1952 Denver Grizzlies
Record: 79-65
Finish: 1st in PL North Division
Runs Scored: 798
Runs Allowed: 705
Exp W-L: 80-64
 
Ballpark: Jellystone Park
Attendance: 2,733,204
Manager: Chris

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 56-70, 10th in the Pioneer League
AA: 77-49, 1st in the Pioneer League
A: 54-72, 10th in the Pioneer League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won Series of the West 4-2 over San Diego Breakers
Won PL League Championship Serie 4-1 over Oklahoma 89ers
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B *Jonathan Blackmer 31 139 495 98 172 34 4 22 96 11 8 80 59 .347 .441 .566 1.007 112.7 21.9 3.3
SS *Joe Whelan 28 139 491 107 152 31 5 35 112 30 17 83 73 .310 .410 .607 1.016 116.4 21.3 5.9
RF  Richard Shiflet 28 136 466 91 120 26 2 29 92 6 8 98 103 .258 .388 .509 .897 91.4 14.3 2.8
SS *Ray Card 32 127 462 77 127 30 4 13 60 12 13 45 94 .275 .335 .442 .777 66.9 7.9 5.2
C  Kelvin Hinton 30 124 443 68 125 25 3 13 73 1 0 59 54 .282 .366 .440 .806 71.2 10.5 5.5
CF *David Gaiter 24 122 421 63 107 24 8 6 45 19 14 18 64 .254 .294 .392 .686 46.4 3.8 3.0
3B  Juan Soderberg 25 98 296 54 95 23 3 9 54 1 1 40 57 .321 .399 .510 .910 56.4 10.2 2.4
3B *Jason Fowler 27 93 274 35 69 22 2 4 41 2 0 22 43 .252 .309 .391 .699 30.6 2.8 2.1
LF *David Marson 33 75 224 24 63 9 2 8 36 2 2 10 36 .281 .312 .446 .758 28.5 3.3 1.1
LF *Greg Wampler 25 45 150 20 35 9 0 3 21 9 3 12 17 .233 .293 .353 .647 17.1 1.1 0.9
1B  Mark Fleck 27 60 151 23 42 9 1 2 15 10 6 6 20 .278 .308 .391 .699 16.2 1.2 0.9
CF *John Ayers 28 40 129 18 25 6 3 6 22 12 4 13 34 .194 .266 .426 .692 16.8 1.4 1.0
SS  John Rice 26 73 130 30 36 10 2 3 16 15 2 7 11 .277 .312 .454 .765 20.0 3.0 1.8
P  Fabian Cordova 26 38 105 5 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 38 .010 .046 .010 .055 -7.7 0.0 0.0
P *Tony Delossantos 27 35 98 11 24 2 2 0 15 0 0 2 30 .245 .260 .306 .566 9.2 0.0 0.0
P  Carl Nicosia 27 34 92 5 6 2 0 0 8 1 1 3 28 .065 .092 .087 .179 -2.3 0.0 0.0
P  Everett Colletti 26 33 94 4 21 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 34 .223 .232 .245 .476 4.4 0.0 0.0
1B  Tony Reyes 26 57 81 12 18 4 1 1 12 0 4 6 16 .222 .297 .333 .630 7.5 0.0 0.4
2B  Eric Peck 27 32 69 12 17 4 0 4 8 1 2 10 19 .246 .350 .478 .828 11.3 1.6 0.6
C  James Jamison 27 17 62 6 18 6 1 0 8 0 0 4 8 .290 .333 .419 .753 7.1 0.8 0.7
LF  Bill Bañuelos 32 24 54 10 17 2 1 1 14 3 0 6 9 .315 .393 .444 .838 9.2 1.5 0.3
RF  Arlie Pedraza 28 18 47 11 18 4 1 1 6 1 0 7 6 .383 .473 .574 1.047 11.3 2.5 0.3
CF #Dave Arnau 21 10 39 6 13 4 0 0 2 2 1 6 8 .333 .422 .436 .858 7.1 1.3 0.2
C  Ralph Brogan 24 11 42 4 10 2 1 1 6 2 1 0 3 .238 .238 .405 .643 4.1 0.2 0.4
RF  Ronald Banach 27 10 14 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .214 .267 .357 .624 1.0 0.0 0.0
P *Ron Strong 31 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .111 .000 .111 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Raymond Curry 28 35 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5 0.2 0.0
P  William Sera 28 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
RF  Laverne Byrns 36 4 3 1 2 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 2.000 2.667 2.1 0.7 0.0
P *Daniel Hill 29 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Raymond Zapien 33 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Adolph Wright 28 32 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.2 0.0
P  Alfred Hadsell 32 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Juan Coen 26 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.0 1757 4950 798 1338 292 47 162 775 140 88 544 868 .270 .344 .446 .791 755.1 111.7 39.0
  Rank among 10 PL teams 10 3 9 4 5 1 3 7 9 3 8 9 7 1 3 3  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Fabian Cordova 26 15 19 .441 38 38 0 307.0 260 151 35 172 297 4.43 16.0
*Tony Delossantos 27 17 11 .607 35 35 0 268.3 281 131 26 99 157 4.39 18.1
 Carl Nicosia 27 19 9 .679 34 34 0 268.0 260 131 23 116 229 4.40 16.7
 Everett Colletti 26 15 16 .484 33 33 0 254.0 248 131 28 123 197 4.64 14.4
 Raymond Curry 28 2 1 .667 35 1 14 40.0 52 21 4 9 21 4.73 5.0
 Alfred Hadsell 32 5 2 .714 31 0 13 34.7 19 10 1 12 36 2.60 9.4
*Adolph Wright 28 2 0 1.000 32 0 1 27.7 28 9 4 6 16 2.93 3.3
*Ron Strong 31 1 1 .500 8 1 0 27.3 39 20 2 7 15 6.58 0.1
*Juan Coen 26 2 3 .400 29 0 8 25.0 30 12 2 12 16 4.32 3.0
 William Sera 28 1 0 1.000 14 0 0 15.7 22 11 4 8 8 6.32 0.1
 Raymond Zapien 33 0 2 .000 10 0 3 11.0 12 9 2 9 4 7.36 0.0
*Daniel Hill 29 0 1 .000 4 0 0 6.7 8 6 1 5 3 8.11 0.0
 Teo Chaidez 25 0 0 .000 3 0 0 5.3 5 3 0 3 1 5.07 0.3
Team Totals 28.2 79 65 .549 306 142 39 1290.6 1264 645 132 581 1000 4.50 86.3
Rank among 10 PL teams 2 2 4 1 4 1 8 2 8 1 2  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 27.2
K.Hinton 1071.7 119 122 849 72 16 0 .983 27.8
J.Jamison 138.0 16 17 103 9 2 0 .982 30.0
R.Brogan 81.0 9 10 62 4 1 0 .985 18.2
Team Total 1290.7 144 149 1014 85 19 0 .983 27.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.18
J.Blackmer 1161.7 131 137 1221 98 5 91 .996 10.22
T.Reyes 129.0 13 19 160 10 1 7 .994 11.86
Team Total 1290.7 144 156 1381 108 6 98 .996 10.38
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.24
J.Whelan 1161.3 130 131 240 402 10 73 .985 4.98
E.Peck 129.3 14 15 21 52 4 7 .948 5.08
Team Total 1290.7 144 146 261 454 14 80 .981 4.99
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 2.57
J.Soderberg 664.7 74 84 43 144 11 12 .944 2.53
J.Fowler 610.7 70 72 38 124 6 5 .964 2.39
R.Card 11.0 0 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.64
J.Whelan 4.3 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.16
Team Total 1290.7 144 164 82 271 17 17 .954 2.46
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 4.56
R.Card 995.7 115 123 132 337 15 49 .969 4.24
J.Rice 289.0 29 48 34 109 1 15 .993 4.45
J.Whelan 6.0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1290.7 144 175 166 448 16 64 .975 4.28
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 2.12
D.Marson 490.7 57 60 99 1 3 0 .971 1.83
G.Wampler 319.8 33 36 66 2 0 0 1.000 1.91
D.Gaiter 129.3 12 24 22 3 0 0 1.000 1.74
R.Shiflet 95.0 11 12 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
M.Fleck 66.4 8 12 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.90
B.Bañuelos 21.4 1 4 3 0 1 0 .750 1.26
A.Pedraza 20.3 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.77
R.Banach 19.0 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
J.Ayers 9.6 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
Team Total 1171.5 127 155 235 7 4 0 .984 1.86
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.71
D.Gaiter 752.0 84 92 208 1 0 0 1.000 2.50
J.Ayers 289.9 29 33 80 1 2 0 .976 2.51
D.Arnau 82.7 10 10 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.63
B.Bañuelos 40.0 4 5 14 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
G.Wampler 39.2 4 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.61
M.Fleck 23.6 1 11 7 1 0 0 1.000 3.05
D.Marson 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Fowler 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Reyes 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Pedraza 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1232.7 132 160 331 5 2 0 .994 2.45
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.18
R.Shiflet 1066.0 121 123 213 3 1 0 .995 1.82
M.Fleck 207.0 28 31 47 3 2 1 .962 2.17
A.Pedraza 83.4 10 12 21 1 0 1 1.000 2.37
B.Bañuelos 45.7 4 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.58
D.Marson 17.0 1 6 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.06
J.Ayers 6.9 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.30
J.Fowler 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Banach 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1427.7 164 182 291 8 3 3 .990 1.88
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 1.90
F.Cordova 307.0 38 38 19 55 1 6 .987 2.17
T.Delossantos 268.3 35 35 19 55 6 2 .925 2.48
C.Nicosia 268.0 34 34 24 47 4 4 .947 2.38
E.Colletti 254.0 33 33 18 29 1 2 .979 1.67
R.Curry 40.0 1 35 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.35
A.Hadsell 34.7 0 31 0 9 0 1 1.000 2.34
A.Wright 27.7 0 32 4 5 4 0 .692 2.93
R.Strong 27.3 1 8 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.65
J.Coen 25.0 0 29 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.80
W.Sera 15.7 0 14 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.87
R.Zapien 11.0 0 10 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.64
D.Hill 6.7 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.35
T.Chaidez 5.3 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1290.6 142 306 94 216 16 15 .951 2.16
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Blackmer .347
On-Base Pct Blackmer .441
Slugging Pct Whelan .607
OPS Whelan 1.016
XR Whelan 116.4
Games Blackmer, Whelan 139
At-Bats Blackmer 495
Runs Whelan 107
Hits Blackmer 172
Total Bases Whelan 298
Singles Blackmer 112
Doubles Blackmer 34
Triples Gaiter 8
Homeruns Whelan 35
RBIs Whelan 112
Stolen Bases Whelan 30
Caught Stealing Whelan 17
Walks Shiflet 98
Strikeouts Shiflet 103
ERA Delossantos 4.39
Wins Nicosia 19
Losses Cordova 19
Winning Pct Nicosia .679
Saves Curry 14
Games Pitched Cordova 38
Games Started Cordova 38
Complete Games Cordova 17
Shutouts Colletti 2
Innings Pitched Cordova 307.0
Hits Allowed Delossantos 281
Homeruns Allowed Cordova 35
Strikeouts Cordova 297
Walks Allowed Cordova 172
Walks per 9IP Delossantos 3.3
Hits per 9IP Cordova 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Cordova 8.7
WHiP Nicosia 1.40
OAVG Cordova .232
OOBP Nicosia .331
OSLG Cordova .398
OOPS Cordova .730
Team All-Stars
Jonathan Blackmer
Juan Coen
Joe Whelan
Player Salaries
Joe Whelan $ 10,270,000
Jonathan Blackmer $ 8,300,000
Richard Shiflet $ 6,770,000
Fabian Cordova $ 6,100,000
Carl Nicosia $ 5,770,000
Everett Colletti $ 5,600,000
Kelvin Hinton $ 4,370,000
Tony Delossantos $ 2,880,000
Alfred Hadsell $ 2,050,000
Juan Soderberg $ 1,964,286
Ray Card $ 1,700,000
Chester Saltsman $ 1,480,000
John Rice $ 1,328,571
Juan Coen $ 892,857
Raymond Zapien $ 780,000
Adolph Wright $ 660,000
Dale Rome $ 460,000
Daniel Hill $ 410,000
Eric Peck $ 350,000
Walter Marshall $ 350,000
James Jamison $ 350,000
Ralph Brogan $ 300,000
Dave Arnau $ 300,000
John Ayers $ 300,000
Ronald Banach $ 300,000
Bill Bañuelos $ 300,000
Laverne Byrns $ 300,000
Jason Fowler $ 300,000
David Marson $ 300,000
John Morvant $ 300,000
Tony Reyes $ 300,000
Arlie Pedraza $ 300,000
David Gaiter $ 300,000
Teo Chaidez $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
7/7 Traded Greg Wampler
Gary Daniels
Ron Strong
Oklahoma Bill Bañuelos
Juan Coen
Raymond Zapien
7/7 Signed     Laverne Byrns
7/28 Traded William Sera Oakland John Ayers
Marbert Fickerson
7/31 Traded Raymond Curry
Mark Fleck
Stephen Hogg
Houston Gary Drum
Arlie Pedraza
Robert Patti
8/5 Claimed   Minneapolis John Morvant