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1953 Denver Grizzlies
Record: 81-63
Finish: 2nd in PL North Division
Runs Scored: 830
Runs Allowed: 753
Exp W-L: 78-66
 
Ballpark: Jellystone Park
Attendance: 2,786,766
Manager: Chris

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-59, 5th in the Pioneer League
AA: 75-51, 1st in the Pioneer League
A: 64-62, 4th in the Pioneer League
 
 
 
 
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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
RF  Richard Shiflet 29 136 476 108 132 25 1 35 107 9 9 92 87 .277 .398 .555 .952 104.0 18.2 3.1
LF *Freddy Botella 27 136 520 103 185 32 7 11 73 34 23 50 62 .356 .414 .508 .922 97.9 17.9 2.9
SS *Joe Whelan 29 135 476 103 144 28 5 25 81 42 20 84 52 .303 .408 .540 .948 101.7 18.3 5.2
3B  Juan Soderberg 26 133 435 63 128 29 3 14 89 0 3 45 56 .294 .361 .471 .832 69.3 10.7 2.2
CF *Curtis Folden 34 119 390 71 143 18 2 14 80 24 6 27 59 .367 .410 .531 .941 77.7 15.2 2.8
1B *August Jones 28 100 321 67 101 20 0 15 61 3 1 74 43 .315 .441 .517 .958 71.9 13.7 1.4
C  Kelvin Hinton 31 82 301 56 82 13 1 11 46 1 1 42 42 .272 .362 .432 .794 48.7 7.0 2.9
SS *Ray Card 33 87 273 28 59 10 2 5 29 6 4 19 62 .216 .269 .322 .591 22.5 0.0 4.2
SS #Peter Pinion 28 87 214 25 54 9 0 4 30 7 2 20 34 .252 .315 .350 .666 25.6 2.2 3.4
LF *Dennis Burgan 31 92 190 34 55 12 0 4 33 1 3 22 23 .289 .377 .416 .793 29.7 4.2 1.9
C  Jerry Barber 26 42 154 25 48 10 0 10 31 7 2 19 18 .312 .385 .571 .956 32.3 5.9 1.5
1B *Jonathan Blackmer 32 37 135 21 40 7 0 8 25 4 2 20 23 .296 .390 .526 .916 27.5 4.6 0.5
CF  Richard Walker 30 54 126 21 33 6 1 7 25 5 2 10 11 .262 .316 .492 .808 17.9 2.3 0.7
1B  Tony Reyes 27 70 117 22 37 5 1 3 12 8 8 9 13 .316 .365 .453 .818 15.4 1.7 0.4
P  Carl Nicosia 28 33 94 11 9 3 1 0 2 6 3 8 29 .096 .183 .149 .332 1.7 0.0 0.0
P  Fabian Cordova 27 33 90 2 6 1 0 0 8 1 0 6 23 .067 .125 .078 .203 -1.9 0.0 0.0
3B *Jason Fowler 28 25 80 8 23 4 0 3 14 2 0 8 11 .288 .352 .450 .802 13.0 1.7 0.4
C  James Jamison 28 27 85 6 17 5 0 0 5 0 0 4 17 .200 .236 .259 .495 4.7 0.0 0.7
P  Mark Renn 24 34 69 6 9 3 0 0 8 0 0 4 27 .130 .178 .174 .352 0.6 0.0 0.0
2B  John Bouffard 32 32 72 8 18 4 0 2 10 4 4 6 9 .250 .313 .389 .701 8.7 0.7 1.0
LF  Hector Peņa 28 37 70 12 18 2 1 0 5 2 3 2 8 .257 .278 .314 .592 4.6 0.0 0.4
SS  Bill Brier 33 19 59 4 16 1 0 0 7 2 1 3 7 .271 .313 .288 .601 5.7 0.3 0.7
C #Mike Tucker 33 37 51 5 12 1 0 0 3 1 0 8 10 .235 .339 .255 .594 4.9 0.2 0.4
SS  Franklin Grimshaw 32 23 39 6 7 1 0 1 6 3 0 5 8 .179 .289 .282 .571 4.0 0.1 0.7
P  Everett Colletti 27 15 37 4 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 7 .189 .250 .216 .466 2.1 0.0 0.0
P *Tony Delossantos 28 13 31 3 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 14 .226 .273 .258 .531 2.3 0.0 0.0
P #Enrique Martinez 28 26 13 1 2 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 3 .154 .143 .462 .604 1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Donald Phillips 26 5 14 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .214 .214 .214 .429 0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Adolph Wright 29 45 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .125 .222 .125 .347 0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Wesley Lewis 22 20 8 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .222 .500 .722 1.4 0.1 0.0
P  Teo Chaidez 26 21 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .111 .000 .111 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Dale Rome 31 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 0.6 0.2 0.0
CF *David Gaiter 25 7 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Jerry Nowell 22 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Daniel Hill 30 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Alfred Hadsell 33 68 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P #Aaron Ritchie 36 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Raymond Zapien 34 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.0 1884 4969 830 1399 252 26 173 800 172 97 596 770 .282 .360 .447 .808 795.0 125.0 37.5
  Rank among 10 PL teams 7 3 6 10 8 2 3 7 8 1 1 4 4 3 3 4  
* - 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
 Carl Nicosia 28 17 14 .548 33 33 0 253.3 271 158 29 128 200 5.61 9.4
 Fabian Cordova 27 17 14 .548 33 33 0 250.7 246 121 27 121 217 4.34 14.8
 Mark Renn 24 19 5 .792 33 24 0 197.0 185 95 24 89 125 4.34 15.0
 Everett Colletti 27 6 7 .462 15 15 0 110.0 117 70 14 57 91 5.73 3.9
*Tony Delossantos 28 1 7 .125 13 12 0 92.3 111 62 11 42 57 6.04 1.7
 Alfred Hadsell 33 4 4 .500 68 0 22 76.0 62 19 4 21 65 2.25 17.2
 Enrique Martinez 28 4 3 .571 26 8 0 57.3 61 35 7 22 46 5.49 2.6
*Adolph Wright 29 6 0 1.000 45 0 1 53.0 51 22 4 20 45 3.74 5.4
 Wesley Lewis 22 3 4 .429 20 3 1 39.0 50 25 6 21 16 5.77 0.4
 Teo Chaidez 26 0 1 .000 20 4 1 36.0 36 16 3 15 19 4.00 2.5
 Donald Phillips 26 2 2 .500 5 5 0 36.0 29 20 3 22 37 5.00 1.5
 Aaron Ritchie 36 1 0 1.000 17 0 0 23.0 19 5 1 8 11 1.96 2.9
*Jerry Nowell 22 0 2 .000 13 1 2 22.0 28 14 4 11 5 5.73 0.5
 Raymond Zapien 34 0 0 .000 16 0 1 13.7 10 6 2 6 12 3.95 1.5
*Dale Rome 31 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 13.7 14 6 1 4 5 3.95 1.2
*Daniel Hill 30 0 0 .000 6 0 0 7.7 8 6 3 2 1 7.05 0.0
Team Totals 28.2 81 63 .563 365 140 28 1280.6 1298 680 143 589 952 4.78 80.5
Rank among 10 PL teams 3 3 9 3 6 2 8 4 9 2 4  
* - 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 26.8
K.Hinton 701.3 78 80 521 45 9 0 .984 26.1
J.Barber 349.0 36 41 273 16 3 0 .990 15.2
J.Jamison 165.0 17 18 125 10 3 0 .978 16.1
M.Tucker 98.8 17 18 58 7 1 0 .985 31.6
J.Bouffard 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1314.5 148 157 977 78 16 0 .985 22.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 10.03
A.Jones 774.5 88 96 800 71 4 64 .995 10.12
J.Blackmer 310.3 36 37 305 25 3 30 .991 9.57
T.Reyes 193.0 18 36 198 23 1 14 .995 10.31
J.Bouffard 0.3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 30.00
Team Total 1278.1 142 169 1304 119 8 108 .994 10.02
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 5.23
J.Whelan 1031.0 115 126 209 366 8 61 .986 5.02
J.Bouffard 168.8 26 28 35 64 1 12 .990 5.28
B.Brier 86.5 8 9 24 27 1 5 .981 5.31
F.Grimshaw 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1286.4 149 163 268 457 10 78 .986 5.07
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .943 2.42
J.Soderberg 972.7 112 127 69 191 23 9 .919 2.41
J.Fowler 173.4 22 23 10 34 2 2 .957 2.28
P.Pinion 93.3 9 17 6 18 1 5 .960 2.31
J.Whelan 20.7 0 6 3 3 1 0 .857 2.61
R.Card 6.1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.48
J.Bouffard 1.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Grimshaw 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1268.5 144 174 88 247 27 16 .925 2.38
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.54
R.Card 676.0 78 86 93 248 9 37 .974 4.54
P.Pinion 448.7 52 67 76 173 9 31 .965 4.99
F.Grimshaw 110.4 21 22 14 45 2 7 .967 4.81
B.Brier 52.2 4 8 8 17 1 3 .962 4.31
J.Bouffard 8.5 0 5 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.24
J.Fowler 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1296.1 155 188 192 486 21 79 .970 4.71
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.13
F.Botella 1041.7 116 125 222 3 0 0 1.000 1.94
H.Peņa 112.0 13 16 28 0 2 0 .933 2.25
R.Walker 61.0 8 8 15 0 2 0 .882 2.21
D.Burgan 60.0 7 9 13 2 1 0 .938 2.25
R.Shiflet 6.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1280.7 144 162 279 5 5 0 .983 2.00
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.75
C.Folden 852.7 98 108 210 3 3 1 .986 2.25
D.Burgan 323.7 36 50 101 4 1 1 .991 2.92
R.Walker 77.0 9 15 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.81
H.Peņa 22.0 1 10 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.05
T.Reyes 3.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
D.Gaiter 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1280.7 144 187 343 7 4 2 .989 2.46
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.25
R.Shiflet 1150.7 129 131 245 4 4 1 .984 1.95
R.Walker 98.0 11 11 20 0 1 0 .952 1.84
D.Burgan 32.0 4 4 12 0 1 0 .923 3.38
Team Total 1280.7 144 146 277 4 6 1 .979 1.97
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.04
C.Nicosia 253.3 33 33 14 35 1 1 .980 1.74
F.Cordova 250.7 33 33 12 37 0 0 1.000 1.76
M.Renn 197.0 24 33 14 32 3 1 .939 2.10
E.Colletti 110.0 15 15 8 16 1 2 .960 1.96
T.Delossantos 92.3 12 13 4 18 2 2 .917 2.14
A.Hadsell 76.0 0 68 8 14 1 3 .957 2.61
E.Martinez 57.3 8 26 7 13 0 1 1.000 3.14
A.Wright 53.0 0 45 3 15 1 0 .947 3.06
W.Lewis 39.0 3 20 2 7 2 0 .818 2.08
T.Chaidez 36.0 4 20 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.75
D.Phillips 36.0 5 5 3 6 0 0 1.000 2.25
A.Ritchie 23.0 0 17 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.35
J.Nowell 22.0 1 13 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.64
R.Zapien 13.7 0 16 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.63
D.Rome 13.7 2 2 2 1 0 1 1.000 1.98
D.Hill 7.7 0 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.52
Team Total 1280.6 140 365 87 208 11 11 .964 2.07
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Botella .356
On-Base Pct Botella .414
Slugging Pct Shiflet .555
OPS Shiflet .952
XR Shiflet 104.0
Games Shiflet, Botella 136
At-Bats Botella 520
Runs Shiflet 108
Hits Botella 185
Total Bases Botella, Shiflet 264
Singles Botella 135
Doubles Botella 32
Triples Botella 7
Homeruns Shiflet 35
RBIs Shiflet 107
Stolen Bases Whelan 42
Caught Stealing Botella 23
Walks Shiflet 92
Strikeouts Shiflet 87
ERA Renn 4.34
Wins Renn 19
Losses Cordova, Nicosia 14
Winning Pct Renn .792
Saves Hadsell 22
Games Pitched Hadsell 68
Games Started Cordova, Nicosia 33
Complete Games Nicosia 14
Shutouts Renn 3
Innings Pitched Nicosia 253.3
Hits Allowed Nicosia 271
Homeruns Allowed Nicosia 29
Strikeouts Cordova 217
Walks Allowed Nicosia 128
Walks per 9IP Renn 4.1
Hits per 9IP Renn 8.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Cordova 7.8
WHiP Renn 1.39
OAVG Renn .245
OOBP Renn .323
OSLG Renn .411
OOPS Renn .735
Team All-Stars
Fabian Cordova
Alfred Hadsell
Carl Nicosia
Joe Whelan
Player Salaries
Joe Whelan $ 10,270,000
Donald Phillips $ 6,850,000
Richard Shiflet $ 6,770,000
Fabian Cordova $ 6,100,000
Carl Nicosia $ 5,770,000
August Jones $ 5,000,000
Franklin Grimshaw $ 3,200,000
Juan Soderberg $ 2,148,571
Alfred Hadsell $ 2,050,000
Jerry Barber $ 1,964,286
Freddy Botella $ 1,500,000
Aaron Ritchie $ 1,450,000
Enrique Martinez $ 1,390,000
Adolph Wright $ 660,000
Curtis Folden $ 500,000
Mike Tucker $ 490,000
Daniel Hill $ 410,000
Jeffery Engelman $ 399,451
Dennis Burgan $ 378,000
David Gaiter $ 364,286
Richard Downard $ 350,000
Tony Reyes $ 350,000
Ronald Banach $ 350,000
Jerry Nowell $ 300,000
Peter Pinion $ 300,000
Mark Renn $ 300,000
Teo Chaidez $ 300,000
Richard Walker $ 300,000
John Bouffard $ 300,000
Wesley Lewis $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/23 Signed     Curtis Folden
2/26 Signed     Hector Peņa
3/4 Traded Sylvester Watlington Oakland Mark Renn
3/5 Signed     Jeffery Engelman
3/11 Signed     Freddy Botella
3/14 Signed     Ryan Bishop
3/14 Signed     Dennis Burgan
3/14 Signed     Wilfredo Santamaria
3/14 Signed     Micheal Ettinger
3/14 Signed     Dong Brisson
3/14 Signed     Curt Wilmes
3/15 Signed     Percy Kuehl
4/14 Traded Ryan Bishop Dallas Ronald Edwards
4/14 Signed     John Rademacher
5/6 Signed     Richard Walker
5/14 Claimed   Minneapolis Richard Downard
5/19 Signed     Bernard Wyrick
5/19 Released Bernard Wyrick    
5/26 Traded Jason Fowler Oklahoma Bobby Miles
Gary Jeter
David Jewett
5/26 Traded Jonathan Blackmer
Raymond Zapien
$3,000,000		 Dallas August Jones
Matthew Claypoole
Donald Paz
Dylan Delariva
5/26 Traded Bobby Miles Houston Bill Brier
James Liriano
5/26 Traded Percy Kuehl Oklahoma Bernal Morales
Robert Yamamoto
5/26 Traded Bernal Morales Oklahoma Percy Kuehl
6/2 Signed     Bradley Koch
6/9 Traded Mark Courtemanche San Antonio Enrique Martinez
6/9 Traded Tony Delossantos Oklahoma Jose Quintero
Vincent Chapel
Andrew Woolum
6/23 Released Jose Quintero    
6/23 Released Vincent Chapel    
7/23 Traded James Jamison
Daniel Gibson		 Minneapolis Mike Tucker
7/31 Released Hector Peņa    
7/31 Released Ronald Edwards    
7/31 Traded Kelvin Hinton
Ray Card		 Los Angeles Jerry Barber
Franklin Grimshaw
7/31 Traded Everett Colletti
Rocky Wooster
Jose Castillo
Donald Paz		 Long Beach Donald Phillips
Aaron Ritchie
7/31 Signed     John Bouffard
8/4 Released Adam Gobeil    
8/26 Waived Bill Brier Houston  
9/12 Released Dale Rome    
 
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