1953 Fort Worth Cats Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 82-72
Finished 3rd in the TL
Manager: Max Macon (82-72)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Ballpark: LaGrave Field
Attendance: 136,524, Avg. 1,773

1953 Fort Worth Cats Roster

Playoffs - Tulsa Oilers 4 games, Fort Worth Cats 2

The Fort Worth Cats of the Texas League ended the 1953 season with a record of 82 wins and 72 losses, finishing third in the TL.

The Cats scored 711 runs and yielded 636 runs. Jim Baxes walloped 30 home runs for Fort Worth, while Danny Ozark swatted 15 or more, too. Jim Baxes recorded 107 runs batted in. Vic Marasco led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .306. Pete Wojey topped the team with 14 wins, and Glenn Mickens recorded a 1.79 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1953 Fort Worth Cats who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Wally Hood, Gabe Gabler, Jim Baxes, Bill Harris, Gale Wade, Glenn Mickens, Johnny Rutherford, John Simmons, Max Macon, Art Ceccarelli, Pete Wojey and Spook Jacobs.

Max Macon 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
Pete Wojey	14	9	.609	2.80	27	25		16	4		193.0	147	67	60	5	122		158	5	0	8
Rudy Paynich	11	6	.647	3.67	32	21		10	2		179.0	160	82	73	11	73		70	4	0	2
Daniel Stupur	10	5	.667	3.96	30	13		3	2		109.0	101	60	48	10	78		47	1	0	8
Glenn Mickens	8	5	.615	1.79	15	15		10	2		126.0	106	27	25	1	45		58	2	0	4
William Glane	8	9	.471	3.34	20	20		12	0		143.0	123	63	53	7	90		72	1	1	12
C. B. Beringer	7	2	.778	1.88	26	6		4	3		91.0	70	21	19	4	36		61	1	0	2
Billy Darden	5	3	.625	3.48	40	1		0	0		75.0	71	35	29	1	27		21	3	0	1
Johnny Rutherford	5	3	.625	4.17	10	10		3	0		69.0	78	35	32	6	27		15	1	0	3
Dick McCoy	4	7	.364	3.54	27	14		6	0		112.0	95	57	44	9	81		53	4	1	5
Walt Jasinski	3	5	.375	5.19	19	6		1	0		78.0	88	48	45	12	40		41	2	1	2
Ronnie Lee	2	4	.333	2.78	7	6		5	0		55.0	52	22	17	3	24		19	0	0	0
Tom Bigham	1	2	.333		10						0.0
Totals	78	60	.565	3.26	263	137	0	70	13	0	1230.0	1091	517	445	69	643	0	615	24	3	47	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
Spook Jacobs	154	714	645	102	182	23	5	0	40	28	15	58	37	.282	.342	.333	.676	215		1	10
Vic Marasco	141	596	546	70	167	23	1	14	89	7	4	31	37	.306	.347	.429	.775	234		3	16
Danny Ozark	134	568	494	90	148	25	2	23	89	11	3	64	65	.300	.385	.498	.883	246		5	5
Jim Baxes	152	633	551	76	148	22	2	30	107	1	5	73	103	.269	.358	.479	.837	264		4	5
Russ Rose	155	669	593	68	131	27	1	1	44	9	6	62	27	.221	.298	.275	.573	163		3	11
Gale Wade	113	457	414	69	130	22	5	6	31	31	3	28	43	.314	.367	.435	.802	180		7	8
Calvin Felix	99	383	336	49	95	18	3	7	48	3	5	40	44	.283	.364	.417	.781	140		3	4
Al Ronning	109	397	347	38	86	13	0	3	41	3	2	48	26	.248	.339	.311	.650	108		0	2
Harry Scherting	99	353	327	42	83	22	3	6	45	2	3	21	54	.254	.299	.394	.693	129		0	5
Ken Staples	64	208	160	29	36	7	1	7	22	0	0	44	35	.225	.392	.412	.805	66		0	4
Max Macon	45	103	95	9	31	3	0	1	11	1	0	5	3	.326	.360	.389	.749	37		0	3
Raymond Cucchiarini	48	142	116	19	26	9	0	2	17	3	2	21	21	.224	.357	.353	.711	41		3	2
Jimmy Bragan	36	77	70	3	20	3	0	0	6	0	0	4	0	.286	.324	.329	.653	23		0	3
Rudy Paynich	32	72	68	7	12	2	0	0	11	0	1	1	11	.176	.188	.206	.394	14		0	3
Leonard Lamont	16	67	55	8	9	1	2	1	10	0	0	11	14	.164	.303	.309	.612	17		0	1
Theodore Del Guercio	10	28	25	4	6	1	0	1	2	0	1	3	5	.240	.321	.400	.721	10		0	0
Walt Jasinski	20	30	27	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.222	.250	.222	.472	6		0	2
Dick McCoy	34	40	36	5	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	.167	.189	.222	.411	8		0	3
Daniel Stupur	31	40	37	6	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	3	17	.162	.225	.243	.468	9		0	0
Pete Wojey	27	72	59	1	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	6	21	.085	.169	.085	.254	5		0	7
Billy Darden	42	16	16	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.250	.250	.250	.500	4		0	0
William Glane	20	55	50	3	4	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	6	.080	.115	.100	.215	5		0	3
Johnny Rutherford	10	27	26	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	.115	.148	.115	.264	3		0	0
Glenn Mickens	19	47	37	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	.081	.128	.081	.209	3		0	8
C. B. Beringer	27	27	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.095	.095	.095	.190	2		0	6
Gabe Gabler	4	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0				.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Tom Bigham	10	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1
Totals	1651	5829	5158	706	1350	225	26	102	633	99	51	530	597	.262	.334	.375	.709	1933	0	29	112	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Danny Ozark	1B	121	1016	85	10	141	.991	9.099
Leonard Lamont	1B	15	133	10	2	14	.986	9.533
Spook Jacobs	2B	154	419	419	20	137	.977	5.442
Jim Baxes	3B	139	136	339	27	31	.946	3.417
Danny Ozark	3B	13	18	29	3	4	.940	3.615
Al Ronning	C	100	471	77	9	13	.984	5.480	4
Ken Staples	C	55	236	25	4	5	.985	4.745	4
Calvin Felix	CF	99	221	8	5	2	.979	2.313
Vic Marasco	CF	42	85	4	2	1	.978	2.119
Gale Wade	CF	17	40	3	0	1	1.000	2.529
Vic Marasco	LF	97	190	12	4	1	.981	2.082
Raymond Cucchiarini	LF	35	55	2	4	0	.934	1.629
Gale Wade	LF	25	40	2	5	1	.894	1.680
Billy Darden	P	40	0	18	0	3	1.000	.450
Rudy Paynich	P	32	9	39	3	3	.941	1.500
Daniel Stupur	P	30	13	10	2	1	.920	.767
Pete Wojey	P	27	2	14	1	2	.941	.593
Dick McCoy	P	27	5	27	4	1	.889	1.185
C. B. Beringer	P	26	5	14	1	0	.950	.731
William Glane	P	20	7	27	3	0	.919	1.700
Walt Jasinski	P	19	4	11	0	0	1.000	.789
Glenn Mickens	P	15	6	30	1	4	.973	2.400
Johnny Rutherford	P	10	3	14	0	0	1.000	1.700
Tom Bigham	P	10	3	5	0	1	1.000	.800
Ronnie Lee	P	7						.000
Harry Scherting	RF	84	119	8	5	1	.962	1.512
Gale Wade	RF	67	127	6	1	0	.993	1.985
Russ Rose	SS	125	287	510	27	117	.967	6.376
Totals		1451	3650	1748	143	484	.974	3.720	8	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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