1948 Fort Worth Cats Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 92-61
Finished 1st in the TL
Manager: Lester Burge (0-0), George Dockins (0-0), Bobby Bragan (0-0)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Ballpark: LaGrave Field
Attendance: 354,288, Avg. 4,631

1948 Fort Worth Cats Roster

Playoffs - Fort Worth Cats 4 games, Shreveport Sports 2
Finals - Fort Worth Cats 4 games, Tulsa Oilers 2

The Fort Worth Cats of the Texas League ended the 1948 season with a record of 92 wins and 61 losses, finishing first in the TL.

Lester Burge, George Dockins and Bobby Bragan served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Robert Austin	17	7	.708	2.75	30	28		14	5		206.0	176	74	63		72		121	2	0	2
Carl Erskine	15	7	.682	2.59	23	21		13	2		167.0	136	59	48		80		112	2	0	2
Chris Van Cuyk	14	7	.667	2.98	37	29		9	5		190.0	175	86	63		113		134	0	1	2
Ed Chandler	12	13	.480	3.12	36	26		13	4		222.0	199	90	77		93		102	5	0	5
Dwain Sloat	10	8	.556	2.35	25	21		13	3		184.0	158	66	48		73		111	6	0	6
Willie Ramsdell	7	2	.778	3.00	13	9		6	0		78.0	67	35	26		22		31	2	0	1
George Brown	7	7	.500	3.65	32	11		5	1		116.0	97	52	47		101		56	0	1	7
George Dockins	5	4	.556	1.83	29	1		0	0		69.0	50	20	14		19		30	1	0	2
Eugene Costello	3	4	.429	4.32	30	7		3	0		98.0	93	61	47		76		60	3	0	3
Totals	90	59	.604	2.93	255	153	0	76	20	0	1330.0	1151	543	433	0	649	0	757	21	2	30	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Dee Fondy	153	653	588	92	193	24	11	5	86	34	15	62	72	.328	.393	.432	.825	254		1	2
Irv Noren	135	574	498	85	161	34	4	10	71	3	5	66	61	.323	.402	.468	.870	233		0	10
George Schmees	138	564	499	64	146	26	11	4	76	13	6	61	68	.293	.372	.413	.785	206		2	2
Walter Fiala	151	631	553	83	141	23	3	4	74	9	6	57	26	.255	.327	.329	.656	182		2	19
Jack Lindsey	127	511	414	74	105	9	5	0	28	8	10	81	59	.254	.382	.300	.682	124		5	11
Homer Matney	99	297	261	36	66	12	0	1	43	0	2	31	12	.253	.337	.310	.647	81		2	3
Walter Rogers	69	291	237	37	62	8	3	0	26	9	7	45	24	.262	.382	.321	.702	76		1	8
Bobby Bragan	67	254	223	25	61	9	1	3	35	2	2	21	13	.274	.339	.363	.702	81		1	9
Vic Marasco	80	270	242	35	51	10	1	2	20	6	2	23	38	.211	.282	.285	.567	69		1	4
Johnny LeGros	47	188	169	19	46	5	2	2	18	2	6	11	22	.272	.320	.361	.681	61		1	7
Merv Dornburg	70	204	194	16	46	9	1	0	23	0	3	7	14	.237	.264	.294	.557	57		0	3
Toby Atwell	32	114	92	15	31	2	1	0	10	2	4	17	5	.337	.440	.380	.821	35		0	5
Donald Runge	47	155	133	13	29	9	0	2	11	1	1	18	27	.218	.316	.331	.647	44		1	3
Dick Williams	41	156	140	16	29	1	0	4	16	0	4	10	17	.207	.270	.300	.570	42		2	4
Dwain Sloat	34	81	70	8	18	5	0	0	8	0	0	5	12	.257	.307	.329	.635	23		0	6
Carl Erskine	26	68	59	10	17	2	0	0	8	0	0	3	1	.288	.344	.322	.666	19		2	4
Bill Kearns	41	136	120	7	17	1	0	0	6	2	0	13	19	.142	.226	.150	.376	18		0	3
Ed Chandler	36	80	67	5	12	3	0	0	8	0	0	5	15	.179	.236	.224	.460	15		0	8
Eugene Costello	32	36	31	3	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	8	.290	.333	.290	.624	9		0	3
Edward Nulty	21	78	58	8	9	1	0	0	8	1	2	19	12	.155	.364	.172	.536	10		0	1
Chris Van Cuyk	37	73	69	5	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	.130	.155	.130	.285	9		0	2
Robert Austin	30	83	69	3	8	1	0	0	7	0	0	5	17	.116	.176	.130	.306	9		0	9
George Brown	32	36	28	4	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	13	.250	.382	.250	.632	7		0	2
George Dockins	33	34	30	3	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	3	10	.167	.242	.167	.409	5		0	1
Gordon Evans	11	26	22	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.182	.308	.182	.490	4		1	0
Willie Ramsdell	13	27	24	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.125	.125	.167	.292	4		0	3
Totals	1602	5620	4890	670	1285	195	43	37	595	92	75	576	584	.263	.343	.343	.686	1677	0	22	132	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dee Fondy	1B	153	1244	75	31	110	.977	8.621
Walter Fiala	2B	147	394	373	24	84	.970	5.218
Walter Rogers	3B	63	63	119	15	15	.924	2.889
Johnny LeGros	3B	46	47	101	8	13	.949	3.217
Bobby Bragan	C	66	277	43	8	7	.976	4.848	3
Merv Dornburg	C	58	262	33	6	4	.980	5.086	5
Toby Atwell	C	26	149	20	2	2	.988	6.500	4
Edward Nulty	C	21	92	14	1	5	.991	5.048	4
Homer Matney	CF	98	174	5	0	2	1.000	1.827
Donald Runge	CF	43	104	0	4	0	.963	2.419
Vic Marasco	CF	32	65	2	4	0	.944	2.094
George Schmees	CF	14	37	0	0	0	1.000	2.643
Dick Williams	CF	11	29	2	1	0	.969	2.818
Irv Noren	LF	131	299	15	3	0	.991	2.397
Dick Williams	LF	15	31	0	0	0	1.000	2.067
Chris Van Cuyk	P	37	6	36	0	1	1.000	1.135
Ed Chandler	P	36	21	32	2	4	.964	1.472
George Brown	P	32	3	21	0	2	1.000	.750
Eugene Costello	P	30	3	16	3	1	.864	.633
Robert Austin	P	30	4	24	0	1	1.000	.933
George Dockins	P	29	2	13	0	0	1.000	.517
Dwain Sloat	P	25	8	32	1	1	.976	1.600
Carl Erskine	P	23	10	24	1	0	.971	1.478
Willie Ramsdell	P	13	2	23	2	1	.926	1.923
George Schmees	RF	115	178	19	7	4	.966	1.713
Vic Marasco	RF	33	87	0	3	0	.967	2.636
Jack Lindsey	SS	120	194	326	39	55	.930	4.333
Bill Kearns	SS	36	68	101	7	18	.960	4.694
Totals		1483	3853	1469	172	330	.969	3.589	16	0	0

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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