1951 Fort Worth Cats Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
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

1951 Fort Worth Cats Roster

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 Donald Otten and Pete Mondorff added 15 or more wins, too Pete Mondorff recorded a 2.28 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Mickey Livingston, Bill McCahan, Rex Barney, Johnny Bero, Ben Taylor, Al Flair, Norm Sherry, George Freese, Billy Hunter, Albert Zachary, Gino Cimoli, Ray Moore, Jack Banta, Glenn Mickens, Ross Grimsley, Marv Felderman, Ben Guintini 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.

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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
Bill McCahan	19	9	.679	2.76	31	29					228.0	213	79	70		76
Pete Mondorff	16	9	.640	2.28	32	29					237.0	214	78	60		87
Donald Otten	15	4	.789	2.31	42	16					191.0	174	65	49		88
William Glane	8	5	.615	2.05	23	13					123.0	93	35	28		58
Vicente Lopez	7	13	.350	2.98	22	20					139.0	133	58	46		75
Ray Moore	6	11	.353	2.91	21	18					130.0	114	49	42		75
Mel Himes	5	6	.455	3.68	34	5					93.0	94	44	38		47
Glenn Mickens	4	2	.667	2.77	7	7					52.0	44	23	16		26
Albert Zachary	2	3	.400	2.94	15	6					52.0	47	23	17		13
Rene Solis	2	4	.333	3.32	19	4					76.0	77	39	28		28
Peter Nicolis	0	0			1						0.0
William Allen	0	0		0.00	3						3.0
Vern Frantz	0	0		0.00	1						3.0
Andrew Daly	0	0		0.00	2						1.0
Joe Bielemeier	0	0		0.00	2						7.0
Arturo Seijas	0	0		0.00	1						2.0
Jack Banta	0	0		0.00	7	0					14.0	9				7
Rex Barney	0	2	.000	0.00	5	4					14.0	11				39
Ross Grimsley	0	3	.000	0.00	6	4					19.0	24				20
Frank Brown	0	6	.000	5.44	11	4					48.0	39	31	29		35
Totals	84	77	.522	2.66	285	159	0	0	0	0	1432.0	1286	524	423	0	674	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
Bill Sharman	157	570	570		163	18	5	8						.286	.286	.377	.663	215
Gino Cimoli	137	539	539		141	21	12	5						.262	.262	.373	.635	201
Billy Hunter	141	480	480		121	17	6	1						.252	.252	.319	.571	153
Frank Brown	132	435	435		117	21	6	3						.269	.269	.366	.634	159
Ben Taylor	105	379	379		109	27	1	11						.288	.288	.451	.739	171
Bobby Bragan	103	311	311		78	6	0	1						.251	.251	.280	.531	87
Joseph Torpey	100	318	318		76	14	1	1						.239	.239	.299	.538	95
Bob Bundy	75	262	262		72	14	4	2						.275	.275	.382	.656	100
Mickey Livingston	78	215	215		66	10	1	4						.307	.307	.419	.726	90
Lyle Olsen	59	217	217		63	13	4	1						.290	.290	.401	.691	87
Jack Lindsey	81	249	249		61	11	2	1						.245	.245	.317	.562	79
Norman Postolese	56	190	190		49	7	6	0						.258	.258	.358	.616	68
Al Flair	42	138	138		39	9	0	1						.283	.283	.370	.652	51
Ashton Heckel	49	137	137		35	4	2	1						.255	.255	.336	.591	46
Johnny Bero	36	122	122		24	3	0	0						.197	.197	.221	.418	27
Theodore Del Guercio	42	96	96		23	2	0	1						.240	.240	.292	.531	28
Donald Otten	47	72	72		17	1	0	0						.236	.236	.250	.486	18
Pete Mondorff	32	75	75		15	2	0	0						.200	.200	.227	.427	17
Bill McCahan	31	75	75		12	0	0	0						.160	.160	.160	.320	12
Jimmy Bragan	20	62	62		9	1	1	0						.145	.145	.194	.339	12
William Glane	24	34	34		7	0	0	0						.206	.206	.206	.412	7
Glenn Mickens	9	18	18		6									.333	.333	.333	.667	6
George Freese	8	25	25		6	0	0	0						.240	.240	.240	.480	6
Ben Guintini	10	34	34		5	1	0	1						.147	.147	.265	.412	9
Vicente Lopez	26	45	45		5	1	1	0						.111	.111	.178	.289	8
Norm Sherry	25	65	65		5	2	0	0						.077	.077	.108	.185	7
Mel Himes	36	25	25		4	0	0	0						.160	.160	.160	.320	4
Jack Banta	22	27	27		4	0	0	0						.148	.148	.148	.296	4
Ray Moore	22	41	41		4	0	0	0						.098	.098	.098	.195	4
Albert Zachary	17	14	14		3	0	0	0						.214	.214	.214	.429	3
Rene Solis	20	20	20		3	0	0	0						.150	.150	.150	.300	3
Rex Barney	10	5	5		1	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Ross Grimsley	6	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Totals	1758	5301	5301	0	1344	205	52	42	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.254	.336	.589	1779	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Donald Otten	P	42					.000
Mel Himes	P	34					.000
Pete Mondorff	P	32					.000
William Glane	P	23					.000
Vicente Lopez	P	22					.000
Ray Moore	P	21					.000
Bill McCahan	P	21					.000
Rene Solis	P	20					.000
Albert Zachary	P	15					.000
Totals		230	0	0	0	0	.000

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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