1947 Fort Worth Cats Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 95-58
Finished 2nd in the TL
Manager: Lester Burge (95-58)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Ballpark: LaGrave Field
Attendance: 337,738, Avg. 4,415

1947 Fort Worth Cats Roster

Playoffs - Dallas Rebels 4 games, Fort Worth Cats 3

The Fort Worth Cats of the Texas League ended the 1947 season with a record of 95 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the TL.

Lester Burge 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
Willie Ramsdell	21	5	.808	2.25	34			19			240.0	200	76	60		78		123	4	0	0
Charles Samaklis	18	9	.667	2.99	38			16			226.0	218	92	75		92		75	3	0	3
Dwain Sloat	17	9	.654	1.99	34			17			240.0	190	74	53		121		162	6	1	5
Bud Podbielan	14	8	.636	2.38	34			13			212.0	179	77	56		68		82	7	0	7
Robert Austin	8	8	.500	2.05	38			1			92.0	62	26	21		45		55	2	0	2
Ed Chandler	6	5	.545	2.78	16			7			107.0	97	43	33		47		80	3	0	0
Eugene Costello	5	3	.625	3.03	33			0			95.0	69	45	32		62		68	2	1	3
Richard Mlady	3	8	.273	3.94	21			4			96.0	100	52	42		53		60	2	0	7
Ed Head	0	3	.000	6.19	5			1			32.0	37	24	22		15		0	0	0	0
Totals	92	58	.613	2.65	253	0	0	78	0	0	1340.0	1152	509	394	0	581	0	705	29	2	27	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
Monty Basgall	153	677	599	75	163	30	5	3	71	8	6	66	57	.272	.348	.354	.702	212		4	8
Irv Noren	149	653	598	73	162	33	10	2	72	6	2	40	53	.271	.317	.370	.686	221		0	15
Ferrell Anderson	145	602	540	62	143	34	2	15	91	2	1	46	30	.265	.333	.419	.751	226		9	7
Walter Fiala	134	525	471	50	125	19	3	0	38	11	5	46	31	.265	.336	.318	.654	150		4	4
Danny Ozark	131	482	436	58	107	18	0	14	58	7	7	37	81	.245	.310	.383	.693	167		4	5
David Pluss	102	428	351	67	106	18	15	2	39	18	6	68	48	.302	.418	.456	.874	160		2	7
Moe Santomauro	112	409	382	55	98	12	9	8	50	4	2	21	45	.257	.297	.398	.695	152		1	5
Lester Burge	110	406	340	49	95	26	7	7	36	4	1	62	31	.279	.392	.459	.851	156		1	3
Toby Atwell	80	274	238	38	64	7	5	0	23	11	1	32	24	.269	.360	.340	.701	81		2	2
Joe Tepsic	66	224	196	32	49	6	3	3	21	19	3	26	38	.250	.338	.357	.695	70		0	2
Al Brancato	37	146	129	20	39	8	1	3	18	2	0	15	10	.302	.375	.450	.825	58		0	2
Leo Thomas	46	187	146	23	37	3	0	0	14	7	3	30	11	.253	.391	.274	.665	40		3	8
Dwain Sloat	37	98	79	8	17	7	0	0	13	0	0	16	18	.215	.347	.304	.651	24		0	3
Bud Podbielan	36	79	74	7	16	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	9	.216	.237	.243	.480	18		0	3
Willie Ramsdell	34	99	87	5	14	3	2	0	10	1	0	4	15	.161	.198	.241	.439	21		0	8
Charles Samaklis	39	92	85	6	12	0	0	0	8	0	0	3	15	.141	.170	.141	.312	12		0	4
Ed Chandler	16	42	35	2	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	9	.171	.256	.200	.456	7		0	3
Richard Mlady	21	30	29	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.172	.200	.172	.372	5		0	0
James Phillips	18	46	39	3	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	7	12	.128	.261	.179	.440	7		0	0
Robert Austin	38	30	24	2	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	5	7	.167	.310	.292	.602	7		0	1
Eugene Costello	33	29	26	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.154	.214	.154	.368	4		0	1
Red Durrett	15	49	40	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	9	8	.075	.245	.100	.345	4		0	0
Daniel Holden	13	27	21	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	1	.095	.296	.095	.392	2		0	0
Totals	1565	5634	4965	643	1276	229	64	57	576	102	38	548	567	.257	.334	.363	.698	1804	0	30	91	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Lester Burge	1B	98	831	41	15	69	.983	8.898
Danny Ozark	1B	73	579	44	15	53	.976	8.534
Monty Basgall	2B	143	438	401	22	91	.974	5.867
Leo Thomas	3B	44	51	105	9	7	.945	3.545
Danny Ozark	3B	44	58	98	25	6	.862	3.545
Al Brancato	3B	27	23	82	4	8	.963	3.889
Ferrell Anderson	C	144	751	120	12	12	.986	6.049	19
Toby Atwell	C	16	45	5	0	1	1.000	3.125	0
David Pluss	CF	91	184	2	5	2	.974	2.044
Moe Santomauro	CF	74	175	7	8	1	.958	2.459
Irv Noren	LF	137	275	31	12	5	.962	2.234
Moe Santomauro	LF	10	17	2	0	1	1.000	1.900
Charles Samaklis	P	38	10	31	3	3	.932	1.079
Robert Austin	P	38	3	13	2	0	.889	.421
Dwain Sloat	P	34	8	40	2	3	.960	1.412
Willie Ramsdell	P	34	16	50	5	1	.930	1.941
Bud Podbielan	P	34	6	37	3	0	.935	1.265
Eugene Costello	P	33	2	9	1	0	.917	.333
Richard Mlady	P	21	0	14	0	0	1.000	.667
Ed Chandler	P	16	4	14	0	1	1.000	1.125
Ed Head	P	5						.000
Toby Atwell	RF	52	79	6	1	0	.988	1.635
Joe Tepsic	RF	48	54	8	3	1	.954	1.292
Moe Santomauro	RF	18	24	1	3	0	.893	1.389
Red Durrett	RF	13	23	1	1	0	.960	1.846
James Phillips	RF	10	10	2	0	2	1.000	1.200
Walter Fiala	SS	134	213	432	59	73	.916	4.813
Monty Basgall	SS	13	22	21	8	4	.843	3.308
Al Brancato	SS	11	10	39	1	6	.980	4.455
Totals		1453	3911	1656	219	350	.962	3.831	19	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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