1954 Fort Worth Cats Statistics
Team Record: 81-80
Finished 4th in the TL
Manager: Al Vincent (81-80)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Ballpark: LaGrave Field
Attendance: 122,274, Avg. 1,519
Playoffs - Fort Worth Cats 4 games, Shreveport Sports 1
Finals - Houston Buffalos 4 games, Fort Worth Cats 1
The Fort Worth Cats of the Texas League ended the 1954 season with a record of 81 wins and 80 losses, finishing fourth in the TL.
The Cats scored 741 runs and allowed 722 runs. Danny Ozark led Fort Worth with 23 home runs, while Glen Gorbous and Calvin Felix walloped 15 or more as well. Calvin Felix drove in 77 runs. Glen Gorbous paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .283. Karl Spooner topped the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 3.14 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Norm Sherry, Roy Hartsfield, Gabe Gabler, Ray Coleman, Glen Gorbous, Glenn Mickens and Karl Spooner were all players from the 1954 Fort Worth Cats who played in the Majors during their careers.
Al Vincent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl Spooner | 21 | 9 | .700 | 3.14 | 42 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 238.0 | 176 | 92 | 83 | 15 | 162 | 262 | 7 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Mike Lemish | 14 | 11 | .560 | 3.33 | 40 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 216.0 | 229 | 103 | 80 | 16 | 80 | 108 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Ralph Butler | 12 | 10 | .545 | 5.07 | 37 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 197.0 | 207 | 121 | 111 | 22 | 67 | 103 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Rudy Paynich | 10 | 12 | .455 | 3.49 | 34 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 173.0 | 191 | 93 | 67 | 8 | 58 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| C. B. Beringer | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.33 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 127.0 | 120 | 56 | 47 | 13 | 35 | 67 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Melvin Waters | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.35 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 110.0 | 112 | 46 | 41 | 10 | 36 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Gilbert Mills | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.32 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 57.0 | 51 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 22 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| George Thomas | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.50 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 76.0 | 74 | 45 | 38 | 7 | 70 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Douglas Gostlin | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Norman Fox | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Stanek | 1 | 1 | .500 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Walt Jasinski | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Glenn Mickens | 1 | 10 | .091 | 6.41 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 87.0 | 116 | 70 | 62 | 5 | 47 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Glenn McMinn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Bigham | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Frank White | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Hoffman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pete Mallory | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 81 | 80 | .503 | 3.86 | 348 | 151 | 0 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 1281.0 | 1276 | 654 | 550 | 101 | 577 | 0 | 787 | 27 | 4 | 26 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Korcheck | 157 | 673 | 575 | 94 | 148 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 49 | 13 | 6 | 86 | 75 | .257 | .356 | .327 | .683 | 188 | 3 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Glen Gorbous | 141 | 554 | 499 | 73 | 141 | 21 | 4 | 16 | 71 | 10 | 6 | 50 | 32 | .283 | .347 | .437 | .783 | 218 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Calvin Felix | 154 | 634 | 545 | 84 | 133 | 27 | 3 | 22 | 77 | 8 | 6 | 66 | 78 | .244 | .331 | .426 | .757 | 232 | 7 | 12 | 4 | ||
| Clint Weaver | 117 | 470 | 394 | 63 | 123 | 30 | 1 | 11 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 55 | .312 | .411 | .477 | .888 | 188 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Ray Coleman | 116 | 479 | 429 | 46 | 120 | 24 | 2 | 11 | 64 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 36 | .280 | .340 | .422 | .762 | 181 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Danny Ozark | 121 | 501 | 428 | 85 | 114 | 22 | 3 | 23 | 73 | 5 | 2 | 60 | 85 | .266 | .363 | .493 | .856 | 211 | 7 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Roy Hartsfield | 83 | 326 | 297 | 38 | 83 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 42 | .279 | .326 | .441 | .767 | 131 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Frank Marchio | 74 | 257 | 228 | 39 | 70 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 27 | .307 | .379 | .404 | .782 | 92 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jimmy Bragan | 79 | 275 | 243 | 28 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 17 | .243 | .324 | .284 | .607 | 69 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ernest Yelen | 67 | 244 | 224 | 18 | 58 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 25 | .259 | .307 | .362 | .669 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Al Ronning | 82 | 245 | 213 | 21 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 21 | .249 | .344 | .291 | .635 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Vic Marasco | 47 | 198 | 170 | 23 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 11 | .265 | .352 | .476 | .829 | 81 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Walter Fiala | 54 | 201 | 166 | 21 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 13 | .199 | .292 | .289 | .581 | 48 | 1 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Jack Lindsey | 29 | 112 | 94 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 | .245 | .348 | .372 | .721 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ken Staples | 64 | 196 | 138 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 25 | .167 | .395 | .326 | .721 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Gabe Gabler | 17 | 69 | 59 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | .288 | .391 | .661 | 1.052 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Leap | 24 | 77 | 64 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | .250 | .360 | .281 | .641 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Raymond Cucchiarini | 18 | 51 | 46 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .326 | .392 | .565 | .957 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Lemish | 41 | 86 | 72 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .153 | .187 | .167 | .353 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Karl Spooner | 42 | 95 | 81 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 31 | .123 | .202 | .173 | .375 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Ashton Heckel | 14 | 31 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .231 | .333 | .269 | .603 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| C. B. Beringer | 34 | 44 | 36 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .167 | .250 | .167 | .417 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Butler | 37 | 73 | 59 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | .102 | .221 | .102 | .322 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Rudy Paynich | 35 | 68 | 58 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .086 | .100 | .086 | .186 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| George Thomas | 29 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .174 | .208 | .174 | .382 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Norm Sherry | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Crain | 8 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Norman Fox | 8 | 12 | 12 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Melvin Waters | 43 | 28 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .080 | .080 | .080 | .160 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tom Bigham | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Douglas Gostlin | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Walt Jasinski | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Gilbert Mills | 26 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .048 | .048 | .048 | .095 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Mickens | 23 | 31 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .038 | .138 | .038 | .176 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Robert Hoffman | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Joe Stanek | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Mallory | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1826 | 6117 | 5290 | 733 | 1335 | 236 | 27 | 129 | 670 | 60 | 39 | 655 | 682 | .252 | .337 | .380 | .717 | 2012 | 0 | 37 | 98 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Ozark | 1B | 74 | 571 | 46 | 7 | 57 | .989 | 8.338 | ||||
| Clint Weaver | 1B | 69 | 527 | 34 | 10 | 61 | .982 | 8.130 | ||||
| Gabe Gabler | 1B | 15 | 101 | 6 | 2 | 17 | .982 | 7.133 | ||||
| Roy Hartsfield | 2B | 79 | 195 | 184 | 11 | 44 | .972 | 4.797 | ||||
| Jimmy Bragan | 2B | 63 | 151 | 143 | 6 | 51 | .980 | 4.667 | ||||
| Walter Fiala | 2B | 33 | 70 | 85 | 5 | 23 | .969 | 4.697 | ||||
| Frank Marchio | 3B | 61 | 60 | 85 | 9 | 7 | .942 | 2.377 | ||||
| Danny Ozark | 3B | 48 | 46 | 77 | 12 | 11 | .911 | 2.562 | ||||
| Al Leap | 3B | 20 | 19 | 51 | 7 | 3 | .909 | 3.500 | ||||
| Jack Lindsey | 3B | 18 | 18 | 26 | 5 | 3 | .898 | 2.444 | ||||
| Jimmy Bragan | 3B | 14 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 2 | .917 | 2.357 | ||||
| Walter Fiala | 3B | 10 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 5 | .933 | 2.800 | ||||
| Ernest Yelen | C | 62 | 368 | 15 | 6 | 6 | .985 | 6.177 | 3 | |||
| Al Ronning | C | 60 | 324 | 35 | 5 | 5 | .986 | 5.983 | 3 | |||
| Ken Staples | C | 51 | 236 | 30 | 4 | 4 | .985 | 5.216 | 1 | |||
| Calvin Felix | CF | 149 | 346 | 10 | 6 | 5 | .983 | 2.389 | ||||
| Glen Gorbous | CF | 18 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .952 | 2.222 | ||||
| Ray Coleman | LF | 64 | 119 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .969 | 1.969 | ||||
| Glen Gorbous | LF | 59 | 108 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .974 | 1.881 | ||||
| Vic Marasco | LF | 44 | 87 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .967 | 2.023 | ||||
| Melvin Waters | P | 43 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .944 | .395 | ||||
| Karl Spooner | P | 42 | 12 | 27 | 3 | 2 | .929 | .929 | ||||
| Mike Lemish | P | 40 | 7 | 36 | 1 | 1 | .977 | 1.075 | ||||
| Ralph Butler | P | 37 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .941 | .865 | ||||
| Rudy Paynich | P | 34 | 9 | 41 | 2 | 2 | .962 | 1.471 | ||||
| C. B. Beringer | P | 34 | 13 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 1.118 | ||||
| George Thomas | P | 29 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .857 | .621 | ||||
| Gilbert Mills | P | 22 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
| Glenn Mickens | P | 22 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .929 | 1.182 | ||||
| Joe Stanek | P | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Douglas Gostlin | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pete Mallory | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Norman Fox | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Walt Jasinski | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank White | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Bigham | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Glenn McMinn | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Hoffman | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Glen Gorbous | RF | 60 | 100 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .971 | 1.683 | ||||
| Ray Coleman | RF | 56 | 115 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .976 | 2.161 | ||||
| Clint Weaver | RF | 41 | 64 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .973 | 1.732 | ||||
| Raymond Cucchiarini | RF | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
| Mike Korcheck | SS | 156 | 295 | 451 | 42 | 99 | .947 | 4.782 | ||||
| Totals | 1682 | 4059 | 1556 | 177 | 415 | .969 | 3.338 | 7 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
