1954 Fort Worth Cats Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 81-80
Finished 4th in the TL
Manager: Al Vincent (81-80)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Ballpark: LaGrave Field
Attendance: 122,274, Avg. 1,519
1954 Fort Worth Cats Roster

Playoffs - Fort Worth Cats 4 games, Shreveport Sports 1
Finals - Houston Buffalos 4 games, Fort Worth Cats 1

The Fort Worth Cats of the Texas League ended the 1954 season with a record of 81 wins and 80 losses, finishing fourth in the TL.

The Cats scored 741 runs and allowed 722 runs. Danny Ozark led Fort Worth with 23 home runs, while Glen Gorbous and Calvin Felix walloped 15 or more as well. Calvin Felix drove in 77 runs. Glen Gorbous paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .283. Karl Spooner topped the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 3.14 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Norm Sherry, Roy Hartsfield, Glenn Mickens, Ray Coleman, Gabe Gabler, Glen Gorbous and Karl Spooner were all players from the 1954 Fort Worth Cats who played in the Majors during their careers.

Al Vincent 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
Karl Spooner219.7003.144231112238.0176928315162262713
Mike Lemish1411.5603.334029121216.0229103801680108512
Ralph Butler1210.5455.073727100197.02071211112267103104
Rudy Paynich1012.4553.49342073173.0191936785866403
C. B. Beringer88.5003.33341490127.01205647133567612
Melvin Waters75.5833.3543710110.01124641103647003
Gilbert Mills23.4003.322231057.051282152244202
George Thomas25.2864.502971076.074453877051007
Douglas Gostlin101.00090.0
Norman Fox11.50080.0
Joe Stanek11.500100.0
Walt Jasinski11.50040.0
Glenn Mickens110.0916.4122132087.0116706254739210
Glenn McMinn0010.0
Tom Bigham0020.0
Frank White0020.0
Robert Hoffman01.00010.0
Pete Mallory03.00080.0
Totals8180.5033.86348151054601281.012766545501015770787274260

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
Mike Korcheck157673575941483050491368675.257.356.327.683188372
Glen Gorbous1415544997314121416711065032.283.347.437.783218104
Calvin Felix154634545841332732277866678.244.331.426.7572327124
Clint Weaver117470394631233011162026555.312.411.477.888188353
Ray Coleman116479429461202421164674336.280.340.422.762181007
Danny Ozark121501428851142232373526085.266.363.493.856211733
Roy Hartsfield833262973883213733402142.279.326.441.767131071
Frank Marchio742572283970130330422527.307.379.404.78292211
Jimmy Bragan79275243285910322042517.243.324.284.60769430
Ernest Yelen67244224185891429001625.259.307.362.66981103
Al Ronning82245213215360118003021.249.344.291.63562110
Vic Marasco471981702345411044102111.265.352.476.82981250
Walter Fiala54201166213371211212213.199.292.289.58148193
Jack Lindsey2911294142341219211411.245.348.372.72135202
Ken Staples64196138262351515015325.167.395.326.72145113
Gabe Gabler176959151740620101011.288.391.6611.05239000
Al Leap2477649162007311010.250.360.281.64118120
Raymond Cucchiarini18514691520370059.326.392.565.95726000
Mike Lemish418672311100200310.153.187.167.353120110
Karl Spooner429581210210500731.123.202.173.37514160
Ashton Heckel1431268610000042.231.333.269.6037010
C. B. Beringer3444362600010042.167.250.167.4176040
Ralph Butler37735986000500910.102.221.102.3226050
Rudy Paynich35685815000300114.086.100.086.1865081
George Thomas2925231400011018.174.208.174.3824010
Norm Sherry5552.400.400.400.8002
Robert Crain811112.182.182.182.3642
Norman Fox812122.167.167.167.3332
Melvin Waters4328251200010008.080.080.080.1602030
Tom Bigham21111.0001.0001.0002.0001
Douglas Gostlin11430100010001.333.333.333.6671010
Walt Jasinski4991.111.111.111.2221
Gilbert Mills26212101000000010.048.048.048.0951000
Glenn Mickens2331261100000032.038.138.038.1761020
Robert Hoffman1220000.000.000.000.0000
Joe Stanek10540000000011.000.200.000.2000000
Pete Mallory9440000.000.000.000.0000
Totals1826611752907331335236271296706039655682.252.337.380.717201203798370


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Danny Ozark1B7457146757.9898.338
Clint Weaver1B69527341061.9828.130
Gabe Gabler1B151016217.9827.133
Roy Hartsfield2B791951841144.9724.797
Jimmy Bragan2B63151143651.9804.667
Walter Fiala2B337085523.9694.697
Frank Marchio3B61608597.9422.377
Danny Ozark3B4846771211.9112.562
Al Leap3B20195173.9093.500
Jack Lindsey3B18182653.8982.444
Jimmy Bragan3B14102332.9172.357
Walter Fiala3B1072125.9332.800
Ernest YelenC623681566.9856.1773
Al RonningC603243555.9865.9833
Ken StaplesC512363044.9855.2161
Calvin FelixCF1493461065.9832.389
Glen GorbousCF1839120.9522.222
Ray ColemanLF64119740.9691.969
Glen GorbousLF59108330.9741.881
Vic MarascoLF4487230.9672.023
Melvin WatersP4351211.944.395
Karl SpoonerP42122732.929.929
Mike LemishP4073611.9771.075
Ralph ButlerP37122020.941.865
Rudy PaynichP3494122.9621.471
C. B. BeringerP34132511.9741.118
George ThomasP2961232.857.621
Gilbert MillsP2239001.000.545
Glenn MickensP2232321.9291.182
Joe StanekP1022001.000.400
Douglas GostlinP9.000
Pete MalloryP8.000
Norman FoxP8.000
Walt JasinskiP4.000
Frank WhiteP2.000
Tom BighamP2.000
Glenn McMinnP1.000
Robert HoffmanP1.000
Glen GorbousRF60100130.9711.683
Ray ColemanRF56115632.9762.161
Clint WeaverRF4164720.9731.732
Raymond CucchiariniRF10110001.0001.100
Mike KorcheckSS1562954514299.9474.782
Totals168240591556177415.9693.338700

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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