1957 Denver Bears Statistics
Team Record: 90-64
Finished 2nd in the AA
Manager: Ralph Houk (90-64)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 305,625, Avg. 3,969
Playoffs - Denver Bears 4 games, Minneapolis Millers 0
Finals - Denver Bears 4 games, St. Paul Saints 2
The Denver Bears of the American Association ended the 1957 season with a record of 90 wins and 64 losses, finishing second in the AA.
The Bears led the circuit with 957 runs, sparked by 166 home runs. Denver allowed 732 runs. Marv Throneberry walloped 40 home runs for the team, while Norm Siebern, Dick Sanders and Johnny Blanchard each swatted 15 or more also. Marv Throneberry accounted for 124 RBI. Norm Siebern paced all regular batters with a .349 average. Zach Monroe topped the team with 16 wins, and Mark Freeman recorded a 3.46 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1957 Denver Bears who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mark Freeman, Zach Monroe, Tom Lasorda, Jim Fridley, Woodie Held, Marv Throneberry, Ben Flowers, Fritz Brickell, Curt Roberts, Johnny Blanchard, Johnny Kucab, Rance Pless, Jack Urban, Walt Kellner, Zeke Bella, Ryne Duren, Gene Host, John Gabler, Jack McMahan, Bob Oldis, Jim Pisoni, Norm Siebern and George Wilson.
Ralph Houk 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Monroe | 16 | 10 | .615 | 3.58 | 36 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 224.0 | 226 | 107 | 89 | 17 | 69 | 7 | 111 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ryne Duren | 13 | 2 | .867 | 3.16 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 114.0 | 88 | 43 | 40 | 8 | 33 | 1 | 116 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Mark Freeman | 12 | 6 | .667 | 3.46 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 164.0 | 137 | 75 | 63 | 8 | 88 | 3 | 113 | 9 | 1 | 3 | |||
| John Gabler | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.89 | 35 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 183.0 | 191 | 90 | 79 | 20 | 46 | 5 | 82 | 10 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Ben Flowers | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.56 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 162.0 | 164 | 78 | 64 | 9 | 40 | 9 | 99 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Ed Donnelly | 7 | 4 | .636 | 5.73 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 77.0 | 92 | 52 | 49 | 12 | 34 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jimmy DePalo | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.74 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 93.0 | 92 | 52 | 49 | 5 | 35 | 3 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Johnny Kucab | 5 | 3 | .625 | 6.21 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 101 | 52 | 49 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jack Urban | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.04 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 49.0 | 52 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack McMahan | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.84 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 67.0 | 94 | 48 | 36 | 6 | 35 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Gene Host | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.36 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 42.0 | 42 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| John Gebhard | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cleo Lewright | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Walt Kellner | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tom Lasorda | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Will Parsons | 0 | 4 | .000 | 6.07 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 61 | 34 | 29 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 90 | 64 | .584 | 4.15 | 330 | 146 | 0 | 68 | 10 | 0 | 1289.0 | 1340 | 683 | 594 | 112 | 467 | 46 | 721 | 41 | 4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Siebern | 144 | 654 | 548 | 124 | 191 | 45 | 15 | 24 | 118 | 2 | 97 | 72 | .349 | .443 | .617 | 1.059 | 338 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Curt Roberts | 147 | 669 | 572 | 115 | 174 | 36 | 7 | 10 | 81 | 23 | 84 | 56 | .304 | .391 | .444 | .835 | 254 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Fritz Brickell | 152 | 653 | 577 | 85 | 170 | 36 | 9 | 9 | 83 | 4 | 64 | 72 | .295 | .363 | .435 | .798 | 251 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Marv Throneberry | 154 | 675 | 560 | 113 | 140 | 16 | 5 | 40 | 124 | 3 | 111 | 151 | .250 | .375 | .511 | .886 | 286 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Johnny Blanchard | 117 | 466 | 435 | 69 | 135 | 22 | 3 | 18 | 86 | 1 | 25 | 18 | .310 | .346 | .499 | .845 | 217 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| George Wilson | 122 | 472 | 399 | 85 | 119 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 92 | 3 | 65 | 51 | .298 | .395 | .501 | .896 | 200 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Dick Sanders | 96 | 409 | 351 | 66 | 94 | 19 | 5 | 17 | 62 | 3 | 47 | 84 | .268 | .358 | .496 | .854 | 174 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Jim Pisoni | 74 | 319 | 277 | 47 | 83 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 49 | 1 | 33 | 50 | .300 | .382 | .495 | .877 | 137 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Zeke Bella | 76 | 300 | 249 | 54 | 79 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 49 | 0 | 49 | 35 | .317 | .430 | .526 | .956 | 131 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Bob Oldis | 85 | 299 | 262 | 42 | 77 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 32 | 18 | .294 | .368 | .412 | .780 | 108 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gene Hassell | 85 | 226 | 188 | 38 | 58 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 36 | 5 | .309 | .422 | .372 | .795 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Zach Monroe | 40 | 98 | 91 | 17 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .308 | .323 | .352 | .674 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Fridley | 25 | 88 | 83 | 12 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .313 | .341 | .506 | .847 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Woodie Held | 16 | 71 | 61 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .279 | .366 | .459 | .825 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Gabler | 43 | 74 | 68 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 24 | .250 | .278 | .294 | .572 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mark Freeman | 24 | 71 | 58 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .172 | .203 | .190 | .393 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ryne Duren | 18 | 47 | 41 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .171 | .244 | .171 | .415 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ben Flowers | 25 | 68 | 58 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26 | .103 | .133 | .121 | .254 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy DePalo | 34 | 35 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .161 | .235 | .161 | .397 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Donnelly | 26 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .161 | .188 | .161 | .349 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack McMahan | 47 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .267 | .389 | .267 | .656 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Kucab | 39 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Gebhard | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Lasorda | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Urban | 8 | 18 | 18 | 2 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Will Parsons | 16 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Host | 8 | 16 | 16 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Walt Kellner | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1638 | 5818 | 5028 | 915 | 1456 | 262 | 61 | 166 | 850 | 46 | 0 | 673 | 784 | .290 | .373 | .465 | .838 | 2338 | 0 | 22 | 54 | 41 | 40 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marv Throneberry | 1B | 154 | 1430 | 124 | 9 | 164 | .994 | 1.091 | ||||
| Curt Roberts | 2B | 143 | 211 | 476 | 27 | 126 | .962 | 4.804 | ||||
| Gene Hassell | 2B | 18 | 29 | 36 | 5 | 8 | .929 | 3.611 | ||||
| Dick Sanders | 3B | 57 | 74 | 120 | 7 | 23 | .965 | 3.404 | ||||
| Gene Hassell | 3B | 32 | 21 | 68 | 2 | 5 | .978 | 2.781 | ||||
| Johnny Blanchard | C | 88 | 455 | 35 | 1 | 4 | .998 | 5.568 | 10 | |||
| Bob Oldis | C | 74 | 370 | 40 | 2 | 7 | .995 | 5.541 | 5 | |||
| Norm Siebern | OF | 143 | 250 | 7 | 8 | 1 | .970 | 1.797 | ||||
| Jim Pisoni | OF | 73 | 158 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .965 | 2.260 | ||||
| Zeke Bella | OF | 68 | 137 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .993 | 2.044 | ||||
| Dick Sanders | OF | 40 | 96 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .980 | 2.475 | ||||
| Jim Fridley | OF | 21 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 1.333 | ||||
| Johnny Blanchard | OF | 21 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.905 | ||||
| Woodie Held | OF | 13 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 2.308 | ||||
| Jack McMahan | P | 47 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .255 | ||||
| Johnny Kucab | P | 39 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .436 | ||||
| Zach Monroe | P | 36 | 20 | 38 | 2 | 3 | .967 | 1.611 | ||||
| John Gabler | P | 35 | 17 | 27 | 4 | 1 | .917 | 1.257 | ||||
| Jimmy DePalo | P | 34 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .618 | ||||
| Ed Donnelly | P | 25 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .680 | ||||
| Mark Freeman | P | 24 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 0 | .906 | 1.208 | ||||
| Ben Flowers | P | 24 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 3 | .970 | 1.333 | ||||
| Ryne Duren | P | 18 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .778 | ||||
| Will Parsons | P | 16 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Gene Host | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Urban | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Lasorda | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Walt Kellner | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Gebhard | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cleo Lewright | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fritz Brickell | SS | 151 | 241 | 540 | 38 | 114 | .954 | 5.172 | ||||
| Totals | 1426 | 3649 | 1631 | 125 | 462 | .977 | 3.703 | 15 | 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.
