
| Curt Roberts | 129 | 503 | 503 | 141 | 25 | 4 | 3 | .280 | .280 | .364 | .644 | 183 | |||||||||||
| August Gregory | 140 | 518 | 518 | 140 | 15 | 5 | 1 | .270 | .270 | .324 | .595 | 168 | |||||||||||
| Bill Pinckard | 103 | 404 | 404 | 124 | 14 | 4 | 35 | .307 | .307 | .621 | .928 | 251 | |||||||||||
| Fuzz White | 65 | 226 | 226 | 80 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .354 | .354 | .425 | .779 | 96 | |||||||||||
| Orinthal Anderson | 67 | 237 | 237 | 70 | 10 | 1 | 5 | .295 | .295 | .409 | .705 | 97 | |||||||||||
| Doug Lewis | 81 | 292 | 292 | 70 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .240 | .240 | .312 | .551 | 91 | |||||||||||
| James Dickey | 65 | 209 | 209 | 66 | 6 | 10 | 7 | .316 | .316 | .541 | .856 | 113 | |||||||||||
| Ray Mink | 55 | 187 | 187 | 56 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .299 | .299 | .374 | .674 | 70 | |||||||||||
| Pablo Bernard | 75 | 210 | 210 | 49 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .233 | .233 | .286 | .519 | 60 | |||||||||||
| Walt Novick | 68 | 193 | 193 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .244 | .244 | .290 | .534 | 56 | |||||||||||
| Buddy Phillips | 82 | 235 | 235 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 6 | .187 | .187 | .302 | .489 | 71 | |||||||||||
| Ed Steele | 47 | 142 | 142 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .254 | .254 | .317 | .570 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Mapes | 28 | 106 | 106 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .264 | .264 | .292 | .557 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Barney Schultz | 35 | 101 | 101 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .267 | .267 | .356 | .624 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Fred Wollpert | 51 | 95 | 95 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 7 | .274 | .274 | .547 | .821 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Jack Trench | 27 | 66 | 66 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .288 | .288 | .303 | .591 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Bob Erps | 16 | 64 | 64 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .281 | .281 | .422 | .703 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Larry Neal | 17 | 55 | 55 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .291 | .291 | .382 | .673 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Rafael Rivas | 38 | 52 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .288 | .288 | .365 | .654 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Rene Vega | 33 | 44 | 44 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .341 | .614 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Fernando Osorio | 41 | 84 | 84 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .131 | .131 | .143 | .274 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Prescott | 15 | 39 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .308 | .538 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Don Carlsen | 11 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .292 | .292 | .292 | .583 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Merlin Williams | 14 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Lawrence Manier | 13 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Edward Santulli | 34 | 39 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .051 | .051 | .051 | .103 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1504 | 4767 | 4767 | 0 | 1284 | 193 | 44 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .269 | .375 | .645 | 1790 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fernando Osorio | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Rafael Rivas | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Wollpert | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Barney Schultz | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Rene Vega | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Edward Santulli | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Merlin Williams | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Lawrence Manier | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Don Carlsen | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 246 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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.
