1977 Denver Bears Statistics
Team Record: 71-65
Finished 1st in the AA's West Division
Manager: Jim Marshall (71-65)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 288,167, Avg. 4,238
Playoffs - Denver Bears 4 games, Omaha Royals 2
The Denver Bears of the American Association ended the 1977 season with a record of 71 wins and 65 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Bears led the league with 741 runs, powered by 131 home runs. Denver allowed 722 runs, most in the circuit. Frank Ortenzio walloped 40 home runs for the squad, while Bombo Rivera swatted 15 or more, too. Frank Ortenzio accounted for 126 RBI. Gary Roenicke paced all regular batters with a .321 average. Larry Landreth topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 4.15 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Jerry White, Tom Walker, Joe Keener, Don DeMola, Frank Ortenzio, Tom Carroll, Larry Johnson, Bombo Rivera, Bob Reece, Gary Roenicke, Terry Enyart, Tommy Bianco, Larry Landreth, Steve Blateric, Jim Cox, Mike Hart, Chip Lang, Dennis Blair, Wayne Tyrone, Dan Schatzeder, Steve Ratzer, Shane Rawley, Jeff Terpko, Gerry Hannahs, Rick Renick, Stan Papi and Ángel Torres were all players from the 1977 Denver Bears who played in the Majors during their careers.
Jim Marshall 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Landreth | 10 | 10 | .500 | 4.15 | 29 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 195.0 | 189 | 104 | 90 | 18 | 89 | 5 | 134 | 2 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Tom Walker | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.97 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 32.0 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Keener | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.63 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 134.0 | 158 | 77 | 69 | 8 | 53 | 0 | 60 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jeff Terpko | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.83 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 47.0 | 45 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gerry Hannahs | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.84 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82.0 | 80 | 39 | 35 | 7 | 64 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Kenneth Rushing | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.17 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41.0 | 40 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dave Gronlund | 6 | 6 | .500 | 6.80 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 98.0 | 114 | 78 | 74 | 6 | 66 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Don DeMola | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.84 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 61.0 | 55 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 41 | 5 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dennis Blair | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.09 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 84 | 49 | 43 | 9 | 31 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Steve Blateric | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.56 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 71.0 | 81 | 43 | 36 | 5 | 30 | 3 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Dan Schatzeder | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.00 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 45 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Chip Lang | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.04 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 67.0 | 77 | 47 | 45 | 7 | 48 | 2 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Mark Ewell | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7.36 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.0 | 42 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jeff Gingrich | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.00 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 44 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Terry Enyart | 1 | 6 | .143 | 6.67 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27.0 | 36 | 28 | 20 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ángel Torres | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Shane Rawley | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Leonel Carrion | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Tom Carroll | 0 | 0 | 19.00 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Donald Albin | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steve Ratzer | 0 | 2 | .000 | 11.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Riley | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.71 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17.0 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 68 | 61 | .527 | 5.01 | 394 | 129 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 30 | 1086.0 | 1176 | 679 | 604 | 93 | 574 | 29 | 668 | 33 | 5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Ortenzio | 132 | 554 | 473 | 100 | 147 | 22 | 7 | 40 | 126 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 98 | .311 | .403 | .641 | 1.044 | 303 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Jerry White | 123 | 520 | 463 | 92 | 145 | 32 | 9 | 14 | 57 | 25 | 12 | 47 | 47 | .313 | .380 | .512 | .892 | 237 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Gary Roenicke | 124 | 514 | 448 | 87 | 144 | 31 | 4 | 11 | 72 | 12 | 7 | 46 | 45 | .321 | .397 | .482 | .879 | 216 | 13 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Stan Papi | 130 | 526 | 453 | 81 | 134 | 31 | 5 | 13 | 80 | 9 | 6 | 63 | 74 | .296 | .384 | .472 | .856 | 214 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Bombo Rivera | 124 | 486 | 441 | 63 | 133 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 95 | 15 | 8 | 34 | 76 | .302 | .349 | .522 | .871 | 230 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Juan Navarrete | 113 | 451 | 401 | 53 | 103 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 31 | .257 | .317 | .314 | .632 | 126 | 1 | 10 | 3 | ||
| Jim Cox | 109 | 356 | 324 | 50 | 93 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 39 | .287 | .330 | .404 | .735 | 131 | 0 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Larry Johnson | 94 | 327 | 280 | 54 | 78 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 34 | .279 | .377 | .454 | .831 | 127 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bob Reece | 79 | 287 | 260 | 28 | 74 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 29 | .285 | .337 | .377 | .714 | 98 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Leonel Carrion | 75 | 256 | 221 | 29 | 59 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 32 | .267 | .348 | .385 | .732 | 85 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Rick Renick | 70 | 217 | 178 | 34 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 49 | .281 | .396 | .545 | .941 | 97 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mike Hart | 85 | 239 | 186 | 40 | 44 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 50 | 37 | .237 | .395 | .414 | .809 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dave Gronlund | 24 | 39 | 34 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .265 | .324 | .324 | .648 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Larry Landreth | 33 | 73 | 64 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .125 | .162 | .125 | .287 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Joe Keener | 21 | 56 | 47 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22 | .149 | .226 | .170 | .397 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Gerry Hannahs | 19 | 32 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .192 | .250 | .308 | .558 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Rushing | 34 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .833 | 1.333 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Terpko | 19 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .231 | .286 | .231 | .516 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tom Carroll | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .333 | .556 | .667 | 1.222 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Tyrone | 6 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .182 | .400 | .364 | .764 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Schatzeder | 13 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Don DeMola | 34 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Walker | 20 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .200 | .250 | .450 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jeff Gingrich | 8 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .100 | .250 | .100 | .350 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chip Lang | 28 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Blair | 15 | 28 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .048 | .167 | .048 | .214 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Terry Enyart | 33 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Blateric | 38 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .000 | .071 | .000 | .071 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mark Ewell | 23 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Creech | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Ratzer | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Donald Albin | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1648 | 5109 | 4445 | 739 | 1251 | 220 | 68 | 131 | 686 | 90 | 52 | 523 | 718 | .281 | .359 | .450 | .809 | 2000 | 0 | 35 | 67 | 39 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Ortenzio | 1B | 130 | 1082 | 107 | 16 | 113 | .987 | 9.146 | ||||
| Rick Renick | 1B | 5 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Gary Roenicke | 1B | 3 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .966 | 9.333 | ||||
| Jerry White | 1B | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Bob Reece | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Larry Johnson | 1B | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Juan Navarrete | 2B | 95 | 199 | 255 | 14 | 56 | .970 | 4.779 | ||||
| Jim Cox | 2B | 48 | 92 | 130 | 13 | 33 | .945 | 4.625 | ||||
| Mike Hart | 2B | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .917 | 2.200 | ||||
| Gary Roenicke | 3B | 59 | 55 | 103 | 14 | 12 | .919 | 2.678 | ||||
| Rick Renick | 3B | 47 | 33 | 70 | 8 | 5 | .928 | 2.191 | ||||
| Jim Cox | 3B | 47 | 26 | 57 | 10 | 9 | .892 | 1.766 | ||||
| Ed Creech | 3B | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Wayne Tyrone | 3B | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Stan Papi | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bob Reece | C | 71 | 366 | 41 | 7 | 5 | .983 | 5.732 | 8 | |||
| Larry Johnson | C | 67 | 376 | 35 | 4 | 4 | .990 | 6.134 | 3 | |||
| Jerry White | OF | 122 | 228 | 7 | 6 | 3 | .975 | 1.926 | ||||
| Bombo Rivera | OF | 120 | 204 | 14 | 7 | 1 | .969 | 1.817 | ||||
| Leonel Carrion | OF | 72 | 153 | 3 | 8 | 2 | .951 | 2.167 | ||||
| Gary Roenicke | OF | 67 | 95 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .981 | 1.507 | ||||
| Mike Hart | OF | 59 | 96 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.729 | ||||
| Larry Johnson | OF | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .857 | ||||
| Rick Renick | OF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bob Reece | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Wayne Tyrone | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Blateric | P | 38 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .263 | ||||
| Kenneth Rushing | P | 34 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .529 | ||||
| Don DeMola | P | 34 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .176 | ||||
| Terry Enyart | P | 33 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .833 | .303 | ||||
| Larry Landreth | P | 29 | 15 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 1.310 | ||||
| Chip Lang | P | 28 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .786 | .393 | ||||
| Mark Ewell | P | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .318 | ||||
| Joe Keener | P | 21 | 19 | 27 | 2 | 2 | .958 | 2.190 | ||||
| Dave Gronlund | P | 21 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 1.095 | ||||
| Tom Walker | P | 20 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .300 | ||||
| Jeff Terpko | P | 19 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .684 | ||||
| Gerry Hannahs | P | 17 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .882 | .882 | ||||
| Dennis Blair | P | 15 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .867 | ||||
| Ed Riley | P | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Ángel Torres | P | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dan Schatzeder | P | 9 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | .778 | ||||
| Jeff Gingrich | P | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.000 | ||||
| Shane Rawley | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Carroll | P | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Albin | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Steve Ratzer | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Leonel Carrion | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Stan Papi | SS | 124 | 227 | 326 | 39 | 88 | .934 | 4.460 | ||||
| Juan Navarrete | SS | 15 | 25 | 46 | 1 | 8 | .986 | 4.733 | ||||
| Jim Cox | SS | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.200 | ||||
| Ed Creech | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1588 | 3441 | 1392 | 173 | 369 | .965 | 3.043 | 11 | 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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