1950 Fort Worth Cats Statistics
Team Record: 88-64
Finished 2nd in the TL
Manager: Bobby Bragan (88-64)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Ballpark: LaGrave Field
Attendance: 233,789, Avg. 3,076
Playoffs - Tulsa Oilers 4 games, Fort Worth Cats 0 (one tie
The Fort Worth Cats of the Texas League ended the 1950 season with a record of 88 wins and 64 losses, finishing second in the TL.
The Cats topped the circuit with just 539 runs allowed. Fort Worth scored 584 runs. Dick Williams led all regular hitters by hitting .300. Ray Moore paced the team with 15 wins, while Chris Van Cuyk registered a 2.29 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1950 Fort Worth Cats who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Red Borom, Dee Fondy, Fred Waters, Joe Landrum, Bill McCahan, Chris Van Cuyk, Bobby Bragan, Pat McGlothin, Johnny Rutherford, Ed Roebuck, Dick Williams, Tommy Tatum, Bud Podbielan, Ray Moore and Don Hoak.
Bobby Bragan served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Moore | 15 | 9 | .625 | 3.09 | 37 | 27 | 192.0 | 154 | 87 | 66 | 145 | |||||||||||
| Chris Van Cuyk | 14 | 5 | .737 | 2.29 | 23 | 20 | 165.0 | 127 | 56 | 42 | 77 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Rutherford | 11 | 12 | .478 | 2.74 | 28 | 23 | 197.0 | 181 | 76 | 60 | 63 | |||||||||||
| Mike Lemish | 9 | 7 | .562 | 4.00 | 48 | 9 | 135.0 | 127 | 66 | 60 | 68 | |||||||||||
| C. B. Beringer | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.63 | 45 | 2 | 83.0 | 69 | 22 | 15 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Pat McGlothin | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.26 | 12 | 12 | 91.0 | 82 | 41 | 33 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Melvin Waters | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.17 | 24 | 12 | 108.0 | 96 | 43 | 38 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Bud Podbielan | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.41 | 13 | 12 | 95.0 | 76 | 43 | 36 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Robert Austin | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.90 | 13 | 7 | 62.0 | 52 | 27 | 20 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Bill McCahan | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.55 | 10 | 6 | 53.0 | 38 | 18 | 15 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Fred Copeland | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 5 | 2 | 17.0 | 18 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Rene Solis | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 7.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Frank Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ed Roebuck | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Vicente Lopez | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 9.0 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Bobby Bragan | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fred Waters | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 3 | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 79 | 56 | .585 | 2.84 | 270 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1224.0 | 1028 | 480 | 386 | 0 | 583 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 141 | 528 | 528 | 157 | 22 | 9 | 5 | .297 | .297 | .402 | .699 | 212 | |||||||||||
| Dick Williams | 144 | 510 | 510 | 153 | 30 | 1 | 11 | .300 | .300 | .427 | .727 | 218 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Torpey | 152 | 570 | 570 | 152 | 16 | 3 | 6 | .267 | .267 | .337 | .604 | 192 | |||||||||||
| Don Hoak | 141 | 450 | 450 | 126 | 18 | 7 | 6 | .280 | .280 | .391 | .671 | 176 | |||||||||||
| Russ Rose | 152 | 493 | 493 | 116 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .235 | .235 | .276 | .511 | 136 | |||||||||||
| Frank Brown | 131 | 445 | 445 | 110 | 19 | 8 | 2 | .247 | .247 | .339 | .587 | 151 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Bragan | 112 | 346 | 346 | 96 | 10 | 1 | 5 | .277 | .277 | .355 | .633 | 123 | |||||||||||
| Fred Storck | 98 | 316 | 316 | 94 | 11 | 5 | 3 | .297 | .297 | .392 | .690 | 124 | |||||||||||
| Tommy Tatum | 115 | 349 | 349 | 78 | 13 | 2 | 5 | .223 | .223 | .315 | .539 | 110 | |||||||||||
| Ken Staples | 87 | 194 | 194 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 4 | .227 | .227 | .335 | .562 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Bob Bundy | 44 | 162 | 162 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .259 | .259 | .364 | .623 | 59 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Clough | 38 | 111 | 111 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .198 | .198 | .369 | .568 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Ray Moore | 37 | 67 | 67 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .239 | .239 | .463 | .701 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Rutherford | 36 | 63 | 63 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .270 | .492 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Chris Van Cuyk | 23 | 60 | 60 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .150 | .150 | .300 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Bud Podbielan | 15 | 32 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .219 | .219 | .219 | .438 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Pat McGlothin | 12 | 30 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Red Borom | 15 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .278 | .278 | .556 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Robert Austin | 13 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .318 | .545 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Mike Lemish | 48 | 37 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .135 | .135 | .135 | .270 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Melvin Waters | 24 | 30 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Bill McCahan | 10 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | |||||||||||
| C. B. Beringer | 46 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Fred Copeland | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1639 | 4868 | 4868 | 0 | 1264 | 178 | 44 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .260 | .260 | .349 | .609 | 1701 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Lemish | P | 48 | .000 | |||||
| C. B. Beringer | P | 45 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Moore | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Johnny Rutherford | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Melvin Waters | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Chris Van Cuyk | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Bud Podbielan | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Austin | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Pat McGlothin | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Bill McCahan | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 253 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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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