1955 Denver Grizzlies
Record: 89-56
Finish: 1st in PL North Division
Runs Scored: 867
Runs Allowed: 720
Exp W-L: 85-60
 
Ballpark: Jellystone Park
Attendance: 3,081,233
Manager: Chris

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-60, 5th in the Pioneer League
AA: 79-47, 1st in the Pioneer League
A: 60-66, 8th in the Pioneer League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Series of the West 2-4 to Portland Willamettes
Won PL League Championship Serie 4-3 over Houston Lone Stars
 
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
3B  Juan Soderberg 28 138 518 95 158 26 4 28 114 4 2 72 69 .305 .391 .533 .923 104.8 17.3 5.9
C  Robert Roquemore 29 128 485 72 154 44 3 6 82 1 2 35 62 .318 .372 .458 .830 75.3 11.4 4.1
RF  Paul O'Neill 30 110 400 102 120 24 1 31 87 49 13 86 74 .300 .436 .598 1.034 105.6 19.4 4.4
CF *John Lafortune 28 95 361 68 122 24 3 15 61 9 5 35 45 .338 .399 .546 .945 70.3 11.5 3.8
2B *Casimiro Dominguez 33 117 360 44 97 19 3 9 54 23 9 18 79 .269 .320 .414 .733 46.4 4.5 5.5
1B #Rod Madera 28 86 344 64 94 31 5 13 67 0 0 31 51 .273 .333 .506 .839 52.7 7.0 0.9
SS  Joel Monroy 30 84 324 54 102 18 1 7 41 6 3 42 50 .315 .396 .441 .837 55.2 8.6 1.8
LF *Greg Wampler 28 75 296 67 88 24 4 23 71 8 6 28 28 .297 .366 .639 1.005 62.9 10.2 2.3
2B *Joe Whelan 31 53 187 50 62 10 5 13 47 17 5 48 25 .332 .469 .647 1.116 53.6 10.2 2.2
1B *August Jones 30 54 176 41 50 8 0 10 26 0 0 54 19 .284 .450 .500 .950 42.2 7.2 0.5
RF #Dave Arnau 24 66 186 31 50 15 2 6 21 16 9 16 30 .269 .328 .468 .796 27.3 3.0 2.4
P  Donald Phillips 28 39 118 13 21 6 2 0 11 4 0 3 35 .178 .202 .263 .464 6.3 0.0 0.0
CF  Richard Walker 32 58 121 15 31 4 1 4 20 5 0 9 19 .256 .311 .405 .716 15.6 1.5 1.2
LF *Byron Echague 30 31 107 11 22 6 0 4 12 6 3 11 15 .206 .286 .374 .660 12.2 0.6 1.1
RF *Jose Napoles 30 47 113 10 29 11 0 3 14 0 0 3 27 .257 .274 .434 .707 13.4 1.3 1.1
P  Carl Nicosia 30 38 109 5 8 4 1 0 6 2 0 2 30 .073 .098 .128 .227 -3.1 0.0 0.0
SS *David Trapani 27 53 90 12 27 3 3 0 9 0 0 15 11 .300 .407 .400 .807 15.1 2.2 0.9
P  Fabian Cordova 29 35 87 2 3 1 0 0 4 2 1 5 22 .034 .085 .046 .131 -4.3 0.0 0.0
2B  Claude Ring 29 34 90 15 19 4 0 3 8 11 2 8 21 .211 .283 .356 .638 10.7 0.8 1.3
LF  Carl Benda 33 34 94 19 31 8 2 5 18 9 0 5 18 .330 .364 .617 .981 19.8 3.8 1.2
2B #Kenneth Curry 29 23 67 17 25 8 0 0 12 0 0 7 7 .373 .440 .493 .933 12.4 2.3 1.2
2B  William Waguespack 27 28 69 11 21 7 0 1 6 12 1 0 16 .304 .300 .449 .749 10.4 1.4 0.9
CF *Todd Borkowski 27 27 54 8 14 2 0 2 9 4 1 6 13 .259 .328 .407 .735 8.1 0.8 0.7
C  Bartolo Collado 30 15 42 4 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 9 5 .119 .275 .143 .417 1.3 0.0 0.6
1B *John Engel 28 34 42 7 13 2 0 1 9 0 0 5 8 .310 .375 .429 .804 6.9 0.9 0.0
P  Osvaldo Valtierra 31 13 39 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .051 .075 .051 .126 -2.0 0.0 0.0
RF *Thomas Tweed 31 17 30 7 7 1 0 1 8 2 1 5 1 .233 .343 .367 .710 4.3 0.4 0.4
P #Donnie Geer 33 9 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .000 .048 .000 .048 -1.4 0.0 0.0
C  Nicholas Gonser 25 7 18 4 4 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 3 .222 .300 .611 .911 3.3 0.4 0.2
1B  Anthony Fujita 34 12 18 4 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 .389 .389 .611 1.000 3.7 0.7 0.0
C  Ralph Brogan 27 13 18 5 4 1 0 1 4 2 0 0 1 .222 .222 .444 .667 2.3 0.1 0.1
C #Mike Tucker 35 5 14 2 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 3 .071 .125 .286 .411 1.0 0.0 0.1
LF *Dale Garden 30 7 14 2 5 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 3 .357 .400 .786 1.186 3.5 0.7 0.2
P #Alejo Torralbo 36 21 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.7 0.0 0.0
1B  Castor Paradiso 25 6 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .111 .273 .111 .384 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Everett Colletti 29 9 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .143 .250 .143 .393 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Abraham Arocena 32 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P #Enrique Martinez 30 51 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
2B  Joseph Smith 32 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.1
P #Wesley Lewis 24 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Vance Guth 34 39 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P #Aaron Ritchie 38 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
LF  Anibal Borras 27 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bruce Cottingham 21 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Alfred Hadsell 35 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Juan Coen 29 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.7 1804 5071 864 1401 314 40 192 837 193 63 566 832 .276 .354 .468 .821 834.2 128.2 45.1
  Rank among 10 PL teams 2 1 5 2 5 1 1 5 3 4 2 5 5 1 1 1  
* - 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
 Donald Phillips 28 26 6 .813 39 39 0 313.3 232 122 29 140 325 3.50 31.6
 Carl Nicosia 30 20 11 .645 38 38 0 284.7 261 119 32 109 222 3.76 21.2
 Fabian Cordova 29 17 12 .586 35 35 0 248.0 246 116 29 117 223 4.21 16.3
 Osvaldo Valtierra 31 4 5 .444 13 13 0 97.3 104 49 9 34 75 4.53 5.1
 Donnie Geer 33 3 3 .500 9 9 0 55.3 51 41 8 34 27 6.67 0.0
 Enrique Martinez 30 4 2 .667 51 0 15 51.7 47 23 8 34 42 4.01 7.2
*Vance Guth 34 1 5 .167 39 0 5 48.0 42 20 7 10 32 3.75 5.7
 Alejo Torralbo 36 2 2 .500 20 4 0 44.7 55 35 11 27 36 7.05 0.0
 Alfred Hadsell 35 1 2 .333 32 0 12 34.7 30 27 2 38 34 7.01 1.6
 Everett Colletti 29 3 2 .600 9 2 0 31.0 33 20 5 16 21 5.81 1.3
*Juan Coen 29 3 0 1.000 31 0 2 26.7 31 21 5 14 21 7.09 1.1
 Abraham Arocena 32 0 2 .000 5 3 0 21.3 19 18 5 15 8 7.59 0.0
 Bruce Cottingham 21 0 1 .000 10 0 0 16.0 16 7 2 3 3 3.94 1.0
 Aaron Ritchie 38 2 1 .667 11 0 0 14.0 20 10 2 8 4 6.43 0.5
 Michael Duque 28 3 1 .750 7 0 0 9.0 10 6 1 4 8 6.00 0.9
 Wesley Lewis 24 0 1 .000 1 1 0 8.0 12 5 1 3 7 5.63 0.2
Team Totals 30.4 89 56 .614 350 144 34 1303.6 1209 639 156 606 1088 4.41 93.7
Rank among 10 PL teams 1 1 5 1 2 1 10 1 9 2 1  
* - 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 24.9
R.Roquemore 1094.7 122 123 907 72 17 1 .983 20.8
B.Collado 106.0 12 12 110 9 0 1 1.000 30.0
R.Brogan 38.2 6 8 25 3 0 0 1.000 33.3
N.Gonser 28.8 3 3 19 1 1 0 .952 20.0
M.Tucker 27.0 3 3 19 3 1 0 .957 40.0
K.Curry 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1295.0 146 149 1080 88 19 2 .984 21.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 9.74
R.Madera 725.0 82 84 737 63 6 44 .993 9.93
A.Jones 438.5 50 52 432 35 4 37 .992 9.58
J.Engel 41.6 4 8 42 3 1 4 .978 9.74
A.Fujita 28.0 2 8 29 3 0 1 1.000 10.29
C.Paradiso 24.0 2 4 26 1 1 2 .964 10.13
R.Brogan 3.3 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 10.91
T.Borkowski 1.1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 16.36
Team Total 1261.5 140 159 1272 105 12 88 .991 9.82
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.00
C.Dominguez 817.0 94 101 151 305 11 57 .976 5.02
J.Whelan 282.7 31 32 52 92 2 18 .986 4.58
K.Curry 151.8 18 21 35 59 3 11 .969 5.57
C.Ring 150.0 19 22 30 50 1 11 .988 4.80
W.Waguespack 82.4 6 8 17 30 1 1 .979 5.13
D.Trapani 6.0 0 3 1 4 0 1 1.000 7.50
J.Smith 2.7 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.67
D.Arnau 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1493.6 168 188 287 542 18 99 .979 5.00
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 2.38
J.Soderberg 1192.3 136 137 77 247 18 20 .947 2.45
J.Monroy 188.2 22 23 13 41 4 3 .931 2.58
D.Trapani 83.0 8 16 3 21 1 1 .960 2.60
C.Ring 64.7 9 10 4 12 1 1 .941 2.23
W.Waguespack 53.6 4 8 2 13 1 2 .938 2.52
N.Gonser 11.0 1 2 2 3 0 0 1.000 4.09
J.Smith 4.9 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.84
K.Curry 2.5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.60
J.Whelan 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1601.0 180 198 101 339 25 27 .946 2.47
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.33
J.Monroy 499.4 55 60 74 151 7 23 .970 4.05
J.Whelan 186.1 20 21 31 66 2 13 .980 4.69
D.Trapani 118.0 12 22 19 45 2 8 .970 4.88
W.Waguespack 31.0 1 8 5 8 0 1 1.000 3.77
J.Smith 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 835.1 88 111 129 270 11 45 .973 4.30
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.06
G.Wampler 621.7 63 65 109 3 2 1 .982 1.62
J.Lafortune 284.5 31 32 60 1 2 0 .968 1.93
B.Echague 156.4 14 19 35 0 1 0 .972 2.01
C.Benda 56.9 8 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.58
T.Borkowski 38.4 3 4 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.58
J.Napoles 36.0 4 5 5 1 0 1 1.000 1.50
T.Tweed 27.6 3 4 8 0 1 0 .889 2.61
D.Garden 27.0 3 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Walker 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
P.O'Neill 4.3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1261.8 130 146 247 6 6 2 .977 1.80
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 2.84
J.Lafortune 464.3 54 55 106 1 1 1 .991 2.07
D.Arnau 391.3 48 49 94 1 0 1 1.000 2.18
R.Walker 197.0 19 33 47 1 1 1 .980 2.19
T.Borkowski 52.1 4 5 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.42
T.Tweed 20.0 1 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.15
G.Wampler 2.9 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1127.6 126 149 267 4 2 3 .993 2.16
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.24
P.O'Neill 957.3 107 108 199 4 1 1 .995 1.91
J.Napoles 175.0 20 25 42 1 0 1 1.000 2.21
C.Benda 145.4 20 21 39 2 1 0 .976 2.54
B.Echague 71.2 7 8 18 1 1 0 .950 2.40
J.Lafortune 49.0 5 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.29
R.Walker 34.0 4 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.85
D.Arnau 32.0 2 9 8 1 0 1 1.000 2.53
T.Tweed 13.9 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.94
T.Borkowski 1.1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 8.18
J.Engel 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1479.6 166 185 323 10 3 3 .991 2.03
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 1.91
D.Phillips 313.3 39 39 16 49 2 2 .970 1.87
C.Nicosia 284.7 38 38 24 46 7 2 .909 2.21
F.Cordova 248.0 35 35 11 49 0 4 1.000 2.18
O.Valtierra 97.3 13 13 10 15 1 2 .962 2.31
D.Geer 55.3 9 9 5 4 0 0 1.000 1.46
E.Martinez 51.7 0 51 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.74
V.Guth 48.0 0 39 0 7 0 0 1.000 1.31
A.Torralbo 44.7 4 20 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.02
A.Hadsell 34.7 0 32 2 6 1 0 .889 2.08
E.Colletti 31.0 2 9 4 3 2 1 .778 2.03
J.Coen 26.7 0 31 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.01
A.Arocena 21.3 3 5 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.53
B.Cottingham 16.0 0 10 2 6 1 0 .889 4.50
A.Ritchie 14.0 0 11 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.57
M.Duque 9.0 0 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00
W.Lewis 8.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1303.6 144 350 84 212 14 12 .955 2.04
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Roquemore .318
On-Base Pct O'Neill .436
Slugging Pct O'Neill .598
OPS O'Neill 1.034
XR O'Neill 105.6
Games Soderberg 138
At-Bats Soderberg 518
Runs O'Neill 102
Hits Soderberg 158
Total Bases Soderberg 276
Singles Roquemore 101
Doubles Roquemore 44
Triples Madera, Whelan 5
Homeruns O'Neill 31
RBIs Soderberg 114
Stolen Bases O'Neill 49
Caught Stealing O'Neill 13
Walks O'Neill 86
Strikeouts Dominguez 79
ERA Phillips 3.50
Wins Phillips 26
Losses Cordova 12
Winning Pct Phillips .813
Saves Martinez 15
Games Pitched Martinez 51
Games Started Phillips 39
Complete Games Phillips 17
Shutouts Nicosia 3
Innings Pitched Phillips 313.3
Hits Allowed Nicosia 261
Homeruns Allowed Nicosia 32
Strikeouts Phillips 325
Walks Allowed Phillips 140
Walks per 9IP Nicosia 3.4
Hits per 9IP Phillips 6.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Phillips 9.3
WHiP Phillips 1.19
OAVG Phillips .203
OOBP Phillips .292
OSLG Phillips .343
OOPS Phillips .635
Team All-Stars
Rod Madera
Carl Nicosia
Donald Phillips
Juan Soderberg
Player Salaries
Donald Phillips $ 14,501,000
John Lafortune $ 8,750,000
Paul O'Neill $ 7,870,000
Fabian Cordova $ 6,100,000
Carl Nicosia $ 5,770,000
Rod Madera $ 5,700,000
Everett Colletti $ 5,600,000
Osvaldo Valtierra $ 4,770,007
Alfred Hadsell $ 4,000,000
Juan Soderberg $ 3,950,000
Joel Monroy $ 3,060,000
Robert Roquemore $ 2,750,000
Aaron Ritchie $ 1,800,000
Enrique Martinez $ 1,800,000
Greg Wampler $ 1,650,000
Casimiro Dominguez $ 1,000,000
Alejo Torralbo $ 1,000,000
Michael Duque $ 421,429
Todd Borkowski $ 350,000
John Engel $ 350,000
Abraham Arocena $ 300,000
William Waguespack $ 300,000
Bruce Cottingham $ 300,000
Bartolo Collado $ 300,000
Donnie Geer $ 300,000
Wesley Lewis $ 300,000
Vance Guth $ 300,000
Dave Arnau $ 300,000
Jose Napoles $ 300,000
David Trapani $ 300,000
Nicholas Gonser $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/15 Signed     Carl Benda
2/16 Signed     Byron Echague
2/22 Signed     Alejo Torralbo
3/1 Signed     Casimiro Dominguez
3/14 Signed     David Cooper
3/14 Signed     James Jamison
3/14 Signed     David Greer
3/14 Signed     Eugene Garling
3/15 Traded Edward Gabrielson
Dominic Seale
San Antonio John Webre
3/15 Signed     Bartolo Collado
3/15 Signed     Todd Barlowe
3/15 Released Bartolo Collado    
3/15 Released Todd Barlowe    
3/15 Signed     Abraham Arocena
3/15 Signed     Todd Barlowe
3/15 Signed     Bartolo Collado
4/14 Signed     Jose Napoles
5/19 Released Mike Tucker    
6/2 Traded Thomas Tweed Vancouver Michael Dukes
6/2 Traded Kevin Kopecky
Byron Echague
Kenneth Curry
San Francisco John Lafortune
Telmo Sanchez
6/2 Traded Jerry Nowell Dallas Joseph Smith
6/9 Traded Franklin Grimshaw
Round Draft Pick.
Round Draft Pick.
Long Beach Claude Ring
6/9 Signed     Jonathan Wagner
6/16 Traded Joe Whelan
August Jones
Carl Benda
$1,000,000
Oklahoma Rod Madera
Joel Monroy
Leroy Thornsberry
Greg Wampler
Round Draft Pick.
6/16 Traded Leroy Thornsberry
Round Draft Pick.
Dallas Tom Jost
Round Draft Pick.
6/16 Signed     Eric Ferrill
6/16 Released Eric Ferrill    
6/16 Released Anthony Fujita    
6/16 Released Michael Dukes    
6/23 Traded Castor Paradiso
John Webre
Long Beach Thomas Sankey
Adam Mire
6/23 Traded Chadwick Kulick
Round Draft Pick.
Oklahoma John Engel
6/23 Traded Ralph Brogan Houston Nicholas Gonser
Victor Demaria
Round Draft Pick.
6/23 Released Joseph Smith    
6/30 Signed     Bill Bañuelos
7/7 Traded Adam Mire
David Jewett
Round Draft Pick.
San Francisco Osvaldo Valtierra
7/21 Signed     James Winnett
7/28 Traded Claude Ring Dallas William Waguespack
Round Draft Pick.
7/28 Traded Frank Henslee
Manuel Bemudez
Dallas Michael Duque
7/31 Traded James Farley Portland Todd Borkowski
Leonard Henderson
7/31 Traded Juan Coen Long Beach Everett Colletti
8/4 Signed     Dale Garden
10/9 Released Anibal Borras    
10/9 Released Richard Walker    
10/9 Released Dale Garden