Denver Bears (Western League)

Denver Bears
1885–1954
(1885–1891, 1895–1896, 1898, 1900–1917, 1922–1932, 1941, 1947–1954)
Denver, Colorado
Class-level
Previous Class-A (1947–1954)
Class-D (1941)
Class-A (1901–1917, 1922–1932)
Class- B (1895, 1900)
Minor league affiliations
Previous leagues
 Western League (1901–1917, 1922–1932, 1941, 1947–1954)
Western League (1900)
Colorado State League (1896, 1898)
Western Association (1890–1891, 1895)
Colorado State League (1889)
Western Association (1889)
Western League (1886–1888)
Colorado State League (1885)
Major league affiliations
Previous Pittsburgh Pirates (1952–1954)
Boston Braves (1949–1951)
New York Yankees (1947)
St. Louis Cardinals (1932)
Minor league titles
Class titles 1900, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1952
Team data
Previous names
  • Denver Bears (1913–1917, 1922–1932, 1941, 1947–1954)
  • Denver Grizzlies (1898, 1900–1912)
  • Denver Gulfs (1896)
  • Denver (1895)
  • Denver Mountaineers (1890–1891)
  • Denver Grizzlies (1889–1890)
  • Denver Solis (1889)
  • Denver Mountaineers (1888–1889)
  • Denver Mountain Lions (1886–1888)
  • Denver (1885)

The Denver Bears (also periodically known as the Grizzlies, Mountaineers or Mountain Lions) were a minor league baseball team from Denver, Colorado that played primarily in the Western League.

The team was replaced in 1955 by an American Association team of the same name that would eventually become the New Orleans Zephyrs.

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