1962 Denver Bears Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 79-71
Finished 3rd in the AA
Manager: Frank Skaff (79-71)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 165,614, Avg. 2,208

1962 Denver Bears Roster

Playoffs - Denver Bears 3 games, Omaha Dodgers 1
Finals - Louisville Colonels 4 games, Denver Bears 2

The Denver Bears of the American Association ended the 1962 season with a record of 79 wins and 71 losses, finishing third in the AA.

The Bears topped the league with 783 runs. Denver yielded 715 runs. Jesse Queen led the squad with 20 home runs Frank Kostro drove in 97 runs and topped all regular hitters with a .321 average. Gordon Seyfried paced the team with 14 wins, while Bob Humphreys recorded a 2.88 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1962 Denver Bears who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jim Baumer, Joe Ginsberg, Larry Foster, George Smith, Coot Veal, Gordon Seyfried, Howie Koplitz, Gates Brown, Jackie Moore, Bill Roman, Chico Salmon, Bill Freehan, Bob Humphreys, Joe Grzenda, Lorencito Fernández, Doug Gallagher, Fred Gladding, Ron Nischwitz, Alan Koch, Don Wert, Frank Kostro, Mickey Lolich, Rocky Nelson, Leo Marentette, Lou Skizas, Bob Dustal, Reno Bertoia, Purnal Goldy, Jerry Casale, Johnnie Seale, Terry Fox and George Wilson.

Frank Skaff 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
Gordon Seyfried	14	7	.667	3.85	32	31		12	2		213.0	220	114	91	14	43	3	98	2	1	4
Bob Dustal	12	8	.600	3.18	57	12		4	1		167.0	191	72	59	6	32	9	104	3	0	0
Doug Gallagher	9	5	.643	3.64	22	21		6	2		131.0	121	61	53	9	41	1	108	1	1	9
Bob Humphreys	9	7	.562	2.88	58	0		0	0		125.0	96	46	40	5	71	2	98	0	0	3
Wyman Carey	6	5	.545	5.43	34	14		1	0		126.0	144	90	76	14	89	2	109	2	1	4
Fred Gladding	6	12	.333	3.82	46	9		1	1		113.0	121	68	48	6	50	4	78	3	0	4
Joe Grzenda	5	7	.417	5.14	25	20		2	0		126.0	142	84	72	12	55	4	77	4	0	3
Jerry Casale	4	2	.667	4.00	8	8		2	1		54.0	62	26	24	6	22	0	26	0	0	1
Alan Koch	4	4	.500	4.66	20	9		2	0		58.0	57	35	30	6	34	1	53	0	0	4
Larry Foster	3	0	1.000	3.83	8	7		3	0		47.0	45	21	20	2	21	0	41	2	0	2
Al Pehanick	3	3	.500	4.91	10	9		2	0		55.0	60	34	30	6	33	4	37	5	0	1
Johnnie Seale	2	3	.400	5.23	17	4		1	0		43.0	52	29	25	1	24	0	21	0	0	4
Leo Marentette	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1		1	1		9.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	8	1	0	0
Ron Nischwitz	1	1	.500	1.29	8	0		0	0		14.0	11	2	2	0	3	1	14	0	0	1
Howie Koplitz	0	1	.000	1.29	1	1		0	0		7.0	4	2	1	0	2	1	3	0	0	1
Terry Fox	0	1	.000	3.00	5	0		0	0		9.0	9	7	3	0	2	0	5	0	0	0
Mickey Lolich	0	4	.000	16.50	9	4		0	0		12.0	26	24	22	0	10	0	10	1	0	0
Totals	79	70	.530	4.10	361	150	0	37	8	0	1309.0	1363	715	596	87	535	32	890	24	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
Frank Kostro	136	601	514	84	165	33	8	13	97	3		66	62	.321	.402	.492	.895	253		8	7	6	3
Jesse Queen	141	615	516	98	163	34	8	20	83	10		88	104	.316	.414	.529	.943	273		3	2	6	1
Gates Brown	139	589	523	73	157	25	14	3	50	6		56	50	.300	.368	.419	.787	219		2	5	3	7
Don Wert	147	668	555	82	148	20	9	7	83	10		96	72	.267	.378	.373	.751	207		5	9	3	4
Legrant Scott	99	480	413	78	121	19	12	7	54	4		51	53	.293	.370	.448	.818	185		1	12	3	0
Bill Freehan	113	445	392	47	111	22	2	9	58	0		42	58	.283	.359	.418	.777	164		5	5	1	5
Purnal Goldy	66	272	249	40	78	8	4	3	29	3		15	37	.313	.353	.414	.767	103		2	3	3	1
Coot Veal	80	308	267	43	69	10	1	0	27	3		31	42	.258	.334	.303	.638	81		1	6	3	3
Jim Baumer	40	197	176	35	58	12	1	7	32	0		15	27	.330	.388	.528	.916	93		3	1	2	1
Rocky Nelson	55	234	207	32	54	13	3	8	31	0		20	19	.261	.322	.469	.790	97		1	1	5	4
Joseph Christian	33	143	129	22	34	7	2	2	20	1		13	24	.264	.329	.395	.724	51		0	0	1	0
Reno Bertoia	29	106	84	13	30	5	3	1	23	1		20	17	.357	.481	.524	1.005	44		0	2	0	0
George Wilson	72	123	96	8	27	3	0	4	26	0		22	20	.281	.410	.438	.847	42		1	1	3	0
Joe Ginsberg	46	144	124	9	27	5	1	0	14	1		16	19	.218	.301	.274	.575	34		0	1	3	3
Jackie Moore	32	112	98	10	25	3	0	0	14	0		11	12	.255	.342	.286	.628	28		2	1	0	2
Leo Smith	25	112	96	12	23	7	0	2	21	0		13	21	.240	.321	.375	.696	36		0	0	3	0
Gordon Seyfried	32	92	76	17	20	2	1	2	14	1		10	23	.263	.348	.395	.743	30		1	3	2	0
Bill Roman	20	76	71	7	19	4	1	1	6	2		4	14	.268	.303	.394	.697	28		0	0	1	0
Chico Salmon	10	45	38	7	13	3	0	1	9	0		2	4	.342	.364	.500	.864	19		1	1	3	0
Wyman Carey	48	48	46	9	13	0	1	0	5	0		2	8	.283	.312	.326	.639	15		0	0	0	0
Bob Humphreys	59	36	32	4	11	0	0	0	3	0		3	8	.344	.417	.344	.760	11		1	0	0	0
Bob Dustal	59	57	49	8	8	0	0	0	1	0		3	21	.163	.212	.163	.375	8		0	5	0	0
George Smith	5	20	18	5	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.389	.450	.500	.950	9		0	0	0
Joe Grzenda	29	49	49	7	7	1	0	0	2	0		0	30	.143	.143	.163	.306	8		0	0	0	0
Lou Skizas	10	18	15	5	6	0	0	1	4	0		2	2	.400	.444	.600	1.044	9		0	0	1	0
Doug Gallagher	24	54	46	3	6	1	0	0	2	0		3	22	.130	.200	.152	.352	7		1	4	0	0
Alan Koch	20	21	18	2	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	7	.222	.222	.278	.500	5		0	3	0	0
Larry Foster	8	19	18	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.167	.211	.167	.377	3		0	0	0
Jerry Casale	8	23	18	5	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	6	.167	.250	.333	.583	6		0	3	0
Jim Hughes	5	7	7	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.429	.714	3		0	0	0	0
Al Pehanick	10	26	24	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	15	.083	.083	.083	.167	2		0	2	0	0
Ron Nischwitz	8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0	0	0
Fred Gladding	46	36	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	19	.031	.031	.031	.062	1		0	4	0	0
Johnnie Seale	18	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Leo Marentette	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	0	0
Mickey Lolich	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		0	0	0
Howie Koplitz	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Terry Fox	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1688	5800	5018	766	1416	241	71	92	711	45	0	611	837	.282	.361	.414	.775	2075	0	38	81	52	34

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Rocky Nelson	1B	55	495	21	7	51	.987	9.382
Frank Kostro	1B	36	321	14	7	41	.980	9.306
Leo Smith	1B	25	224	26	3	26	.988	1.000
Bill Roman	1B	19	152	7	3	15	.981	8.368
Bill Freehan	1B	12	107	4	1	8	.991	9.250
Legrant Scott	2B	99	260	312	30	68	.950	5.778
Jim Baumer	2B	39	106	113	11	34	.952	5.615
Don Wert	3B	145	108	301	20	33	.953	2.821
Bill Freehan	C	93	577	51	10	8	.984	6.753	17
Joe Ginsberg	C	34	210	15	4	1	.983	6.618	8
Jackie Moore	C	24	159	10	3	4	.983	7.042	1
Jesse Queen	OF	139	304	10	7	0	.978	2.259
Gates Brown	OF	131	197	7	7	0	.967	1.557
Purnal Goldy	OF	64	92	2	3	0	.969	1.469
Frank Kostro	OF	57	106	5	4	2	.965	1.947
Joseph Christian	OF	31	54	1	2	0	.965	1.774
George Wilson	OF	18	22	1	0	1	1.000	1.278
Chico Salmon	OF	10	16	0	2	0	.889	1.600
Bob Humphreys	P	58	7	27	0	3	1.000	.586
Bob Dustal	P	57	9	21	2	2	.938	.526
Fred Gladding	P	46	1	24	2	2	.926	.543
Wyman Carey	P	34	12	22	3	2	.919	1.000
Gordon Seyfried	P	32	14	48	1	6	.984	1.938
Joe Grzenda	P	25	1	22	1	1	.958	.920
Doug Gallagher	P	22	1	13	3	0	.824	.636
Alan Koch	P	20	3	4	2	0	.778	.350
Johnnie Seale	P	17	1	7	0	1	1.000	.471
Al Pehanick	P	10	9	10	0	1	1.000	1.900
Mickey Lolich	P	9						.000
Ron Nischwitz	P	8						.000
Larry Foster	P	8						.000
Jerry Casale	P	8						.000
Terry Fox	P	5						.000
Leo Marentette	P	1						.000
Howie Koplitz	P	1						.000
Coot Veal	SS	79	136	266	14	49	.966	5.089
Frank Kostro	SS	45	62	107	15	23	.918	3.756
Reno Bertoia	SS	16	19	49	8	9	.895	4.250
Totals		1532	3785	1520	175	391	.968	3.463	26	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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