1951 Fort Worth Cats Roster
Team Record: 84-77
Finished 5th in the TL
Manager: Bobby Bragan (84-77)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Ballpark: LaGrave Field
Attendance: 160,276, Avg. 1,991
Playoffs - Beaumont Roughnecks 1 game, Fort Worth Cats 0 - One-game playoff for fourth place.
The Fort Worth Cats of the Texas League ended the 1951 season with a record of 84 wins and 77 losses, finishing fifth in the TL.
The Cats scored 614 runs and surrendered 593 runs. Bill Sharman led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .286. Bill McCahan topped Fort Worth with 19 wins, while Pete Mondorff and Donald Otten added 15 or more wins, too Pete Mondorff recorded a 2.28 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
George Freese, Gino Cimoli, Billy Hunter, Ray Moore, Albert Zachary, Glenn Mickens, Jack Banta, Ben Taylor, Bill McCahan, Norm Sherry, Al Flair, Johnny Bero, Mickey Livingston, Rex Barney, Ben Guintini, Marv Felderman, Ross Grimsley and Bobby Bragan were all players from the 1951 Fort Worth Cats who played in the Majors during their careers.
Bobby Bragan served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Allen | L | L | March 23, 1929 | 5'11" | 180 | |
| Jack Banta | L | R | June 24, 1925 | 6'2" | 175 | Hutchinson, KS US |
| Rex Barney | R | R | December 19, 1924 | 6'3" | 185 | Omaha, NE US |
| Johnny Bero | L | R | December 22, 1922 | 6'0" | 170 | Gary, WV US |
| Joe Bielemeier | R | R | June 26, 1927 | 6'0" | 200 | Mount Angel, OR US |
| Bobby Bragan | R | R | October 30, 1917 | 5'10" | 175 | Birmingham, AL US |
| Jimmy Bragan | R | R | March 12, 1929 | 6'0" | 198 | Birmingham, AL US |
| Frank Brown | S | 6'0" | 175 | |||
| Bob Bundy | R | R | March 23, 1924 | 5'8" | 165 | Kansas City, MO US |
| Gino Cimoli | R | R | December 18, 1929 | 6'1" | 180 | San Francisco, CA US |
| Andrew Daly | R | R | 5'9" | 165 | ||
| Theodore Del Guercio | R | R | December 29, 1927 | 6'2" | 195 | Newark, NJ US |
| Marv Felderman | R | R | December 20, 1915 | 6'1" | 187 | Bellevue, IA US |
| Al Flair | L | L | July 24, 1916 | 6'4" | 195 | New Orleans, LA US |
| Vern Frantz | R | R | April 15, 1929 | 5'8" | 155 | |
| George Freese | R | R | September 12, 1926 | 6'0" | 190 | Wheeling, WV US |
| William Glane | L | L | October 1, 1927 | 5'7" | 160 | Detroit, MI US |
| Ross Grimsley | L | L | June 4, 1922 | 6'0" | 175 | Americus, KS US |
| Ben Guintini | R | R | January 13, 1919 | 6'1" | 190 | Los Banos, CA US |
| Ashton Heckel | R | 5'9" | 175 | |||
| Mel Himes | R | R | February 20, 1927 | 6'1" | 190 | |
| Billy Hunter | R | R | June 4, 1928 | 6'0" | 180 | Punxsutawney, PA US |
| Jack Lindsey | R | March 21, 1927 | 5'9" | 170 | ||
| Mickey Livingston | R | R | November 15, 1914 | 6'1" | 185 | Newberry, SC US |
| Vicente Lopez | R | R | September 24, 1928 | 5'11" | 160 | La Habana, La Habana CU |
| Bill McCahan | R | R | June 7, 1921 | 5'11" | 200 | Philadelphia, PA US |
| Glenn Mickens | R | R | July 26, 1930 | 6'0" | 175 | Wilmar, CA US |
| Pete Mondorff | R | R | April 18, 1918 | 6'0" | 220 | Emmitsburg, MD US |
| Ray Moore | R | R | June 1, 1926 | 6'0" | 195 | Meadows, MD US |
| Peter Nicolis | L | L | April 15, 1930 | 5'11" | 190 | |
| Lyle Olsen | R | November 13, 1929 | 6'3" | 200 | Oakland, CA US | |
| Donald Otten | S | R | February 6, 1926 | 6'2" | 185 | Brooklyn, NY US |
| Norman Postolese | R | 5'11" | 180 | |||
| Arturo Seijas | R | R | 5'7" | 155 | ||
| Bill Sharman | R | R | May 25, 1926 | 6'2" | 190 | Abilene, TX US |
| Norm Sherry | R | R | July 16, 1931 | 5'11" | 180 | New York, NY US |
| Dick Smith | R | R | August 9, 1930 | 6'2" | 190 | Seattle, WA US |
| Rene Solis | R | R | July 23, 1925 | 5'11" | 170 | Victoria de las Tunas, Oriente CU |
| Ben Taylor | L | L | September 30, 1927 | 6'0" | 175 | Metropolis, IL US |
| Joe Torpey | R | November 9, 1928 | 6'0" | 175 | ||
| Albert Zachary | R | R | May 14, 1914 | 5'11" | 182 | Brooklyn, NY US |
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.
