1954 Denver Bears Statistics
Team Record: 94-56
Finished 1st in the WL
Manager: Andy Cohen (94-56)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 232,686, Avg. 3,102
Playoffs - Denver Bears 3 games, Pueblo Dodgers 1
Finals - Des Moines Bruins 3 games, Denver Bears 1
The Denver Bears of the Western League ended the 1954 season with a record of 94 wins and 56 losses, finishing first in the WL.
The Bears led the league with 944 runs. Denver allowed 711 runs. Pidge Browne paced batters with significant playing time with a .333 average. Bob Garber topped the team with 19 wins, while Charles Garmon added 15 or more wins also Bob Garber recorded a 3.18 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Pidge Browne, Bob Garber, Neal Hertweck, Bobby Prescott, Chuck Churn, Butch McCord and Fred Waters were all players from the 1954 Denver Bears who played in the Majors during their careers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Garber | 19 | 8 | .704 | 3.18 | 29 | 27 | 221.0 | 182 | 94 | 78 | 13 | 79 | ||||||||||
| Charles Garmon | 16 | 7 | .696 | 3.93 | 27 | 25 | 206.0 | 215 | 103 | 90 | 17 | 68 | ||||||||||
| Loyal Bloxam | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.89 | 41 | 20 | 176.0 | 187 | 99 | 76 | 8 | 90 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Churn | 11 | 3 | .786 | 4.93 | 42 | 9 | 126.0 | 160 | 84 | 69 | 7 | 62 | ||||||||||
| Dick Drilling | 11 | 11 | .500 | 4.03 | 29 | 27 | 199.0 | 207 | 100 | 89 | 15 | 87 | ||||||||||
| Harry Pritts | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.36 | 23 | 19 | 158.0 | 175 | 73 | 59 | 11 | 52 | ||||||||||
| William LaThorpe | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.08 | 23 | 9 | 78.0 | 105 | 57 | 44 | 6 | 38 | ||||||||||
| John Isenhart | 4 | 1 | .800 | 5.62 | 13 | 8 | 64.0 | 61 | 44 | 40 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Bob Galey | 2 | 2 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mike Conovan | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jack McGrath | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fred Waters | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.20 | 3 | 2 | 15.0 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Charles Lehrmann | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Stelmack | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Gleason | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 94 | 56 | .627 | 4.03 | 256 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1243.0 | 1309 | 666 | 557 | 77 | 546 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reno DeBenedetti | 147 | 557 | 557 | 183 | 39 | 5 | 15 | .329 | .329 | .497 | .826 | 277 | |||||||||||
| Rocco Ippolito | 149 | 567 | 567 | 164 | 31 | 5 | 20 | .289 | .289 | .467 | .757 | 265 | |||||||||||
| Pidge Browne | 130 | 462 | 462 | 154 | 35 | 6 | 17 | .333 | .333 | .545 | .879 | 252 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Prescott | 146 | 495 | 495 | 154 | 24 | 8 | 23 | .311 | .311 | .531 | .842 | 263 | |||||||||||
| Earl Weaver | 143 | 541 | 541 | 153 | 30 | 2 | 6 | .283 | .283 | .379 | .662 | 205 | |||||||||||
| Frank Rice | 138 | 491 | 491 | 113 | 22 | 4 | 16 | .230 | .230 | .389 | .619 | 191 | |||||||||||
| Don Dahlke | 112 | 389 | 389 | 105 | 13 | 6 | 0 | .270 | .270 | .334 | .604 | 130 | |||||||||||
| Mel Brookey | 105 | 350 | 350 | 98 | 18 | 1 | 3 | .280 | .280 | .363 | .643 | 127 | |||||||||||
| Butch McCord | 85 | 246 | 246 | 88 | 18 | 4 | 6 | .358 | .358 | .537 | .894 | 132 | |||||||||||
| Gordon Figard | 72 | 230 | 230 | 52 | 7 | 3 | 11 | .226 | .226 | .426 | .652 | 98 | |||||||||||
| Marcos Cobos | 69 | 183 | 183 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .219 | .219 | .317 | .536 | 58 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Churn | 46 | 54 | 54 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .296 | .296 | .352 | .648 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Charles Garmon | 27 | 83 | 83 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .193 | .193 | .229 | .422 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Bob Garber | 34 | 82 | 82 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .171 | .171 | .232 | .402 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Loyal Bloxam | 41 | 63 | 63 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .175 | .175 | .175 | .349 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Harry Pritts | 28 | 51 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .137 | .137 | .196 | .333 | 10 | |||||||||||
| John Isenhart | 13 | 28 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .286 | .464 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Dick Drilling | 29 | 69 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .072 | .072 | .116 | .188 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Gene Hassell | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| William LaThorpe | 23 | 26 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Fred Waters | 3 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Joseph Stelmack | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Mike Conovan | 4 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jack McGrath | 1 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Galey | 9 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Gerry MacKay | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Charles Lehrmann | 8 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James Jones | 4 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jerry Gleason | 4 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1577 | 5010 | 5010 | 0 | 1382 | 254 | 47 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .276 | .276 | .418 | .694 | 2096 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Churn | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Loyal Bloxam | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Garber | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Drilling | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Garmon | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Harry Pritts | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| William LaThorpe | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| John Isenhart | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Galey | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Lehrmann | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Gleason | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Conovan | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Waters | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Stelmack | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Jack McGrath | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 256 | 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.
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