
1960 Denver Bears Statistics
Team Record: 88-66
Finished 1st in the AA
Manager: Charlie Metro (88-66)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 269,783, Avg. 3,504
Playoffs - Denver Bears 4 games, Houston Buffs 3
Finals - Louisville Colonels 4 games, Denver Bears 2
The Denver Bears of the American Association ended the 1960 season with a record of 88 wins and 66 losses, finishing first in the AA.
The Bears topped the league with 903 runs, fueled by 162 home runs. Denver surrendered 783 runs, most in the circuit. Bobo Osborne walloped 34 home runs for the squad, while Jimmie McDaniel, George Alusik and Steve Boros each swatted 15 or more also. Bobo Osborne and Steve Boros each recorded 119 runs batted in. Bobo Osborne led all regular hitters with a .342 average. Ed Donnelly paced the team with 17 wins, and Al Pehanick recorded a 3.38 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1960 Denver Bears who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ossie Álvarez, Jake Wood, Jerry Davie, Bob Dustal, Ozzie Virgil, Frank Kostro, Casey Wise, Buck Rodgers, Gordon Seyfried, George Spencer, Harry Perkowski, George Alusik, Coot Veal, Johnny Groth, Bob Smith, Steve Boros, Tony Bartirome, Don Kaiser, Bubba Morton, Bobo Osborne, George Thomas, Phil Regan, Fred Gladding, Jim Stump and Mike Roarke.
Charlie Metro 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ed Donnelly | 17 | 10 | .630 | 4.60 | 39 | 30 | 13 | 0 | 219.0 | 247 | 135 | 112 | 22 | 89 | 1 | 103 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |||
Al Pehanick | 12 | 6 | .667 | 3.38 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 128.0 | 137 | 66 | 48 | 7 | 60 | 4 | 72 | 8 | 2 | 6 | |||
Gordon Seyfried | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4.46 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 202.0 | 233 | 116 | 100 | 32 | 38 | 3 | 95 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |||
Phil Regan | 9 | 3 | .750 | 3.06 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 97.0 | 92 | 41 | 33 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jim Stump | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.89 | 37 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 173.0 | 217 | 107 | 94 | 18 | 63 | 8 | 112 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
Harry Perkowski | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.65 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | 98 | 58 | 46 | 9 | 46 | 2 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
Robert Walz | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.24 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 68 | 39 | 32 | 9 | 39 | 2 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||
Don Kaiser | 7 | 10 | .412 | 5.77 | 35 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 142.0 | 174 | 101 | 91 | 24 | 42 | 3 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
Bob Smith | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.23 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 117 | 64 | 47 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Fred Gladding | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.35 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 65.0 | 57 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
George Spencer | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.87 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 31 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jerry Davie | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bob Dustal | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 7 | 1 | 14.0 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
Harold DeMars | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.60 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
Totals | 88 | 66 | .571 | 4.37 | 377 | 155 | 0 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 1332.0 | 1491 | 783 | 647 | 139 | 470 | 24 | 762 | 35 | 3 | 41 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jake Wood | 149 | 664 | 610 | 101 | 186 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 76 | 34 | 43 | 126 | .305 | .349 | .462 | .812 | 282 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||
Steve Boros | 151 | 666 | 571 | 128 | 181 | 42 | 8 | 30 | 119 | 22 | 81 | 91 | .317 | .404 | .576 | .980 | 329 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||
Bubba Morton | 145 | 650 | 585 | 107 | 173 | 35 | 10 | 9 | 66 | 30 | 56 | 90 | .296 | .359 | .436 | .794 | 255 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
Bobo Osborne | 141 | 593 | 482 | 108 | 165 | 40 | 1 | 34 | 119 | 2 | 95 | 80 | .342 | .452 | .641 | 1.093 | 309 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 13 | ||
George Alusik | 139 | 542 | 487 | 94 | 160 | 43 | 3 | 26 | 106 | 0 | 39 | 53 | .329 | .381 | .589 | .971 | 287 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 5 | ||
Jimmie McDaniel | 134 | 578 | 475 | 97 | 137 | 37 | 6 | 19 | 92 | 7 | 95 | 164 | .288 | .407 | .512 | .918 | 243 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | ||
Mike Roarke | 109 | 418 | 369 | 47 | 94 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 3 | 44 | 47 | .255 | .333 | .396 | .729 | 146 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||
Ozzie Virgil | 59 | 215 | 202 | 37 | 77 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 55 | 2 | 9 | 22 | .381 | .408 | .599 | 1.007 | 121 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
Coot Veal | 71 | 294 | 255 | 38 | 77 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 29 | 24 | .302 | .380 | .380 | .760 | 97 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
Casey Wise | 51 | 190 | 163 | 22 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 23 | 12 | .202 | .296 | .288 | .585 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
Tony Bartirome | 78 | 157 | 132 | 20 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 9 | .242 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 44 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
Ossie Álvarez | 34 | 110 | 92 | 17 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 11 | .315 | .411 | .337 | .748 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank Kostro | 22 | 104 | 94 | 18 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 9 | .277 | .340 | .415 | .755 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnny Groth | 31 | 91 | 82 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .268 | .319 | .366 | .685 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Buck Rodgers | 23 | 92 | 84 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .238 | .304 | .452 | .757 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Ed Donnelly | 39 | 95 | 82 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .195 | .256 | .195 | .451 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
Gordon Seyfried | 31 | 86 | 74 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 33 | .189 | .253 | .284 | .537 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
Vern Rapp | 36 | 110 | 99 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 20 | .141 | .209 | .242 | .452 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
Jim Stump | 38 | 64 | 62 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .177 | .190 | .242 | .432 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Kaiser | 35 | 56 | 50 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .180 | .212 | .200 | .412 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
Phil Regan | 23 | 37 | 34 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Thomas | 14 | 41 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .171 | .268 | .257 | .525 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Harry Perkowski | 59 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .182 | .280 | .318 | .598 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Smith | 34 | 32 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .103 | .161 | .103 | .265 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Robert Walz | 49 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .333 | .375 | .708 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Fred Gladding | 14 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Al Pehanick | 28 | 50 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 27 | .053 | .200 | .053 | .253 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Dustal | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | |||||||||||
George Spencer | 19 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jerry Davie | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Harold DeMars | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1765 | 6006 | 5250 | 903 | 1502 | 305 | 62 | 162 | 821 | 123 | 0 | 610 | 953 | .286 | .362 | .460 | .822 | 2417 | 0 | 40 | 57 | 49 | 47 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bobo Osborne | 1B | 129 | 1108 | 57 | 11 | 120 | .991 | 9.031 | ||||
Tony Bartirome | 1B | 34 | 234 | 16 | 0 | 34 | 1.000 | 7.353 | ||||
Jake Wood | 2B | 143 | 335 | 436 | 34 | 105 | .958 | 5.392 | ||||
Casey Wise | 2B | 10 | 29 | 23 | 2 | 6 | .963 | 5.200 | ||||
Steve Boros | 3B | 151 | 110 | 275 | 31 | 27 | .925 | 2.550 | ||||
Mike Roarke | C | 109 | 574 | 50 | 5 | 7 | .992 | 5.725 | 7 | |||
Vern Rapp | C | 28 | 146 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .988 | 5.643 | 3 | |||
Buck Rodgers | C | 23 | 127 | 15 | 4 | 1 | .973 | 6.174 | 5 | |||
Bubba Morton | OF | 140 | 300 | 13 | 5 | 1 | .984 | 2.236 | ||||
Jimmie McDaniel | OF | 134 | 299 | 18 | 9 | 5 | .972 | 2.366 | ||||
George Alusik | OF | 133 | 224 | 15 | 7 | 5 | .972 | 1.797 | ||||
Ozzie Virgil | OF | 27 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.815 | ||||
Johnny Groth | OF | 20 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
George Thomas | OF | 11 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.727 | ||||
Bobo Osborne | OF | 10 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.700 | ||||
Harry Perkowski | P | 59 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .271 | ||||
Robert Walz | P | 49 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .367 | ||||
Ed Donnelly | P | 39 | 13 | 27 | 2 | 1 | .952 | 1.026 | ||||
Jim Stump | P | 37 | 7 | 38 | 4 | 6 | .918 | 1.216 | ||||
Don Kaiser | P | 35 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .939 | .886 | ||||
Bob Smith | P | 34 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 0 | .880 | .647 | ||||
Gordon Seyfried | P | 31 | 9 | 47 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 1.806 | ||||
Al Pehanick | P | 28 | 6 | 31 | 3 | 2 | .925 | 1.321 | ||||
Phil Regan | P | 23 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .783 | ||||
George Spencer | P | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .211 | ||||
Fred Gladding | P | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .643 | ||||
Coot Veal | SS | 71 | 145 | 235 | 21 | 62 | .948 | 5.352 | ||||
Casey Wise | SS | 31 | 57 | 103 | 10 | 20 | .941 | 5.161 | ||||
Ossie Álvarez | SS | 23 | 31 | 89 | 15 | 18 | .889 | 5.217 | ||||
Frank Kostro | SS | 21 | 41 | 60 | 14 | 12 | .878 | 4.810 | ||||
Ozzie Virgil | SS | 12 | 16 | 31 | 2 | 8 | .959 | 3.917 | ||||
Totals | 1628 | 3930 | 1699 | 188 | 450 | .968 | 3.458 | 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.
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