1939 Fort Worth Cats Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: A1
Team Record: 87-74
Finished 4th in the TL
Manager: Bob Linton (87-74)
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Ballpark: LaGrave Field
Attendance: 94,644, Avg. 1,176

1939 Fort Worth Cats Roster

Playoffs - Fort Worth Cats 3 games, Houston Buffaloes 2
Finals - Fort Worth Cats 4 games, Dallas Rebels 1

The Fort Worth Cats of the Texas League ended the 1939 season with a record of 87 wins and 74 losses, finishing fourth in the TL.

Bob Linton 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
Ed Greer	22	11	.667	2.28	36	35					288.0	248	95	73		63
Ray Starr	18	7	.720	2.34	31	24					204.0	185	73	53		68
Firpo Marberry	13	9	.591	3.07	31	22					179.0	194	73	61		43
Stan Corbett	12	14	.462	3.69	38	31					256.0	246	137	105		92
William Yocke	11	13	.458	3.38	47	20					184.0	170	93	69		68
Cal Dorsett	9	7	.562	3.48	31	17					168.0	168	81	65		58
Claude Horton	1	1	.500	7.80	6	2					15.0	21	16	13		9
Bill Winford	0	0			1						0.0	1				1
Leon Scherer	0	0		0.00	3						6.0	11				5
Ben Melton	0	0		0.00	1						1.0	0				0
Jack Atkinson	0	0		0.00	1						1.0	0				3
Jim Gravin	0	1	.000	9.00	6	0					9.0	12	11	9		7
Oliver Thomas	0	2	.000	0.00	4						6.0	7				6
Clarence Struss	0	6	.000	6.43	8	2					21.0	18	16	15		25
Totals	86	71	.548	3.11	244	153	0	0	0	0	1338.0	1281	595	463	0	448	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
Buster Chatham	161	589	589		169	35	12	6						.287	.287	.418	.705	246
John Stoneham	150	559	559		157	35	16	0						.281	.281	.401	.682	224
Frank Metha	153	539	539		150	21	14	13						.278	.278	.442	.720	238
Clyde McDowell	128	479	479		136	14	8	0						.284	.284	.347	.630	166
Jack Suydam	137	479	479		134	14	8	5						.280	.280	.374	.653	179
Lee Stebbins	105	370	370		100	10	2	0						.270	.270	.308	.578	114
Carl Kott	103	315	315		76	13	5	2						.241	.241	.333	.575	105
Eddie Kearse	88	256	256		71	10	1	1						.277	.277	.336	.613	86
Bob Linton	78	227	227		54	18	1	2						.238	.238	.352	.590	80
Will Black	67	214	214		50	5	3	1						.234	.234	.299	.533	64
Harold Grant	35	134	134		36	5	0	0						.269	.269	.306	.575	41
Ralph Younker	41	149	149		33	6	1	1						.221	.221	.295	.517	44
Fred Frink	27	81	81		24	2	0	1						.296	.296	.358	.654	29
Ed Greer	36	104	104		23	1	0	0						.221	.221	.231	.452	24
Stan Corbett	44	103	103		17	1	0	0						.165	.165	.175	.340	18
Robert Schang	22	54	54		16	3	1	0						.296	.296	.389	.685	21
Ray Starr	31	83	83		12	2	0	0						.145	.145	.169	.313	14
Firpo Marberry	31	59	59		11	2	0	0						.186	.186	.220	.407	13
William Yocke	47	64	64		8	1	0	0						.125	.125	.141	.266	9
Hugh Shelley	7	27	27		5	1	0	0						.185	.185	.222	.407	6
Cal Dorsett	37	49	49		4	0	0	0						.082	.082	.082	.163	4
Jim Gravin	11	12	12		3	1	0	0						.250	.250	.333	.583	4
Clarence Struss	10	9	9		2	0	0	0						.222	.222	.222	.444	2
Otto Patrick	1	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Walter Butler	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Claude Horton	6	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1557	4963	4963	0	1291	200	72	32	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.260	.349	.609	1731	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Lee Stebbins	1B	102	832	38	9		.990	8.529
Harold Grant	1B	35	286	15	0		1.000	8.600
Clyde McDowell	2B	125	333	355	33		.954	5.504
Carl Kott	2B	39	114	83	5		.975	5.051
Frank Metha	3B	151	160	277	23		.950	2.894
Eddie Kearse	C	81	361	36	11		.973	4.901
Bob Linton	C	70	319	55	6		.984	5.343
Robert Schang	C	18	49	7	2		.966	3.111
John Stoneham	OF	149	249	12	11		.960	1.752
Jack Suydam	OF	122	252	7	11		.959	2.123
Will Black	OF	66	175	6	9		.953	2.742
Ralph Younker	OF	39	140	2	2		.986	3.641
Fred Frink	OF	13	39	2	0		1.000	3.154
William Yocke	P	47						.000
Stan Corbett	P	38						.000
Ed Greer	P	36						.000
Ray Starr	P	31						.000
Firpo Marberry	P	31						.000
Cal Dorsett	P	31						.000
Clarence Struss	P	8						.000
Claude Horton	P	6						.000
Jim Gravin	P	6						.000
Buster Chatham	SS	161	347	438	57		.932	4.876
Totals		1405	3656	1333	179	0	.965	3.551

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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