1959 Fort Worth Cats Statistics
Team Record: 81-81
Finished 2nd in the AA's West Division
Manager: Lou Klein (81-81)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Ballpark: LaGrave Field
Attendance: 97,315, Avg. 1,201
Playoffs - Fort Worth Cats 4 games, Louisville Colonels 0
Finals - Minneapolis Millers 4 games, Fort Worth Cats 3
The Fort Worth Cats of the American Association ended the 1959 season with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Cats plated 636 runs and allowed 591 runs. Ken Walters and Gabe Gabler paced Fort Worth with 21 home runs apiece. Ken Walters drove in 92 runs. Bob Will topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .336. Ben Johnson led the team with 17 wins, while Steve Ridzik added 15 or more wins, too Dick Ellsworth registered a 2.6 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1959 Fort Worth Cats who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dave Gerard, Ron Shoop, Dick Bertell, Bob Will, Gabe Gabler, Lou Jackson, Eddie Phillips, Steve Ridzik, Dick Ellsworth, Ken Walters, Al Lary, Elmer Singleton, Morrie Martin, Jerry Kindall, Gordon Massa, Don Taussig, Ken Hubbs, Jim Woods, Dolan Nichols, Dick Drott, Marcelino Solis, Lou Klein, Ed Donnelly, Moe Morhardt, Moe Thacker, Art Ceccarelli, Jim Fanning, Ben Johnson, Seth Morehead, Joe Schaffernoth, Don Eaddy and Billy Williams.
Lou Klein 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Johnson | 17 | 8 | .680 | 3.22 | 37 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 218.0 | 235 | 91 | 78 | 15 | 60 | 3 | 90 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Steve Ridzik | 15 | 8 | .652 | 2.74 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 187.0 | 171 | 64 | 57 | 9 | 76 | 5 | 109 | 12 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Al Lary | 11 | 16 | .407 | 3.83 | 41 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 202.0 | 197 | 102 | 86 | 14 | 86 | 6 | 112 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Dick Ellsworth | 10 | 14 | .417 | 2.60 | 38 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 197.0 | 139 | 70 | 57 | 10 | 108 | 7 | 152 | 3 | 1 | 12 | |||
| Seth Morehead | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.00 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 90.0 | 89 | 34 | 30 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Dave Gerard | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.91 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 69.0 | 63 | 37 | 30 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Joe Schaffernoth | 4 | 3 | .571 | 0.98 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 55.0 | 44 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dolan Nichols | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.56 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 68.0 | 81 | 45 | 42 | 11 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Art Ceccarelli | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.53 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 107.0 | 104 | 45 | 42 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elmer Singleton | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.94 | 5 | 16.0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Ed Donnelly | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.45 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 52 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 31 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Morrie Martin | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.67 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 88 | 34 | 27 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marcelino Solis | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick Drott | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.45 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 41 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Totals | 81 | 81 | .500 | 3.22 | 351 | 160 | 0 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 1404.0 | 1316 | 588 | 503 | 84 | 561 | 41 | 814 | 34 | 3 | 44 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Will | 162 | 714 | 605 | 101 | 203 | 32 | 5 | 11 | 77 | 0 | 96 | 44 | .336 | .427 | .460 | .886 | 278 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | ||
| Ken Walters | 152 | 640 | 605 | 78 | 176 | 24 | 2 | 21 | 92 | 4 | 21 | 54 | .291 | .313 | .441 | .755 | 267 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Emil Syngel | 145 | 520 | 476 | 50 | 145 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 48 | 2 | 35 | 81 | .305 | .355 | .399 | .754 | 190 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Kindall | 153 | 643 | 610 | 70 | 144 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 2 | 21 | 105 | .236 | .260 | .338 | .598 | 206 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ray Bellino | 160 | 662 | 562 | 64 | 123 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 43 | 2 | 88 | 128 | .219 | .325 | .299 | .624 | 168 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Moe Thacker | 134 | 497 | 430 | 39 | 100 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 46 | 0 | 56 | 76 | .233 | .329 | .314 | .643 | 135 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Al Lary | 57 | 87 | 83 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .289 | .314 | .386 | .699 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Eaddy | 27 | 119 | 101 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 24 | .208 | .303 | .238 | .540 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Steve Ridzik | 39 | 80 | 70 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .243 | .284 | .386 | .669 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ben Johnson | 38 | 86 | 70 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 19 | .186 | .244 | .286 | .529 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jesse Rogers | 13 | 50 | 49 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .224 | .240 | .224 | .464 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Williams | 5 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .476 | .476 | .905 | 1.381 | 19 | ||||||||
| Dolan Nichols | 19 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .286 | .348 | .381 | .729 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Seth Morehead | 19 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .154 | .185 | .154 | .339 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Jackson | 10 | 30 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .148 | .200 | .185 | .385 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Massa | 18 | 47 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 8 | .118 | .348 | .118 | .465 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dick Ellsworth | 38 | 65 | 58 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 37 | .069 | .156 | .069 | .225 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Schaffernoth | 18 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .176 | .176 | .235 | .412 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Hubbs | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | ||||||||
| Morrie Martin | 40 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .105 | .150 | .105 | .255 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Art Ceccarelli | 23 | 31 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .083 | .214 | .083 | .298 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Moe Morhardt | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | |||||||||
| Dick Drott | 10 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Donnelly | 41 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Gerard | 25 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Bertell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
| Marcelino Solis | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Elmer Singleton | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Lou Klein | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jim Woods | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1370 | 4462 | 3984 | 462 | 1022 | 156 | 23 | 64 | 412 | 10 | 0 | 369 | 682 | .257 | .321 | .355 | .677 | 1416 | 0 | 24 | 56 | 29 | 29 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Kindall | 2B | 146 | 404 | 391 | 22 | 101 | .973 | 5.445 | ||||
| Emil Syngel | 3B | 88 | 63 | 161 | 14 | 7 | .941 | 2.545 | ||||
| Don Eaddy | 3B | 27 | 22 | 46 | 4 | 3 | .944 | 2.519 | ||||
| Moe Thacker | C | 130 | 682 | 67 | 7 | 10 | .991 | 5.762 | 5 | |||
| Dick Bertell | C | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | |||||
| Bob Will | OF | 162 | 306 | 18 | 7 | 3 | .979 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ken Walters | OF | 151 | 357 | 20 | 7 | 5 | .982 | 2.497 | ||||
| Emil Syngel | OF | 36 | 78 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .976 | 2.250 | ||||
| Jesse Rogers | OF | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.455 | ||||
| Al Lary | P | 41 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 0 | .938 | .732 | ||||
| Ed Donnelly | P | 41 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | .800 | .390 | ||||
| Morrie Martin | P | 40 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .525 | ||||
| Dick Ellsworth | P | 38 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .947 | ||||
| Ben Johnson | P | 37 | 12 | 48 | 2 | 5 | .968 | 1.622 | ||||
| Steve Ridzik | P | 31 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 4 | .941 | 1.032 | ||||
| Dave Gerard | P | 25 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .760 | ||||
| Art Ceccarelli | P | 23 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .957 | .957 | ||||
| Dolan Nichols | P | 19 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .368 | ||||
| Seth Morehead | P | 19 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .688 | .579 | ||||
| Joe Schaffernoth | P | 17 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .471 | ||||
| Dick Drott | P | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Marcelino Solis | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Elmer Singleton | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Bellino | SS | 159 | 288 | 512 | 35 | 120 | .958 | 5.031 | ||||
| Totals | 1262 | 2273 | 1433 | 118 | 262 | .969 | 2.937 | 5 | 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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