1952 Fort Worth Cats Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 86-75
Finished 2nd in the TL
Manager: Bobby Bragan (86-75)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Ballpark: LaGrave Field
Attendance: 180,559, Avg. 2,243

1952 Fort Worth Cats Roster

Playoffs - Shreveport Sports 4 games, Fort Worth Cats 0

The Fort Worth Cats of the Texas League ended the 1952 season with a record of 86 wins and 75 losses, finishing second in the TL.

The Cats yielded 536 runs, fewest in the league. Fort Worth tallied 609 runs. Wayne Belardi led all regular batters by hitting .302. Jim Melton topped the team with 18 wins, while Joe Landrum, too added 15 or more wins, too Joe Landrum recorded a 1.94 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1952 Fort Worth Cats who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Wayne Belardi, Billy Hunter, Steve Lembo, Ray Moore, Gale Wade, Wally Hood, Al Brancato, Joe Landrum, Al Gionfriddo, Bert Hamric, Pete Wojey, Roy Face, Bobby Bragan, Rudy Rufer and John Simmons.

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
Jim Melton	18	11	.621	2.34	48	27					242.0	192	73	63		91
Joe Landrum	15	10	.600	1.94	27	23					195.0	171	52	42		36
Roy Face	14	11	.560	2.83	33	28					226.0	216	82	71		58
William Glane	8	8	.500	2.08	21	18					130.0	104	49	30		55
Pete Wojey	8	11	.421	4.24	35	20					155.0	132	75	73		110
Wally Hood	5	2	.714	2.66	9	7					61.0	73	22	18		23
Dick McCoy	4	2	.667	1.82	34	6					84.0	71	19	17		44
Ralph Butler	3	3	.500	3.46	10	5					52.0	50	22	20		33
Kenny Hemphill	3	5	.375	3.13	16	3					46.0	45	22	16		23
Ray Moore	1	3	.250	3.56	9						43.0	31	17	17		28
Pete Mondorff	1	5	.167	4.81	25	8					73.0	89	59	39		36
Billy Hunter	0	0		0.00	1						1.0	0				0
Ernest Nichols	0	0		0.00	4						8.0	9				8
Dave Dahle	0	0		0.00	3						9.0	13				3
Jim Zavitka	0	0		0.00	1						2.0	1				1
Vicente Lopez	0	1	.000	0.00	2						3.0	9				2
Totals	80	72	.526	2.75	278	145	0	0	0	0	1330.0	1206	492	406	0	551	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
Billy Hunter	161	610	610		174	25	5	3						.285	.285	.357	.643	218
Wayne Belardi	149	520	520		157	33	2	20						.302	.302	.488	.790	254
Bert Hamric	150	543	543		135	11	9	4						.249	.249	.324	.573	176
Joseph Torpey	154	536	536		132	23	2	8						.246	.246	.341	.588	183
Theodore Del Guercio	154	495	495		130	26	8	7						.263	.263	.390	.653	193
Al Brancato	126	420	420		108	23	1	9						.257	.257	.381	.638	160
Bobby Bragan	94	272	272		67	10	1	1						.246	.246	.301	.548	82
Al Gionfriddo	96	258	258		57	12	1	0						.221	.221	.275	.496	71
John Simmons	92	242	242		52	9	1	4						.215	.215	.310	.525	75
Steve Lembo	81	231	231		51	5	0	1						.221	.221	.255	.476	59
Jack Lindsey	38	95	95		23	4	2	0						.242	.242	.326	.568	31
Thaddeus Bosiack	28	78	78		19	1	0	0						.244	.244	.256	.500	20
Frank Marchio	13	41	41		14	2	0	0						.341	.341	.390	.732	16
Eugene Clough	23	66	66		12	1	1	0						.182	.182	.227	.409	15
William Glane	21	41	41		10	0	0	0						.244	.244	.244	.488	10
Gale Wade	21	45	45		8	0	0	0						.178	.178	.178	.356	8
Pete Wojey	35	46	46		7	1	0	0						.152	.152	.174	.326	8
Joe Landrum	29	63	63		7	1	0	0						.111	.111	.127	.238	8
Roy Face	47	72	72		7	1	0	0						.097	.097	.111	.208	8
Jim Melton	51	74	74		5	1	0	0						.068	.068	.081	.149	6
Kenny Hemphill	17	13	13		4	0	0	1						.308	.308	.538	.846	7
Dick McCoy	30	19	19		3	1	0	0						.158	.158	.211	.368	4
Pete Mondorff	25	19	19		3	0	0	0						.158	.158	.158	.316	3
Ernie Velasquez	7	6	6		2	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Ashton Heckel	6	16	16		2	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	2
Ralph Butler	10	19	19		2	0	0	0						.105	.105	.105	.211	2
Totals	1658	4840	4840	0	1191	190	33	58	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.246	.335	.581	1621	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Jim Melton	P	48					.000
Pete Wojey	P	35					.000
Dick McCoy	P	34					.000
Roy Face	P	33					.000
Joe Landrum	P	27					.000
Pete Mondorff	P	25					.000
William Glane	P	21					.000
Kenny Hemphill	P	16					.000
Ralph Butler	P	10					.000
Wally Hood	P	9					.000
Totals		258	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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