1956 Denver Bears Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 87-67
Finished 2nd in the AA
Manager: Ralph Houk (87-67)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 368,305, Avg. 4,783

1956 Denver Bears Roster

Playoffs - Denver Bears 4 games, Omaha Cardinals 2
Finals - Indianapolis Indians 4 games, Denver Bears 0

The Denver Bears of the American Association ended the 1956 season with a record of 87 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the AA.

The Bears scored 935 runs, most in the league. Denver gave up 869 runs, most in the circuit.

Players from the 1956 Denver Bears who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Bobby Richardson, Tony Kubek, Hal Rice, Norm Siebern, Wally Burnette, Moe Burtschy, Darrell Johnson, Ralph Houk, Moe Thacker, Johnny Kucab, Bobby Kline, Zeke Bella, Jack Urban, Bob Martyn, Cal Neeman, Mike Blyzka, Marv Throneberry, Carlos Paula, Jim Fridley, Woodie Held, Dick Tettelbach, Mark Freeman, Tom Lasorda and Ralph Terry.

Ralph Houk 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
Ralph Terry	13	4	.765	4.45	25	23		12	1		174.0	191	101	86	24	63	6	96	3	0	5
Jimmy DePalo	13	5	.722	4.88	47	2		0	0		94.0	106	62	51	12	55	4	46	7	1	8
Johnny Kucab	12	4	.750	4.50	43	0		0	0		68.0	76	38	34	11	15	4	36	0	0	2
Jack Urban	11	8	.579	5.27	30	24		8	1		164.0	184	104	96	15	80	4	92	8	0	8
Mark Freeman	10	14	.417	4.87	30	29		12	0		205.0	210	129	111	22	104	4	154	8	0	10
Wally Burnette	7	6	.538	4.08	20	16		8	1		117.0	134	61	53	12	25	2	78	3	0	1
George Maier	6	8	.429	5.31	27	21		2	0		127.0	153	85	75	18	68	5	79	3	0	5
Charles Garmon	5	2	.714	6.48	33	3		0	0		82.0	94	61	59	17	29	4	54	1	2	1
Mike Blyzka	5	6	.455	5.92	37	13		2	0		108.0	138	79	71	12	48	4	56	1	0	5
Tom Lasorda	3	4	.429	4.99	16	13		2	0		83.0	94	54	46	11	34	2	54	1	0	11
Jim Kite	2	2	.500	5.61	30	6		0	0		69.0	92	52	43	8	39	2	34	1	1	0
Jim Russell	0	0		4.15	10	0		0	0		13.0	16	13	6	4	9	2	10	0	0	1
Moe Burtschy	0	4	.000		9						0.0									0
Totals	87	67	.565	5.05	357	150	0	46	3	0	1304.0	1488	839	731	166	569	43	789	36	4	57	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 Martyn	145	634	582	108	183	38	9	12	75	7		43	91	.314	.362	.473	.835	275	6	3	2	4
Marv Throneberry	152	647	565	123	178	31	5	42	145	6		68	132	.315	.386	.611	.997	345	7	4	0	10
Tony Kubek	138	572	532	87	176	31	10	6	85	6		36	59	.331	.371	.461	.831	245	5	0	0	4
Bobby Richardson	124	570	534	102	175	30	12	10	73	8		29	32	.328	.362	.485	.847	259	13	0	6	1
Jim Fridley	143	618	543	105	158	29	5	24	105	0		62	97	.291	.365	.495	.860	269	15	5	1	7
Woodie Held	154	647	565	99	156	21	11	35	125	4		66	139	.276	.359	.538	.897	304	15	10	0	6
Darrell Johnson	107	394	367	61	117	20	3	7	48	1		17	32	.319	.355	.447	.802	164	11	6	0	4
Gene Hassell	106	324	260	59	83	6	4	0	24	4		57	12	.319	.444	.373	.817	97	4	2	4	1
Zeke Bella	77	278	250	40	80	14	3	7	49	2		22	34	.320	.372	.484	.856	121	11	1	1	4
Dick Tettelbach	74	258	220	24	55	11	2	2	25	10		36	33	.250	.354	.345	.700	76	5	0	1	1
Norm Siebern	36	128	100	18	30	6	2	8	19	0		26	25	.300	.453	.640	1.093	64	4	2	0	0
Cal Neeman	32	129	113	11	30	1	1	2	12	1		15	18	.265	.349	.345	.694	39	3	0	0	1
Jack Urban	41	81	79	13	28	6	2	2	16	0		0	11	.354	.362	.557	.919	44	1	1	1	0
Moe Thacker	34	114	99	12	19	2	0	1	8	0		13	30	.192	.289	.242	.532	24	3	1	0	1
Ralph Terry	25	72	68	11	17	3	0	0	8	0		0	15	.250	.261	.294	.555	20	6	1	3	0
Tom Lasorda	19	31	28	3	10	2	1	2	5	0		2	3	.357	.419	.714	1.134	20	2	1	0	0
Hal Rice	10	32	29	4	9	4	0	0	4	0		3	2	.310	.375	.448	.823	13	0	0	0	0
George Maier	28	48	43	8	9	0	1	1	6	0		3	16	.209	.261	.326	.586	14	0	0	2	0
Mike Blyzka	37	30	28	2	8	1	0	0	2	0		1	12	.286	.310	.321	.632	9	0	0	1	0
Jim Kite	34	34	33	3	8	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	.242	.242	.273	.515	9	1	0	1	0
Bobby Kline	10	40	35	2	8	0	0	0	2	0		4	2	.229	.325	.229	.554	8	0	1	0	0
Mark Freeman	30	82	74	2	8	1	0	0	3	0		1	25	.108	.132	.122	.253	9	3	1	6	0
Jimmy DePalo	49	31	27	4	5	0	0	0	0	0		2	3	.185	.241	.185	.427	5	1	0	2	0
Charles Garmon	33	24	22	3	4	0	0	0	2	0		2	7	.182	.250	.182	.432	4	0	0	0	0
Wally Burnette	20	47	42	4	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	17	.095	.136	.095	.232	4	1	2	3	0
Johnny Kucab	43	15	14	1	2	1	0	0	2	0		0	2	.143	.143	.214	.357	3	1	0	1	0
Jim Russell	10	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		0	0	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	4	0	0	0	0
Moe Burtschy	9	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Ralph Houk	1	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Tom McDonald	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1722	5894	5266	910	1562	259	71	162	847	49	0	508	849	.297	.360	.465	.825	2449	118	41	35	44	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Marv Throneberry	1B	151	1233	135	18	125	.987	9.060
Bobby Richardson	2B	123	297	421	27	97	.964	5.837
Gene Hassell	2B	25	54	66	5	10	.960	4.800
Bobby Kline	2B	10	27	29	0	4	1.000	5.600
Woodie Held	3B	112	100	207	23	17	.930	2.741
Gene Hassell	3B	42	42	95	5	11	.965	3.262
Darrell Johnson	C	101	560	44	12	11	.981	5.980	3
Moe Thacker	C	31	129	20	2	6	.987	4.806	5
Cal Neeman	C	31	204	11	1	2	.995	6.935	2
Bob Martyn	OF	140	327	8	11	0	.968	2.393
Jim Fridley	OF	138	214	11	1	0	.996	1.630
Dick Tettelbach	OF	65	97	3	6	0	.943	1.538
Zeke Bella	OF	62	157	2	1	0	.994	2.565
Norm Siebern	OF	29	46	2	1	0	.980	1.655
Jimmy DePalo	P	47	6	19	1	3	.962	.532
Johnny Kucab	P	43	7	17	0	2	1.000	.558
Mike Blyzka	P	37	11	14	0	1	1.000	.676
Charles Garmon	P	33	9	14	1	0	.958	.697
Jack Urban	P	30	14	35	1	3	.980	1.633
Jim Kite	P	30	3	14	1	0	.944	.567
Mark Freeman	P	30	12	25	4	0	.902	1.233
George Maier	P	27	11	21	1	1	.970	1.185
Ralph Terry	P	25	12	24	3	3	.923	1.440
Wally Burnette	P	20	5	23	1	1	.966	1.400
Tom Lasorda	P	16	8	11	3	0	.864	1.188
Jim Russell	P	10	2	2	0	0	1.000	.400
Moe Burtschy	P	9						.000
Tony Kubek	SS	120	247	332	39	86	.937	4.825
Woodie Held	SS	37	74	105	13	27	.932	4.838
Totals		1574	3908	1710	181	410	.969	3.569	10	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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