1971 Denver Bears Statistics
Team Record: 73-67
Finished 1st in the AA's West Division
Manager: Del Wilber (73-67)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 313,912, Avg. 4,484
Playoffs - Denver Bears 4 games, Indianapolis Indians 3
The Denver Bears of the American Association ended the 1971 season with a record of 73 wins and 67 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Bears plated 767 runs, tops in the circuit. Denver conceded 727 runs. Richie Scheinblum paced the team with 25 home runs, and Tom Grieve walloped 15 or more, too. Richie Scheinblum recorded 108 runs batted in. Jim Mason topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .268 average. Garland Shifflett led the squad with 12 wins, while Ron Law earned a 4.12 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Charlie Walters, Jackie Brown, Cisco Carlos, Jim French, Gerry Janeski, Tom Grieve, Norm McRae, Jim Driscoll, Lenny Randle, Tom Ragland, Jan Dukes, Rick Stelmaszek, Richie Scheinblum, Garland Shifflett, Larry Biittner, Jeff Burroughs, Dick Nen, Rick Henninger, Dick Such, Don Castle, Mike Thompson, Joe Foy, Jim Miles, Lou Klimchock, Ron Law, Jim Mason, Bill Fahey, Joe Lovitto and Dave Nelson were all players from the 1971 Denver Bears who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Del Wilber 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Garland Shifflett | 12 | 7 | .632 | 4.78 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 98.0 | 110 | 63 | 52 | 10 | 43 | 14 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
Ron Law | 11 | 6 | .647 | 4.12 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 168.0 | 193 | 92 | 77 | 15 | 65 | 1 | 114 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||
Cisco Carlos | 7 | 12 | .368 | 4.55 | 33 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 168.0 | 206 | 97 | 85 | 14 | 47 | 4 | 97 | 8 | 0 | 7 | ||
Jim Miles | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.67 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 103.0 | 100 | 48 | 42 | 7 | 32 | 3 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
Jackie Brown | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.96 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 90 | 47 | 40 | 5 | 40 | 1 | 85 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
Jan Dukes | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.98 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 95.0 | 112 | 50 | 42 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
Norm McRae | 6 | 13 | .316 | 4.89 | 34 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 171.0 | 203 | 101 | 93 | 11 | 82 | 6 | 131 | 3 | 1 | 13 | ||
Mike Thompson | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.20 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 | 55 | 35 | 28 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Dick Such | 5 | 5 | .500 | 6.12 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 78.0 | 102 | 60 | 53 | 9 | 33 | 6 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
Gerry Janeski | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.09 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 77.0 | 97 | 41 | 35 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Charlie Walters | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.29 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 47 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rick Henninger | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.19 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 65 | 36 | 33 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
Art DeFilippis | 1 | 2 | .333 | 10.29 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Don Castle | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Lawrence Staab | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
James Southworth | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 73 | 67 | .521 | 4.64 | 376 | 140 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 31 | 1220.0 | 1420 | 727 | 629 | 94 | 473 | 51 | 824 | 33 | 2 | 60 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richie Scheinblum | 106 | 455 | 374 | 83 | 145 | 31 | 10 | 25 | 108 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 26 | .388 | .490 | .725 | 1.215 | 271 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
Jim Mason | 105 | 486 | 403 | 75 | 108 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 2 | 5 | 77 | 93 | .268 | .389 | .360 | .749 | 145 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
Tom Ragland | 96 | 376 | 329 | 55 | 99 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 58 | .301 | .381 | .404 | .786 | 133 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
Joe Patterson | 111 | 334 | 296 | 55 | 95 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 55 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 57 | .321 | .387 | .486 | .873 | 144 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
Jeff Burroughs | 81 | 349 | 298 | 51 | 87 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 58 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 79 | .292 | .379 | .477 | .856 | 142 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
Tom Grieve | 93 | 364 | 316 | 64 | 86 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 81 | .272 | .365 | .528 | .894 | 167 | 10 | 0 | 1 | ||
Dick Nen | 87 | 322 | 282 | 33 | 84 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 25 | .298 | .362 | .362 | .724 | 102 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
Lou Klimchock | 102 | 370 | 330 | 49 | 78 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 40 | .236 | .308 | .376 | .684 | 124 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
Dave Nelson | 50 | 231 | 202 | 37 | 62 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 17 | .307 | .383 | .426 | .808 | 86 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Rich Donnelly | 85 | 259 | 232 | 26 | 62 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 31 | .267 | .332 | .336 | .668 | 78 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
Don Castle | 61 | 227 | 206 | 26 | 53 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 53 | .257 | .317 | .413 | .730 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Lenny Randle | 48 | 202 | 170 | 32 | 49 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 28 | 28 | .288 | .390 | .429 | .819 | 73 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Rick Stelmaszek | 73 | 247 | 194 | 27 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 43 | .247 | .397 | .278 | .675 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Larry Biittner | 25 | 106 | 101 | 20 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .356 | .387 | .554 | .941 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Lovitto | 34 | 111 | 92 | 19 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 20 | .326 | .414 | .500 | .914 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Rick Hense | 54 | 118 | 108 | 8 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 20 | .259 | .314 | .407 | .721 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Gary Ratliff | 35 | 103 | 95 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 30 | .221 | .272 | .263 | .535 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Ron Law | 29 | 67 | 65 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .262 | .284 | .323 | .607 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Norm McRae | 43 | 64 | 57 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .211 | .213 | .351 | .564 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
Joe Foy | 15 | 58 | 47 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | .191 | .328 | .277 | .604 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Jackie Brown | 14 | 35 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | .231 | .429 | .308 | .736 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Fahey | 4 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .267 | .267 | .467 | .733 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim French | 6 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .250 | .333 | .625 | .958 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Garland Shifflett | 66 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .235 | .278 | .235 | .513 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Jim Miles | 54 | 27 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .182 | .308 | .273 | .580 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Cisco Carlos | 33 | 62 | 49 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .082 | .151 | .102 | .253 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
Gerry Janeski | 13 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .125 | .160 | .125 | .285 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Dick Such | 24 | 29 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .107 | .138 | .143 | .281 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
James Johnson | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Art DeFilippis | 8 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jan Dukes | 50 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .087 | .160 | .087 | .247 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Mike Thompson | 11 | 28 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .042 | .080 | .042 | .122 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Rick Henninger | 21 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Charlie Walters | 13 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Totals | 1655 | 5176 | 4474 | 718 | 1248 | 216 | 49 | 107 | 676 | 34 | 23 | 586 | 868 | .279 | .364 | .421 | .784 | 1883 | 0 | 33 | 41 | 42 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dick Nen | 1B | 76 | 648 | 62 | 4 | 64 | .994 | 9.342 | ||||
Don Castle | 1B | 44 | 343 | 38 | 5 | 47 | .987 | 8.659 | ||||
Larry Biittner | 1B | 25 | 223 | 28 | 3 | 16 | .988 | 1.040 | ||||
Joe Foy | 1B | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
Lenny Randle | 2B | 39 | 80 | 138 | 3 | 16 | .986 | 5.590 | ||||
Tom Ragland | 2B | 25 | 55 | 86 | 2 | 21 | .986 | 5.640 | ||||
Lou Klimchock | 2B | 17 | 42 | 49 | 3 | 14 | .968 | 5.353 | ||||
Dave Nelson | 2B | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .923 | 3.000 | ||||
Joe Lovitto | 2B | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 4.000 | ||||
Jim Mason | 2B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
Lou Klimchock | 3B | 50 | 30 | 77 | 14 | 8 | .884 | 2.140 | ||||
Dave Nelson | 3B | 44 | 54 | 77 | 8 | 9 | .942 | 2.977 | ||||
Tom Ragland | 3B | 21 | 11 | 27 | 2 | 3 | .950 | 1.810 | ||||
Jim Driscoll | 3B | 15 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 3 | .889 | 2.133 | ||||
Joe Foy | 3B | 13 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 2.385 | ||||
Rick Hense | 3B | 4 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.750 | ||||
Rich Donnelly | C | 83 | 406 | 48 | 5 | 2 | .989 | 5.470 | 16 | |||
Rick Stelmaszek | C | 72 | 402 | 28 | 3 | 5 | .993 | 5.972 | 6 | |||
James Johnson | C | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.400 | 0 | |||
Jim French | C | 4 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 5.750 | 0 | |||
Bill Fahey | C | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.250 | 0 | |||
Richie Scheinblum | OF | 102 | 152 | 10 | 8 | 1 | .953 | 1.588 | ||||
Tom Grieve | OF | 85 | 174 | 15 | 3 | 2 | .984 | 2.224 | ||||
Jeff Burroughs | OF | 81 | 108 | 7 | 10 | 1 | .920 | 1.420 | ||||
Joe Patterson | OF | 74 | 126 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .977 | 1.730 | ||||
Gary Ratliff | OF | 31 | 57 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .909 | 1.935 | ||||
Joe Lovitto | OF | 25 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 1.920 | ||||
Rick Hense | OF | 22 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.136 | ||||
Lou Klimchock | OF | 20 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.150 | ||||
Lenny Randle | OF | 9 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.667 | ||||
Don Castle | OF | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.375 | ||||
Garland Shifflett | P | 66 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
Jim Miles | P | 54 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .315 | ||||
Jan Dukes | P | 50 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .360 | ||||
Norm McRae | P | 34 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .932 | 1.206 | ||||
Cisco Carlos | P | 33 | 11 | 25 | 2 | 2 | .947 | 1.091 | ||||
Ron Law | P | 29 | 10 | 27 | 2 | 1 | .949 | 1.276 | ||||
Dick Such | P | 24 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
Rick Henninger | P | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
Jackie Brown | P | 14 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.857 | ||||
Charlie Walters | P | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .538 | ||||
Gerry Janeski | P | 13 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.154 | ||||
Mike Thompson | P | 11 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.182 | ||||
Art DeFilippis | P | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
James Southworth | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Lawrence Staab | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Don Castle | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Jim Mason | SS | 102 | 136 | 312 | 23 | 61 | .951 | 4.392 | ||||
Tom Ragland | SS | 40 | 83 | 123 | 8 | 25 | .963 | 5.150 | ||||
Totals | 1525 | 3470 | 1352 | 137 | 317 | .972 | 3.162 | 22 | 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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