Denver Bears (Western League)

Class-level
Denver Bears 1885–1954 (1885–1891, 1895–1896, 1898, 1900–1917, 1922–1932, 1941, 1947–1954) Denver, Colorado
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 1911 Grizzlies were recognized as one of the 100 greatest minor league teams of all time.

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

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