1956 Fort Worth Cats Statistics
Team Record: 84-70
Finished 3rd in the TL
Manager: Clay Bryant (84-70)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Ballpark: LaGrave Field
Attendance: 138,905, Avg. 1,804
Playoffs - Dallas Eagles 4 games, Fort Worth Cats 0
The Fort Worth Cats of the Texas League ended the 1956 season with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses, finishing third in the TL.
The Cats led the league with 811 runs, sparked by 157 home runs. Fort Worth allowed 732 runs. Don Demeter walloped 41 home runs for the team, while Frank Marchio, Dick Gray and Jim Gentile each swatted 15 or more, too. Don Demeter drove in 128 runs. Jim Gentile paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .296. Rudy Paynich topped the team with 16 wins, and Ralph Mauriello registered a 3.22 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1956 Fort Worth Cats who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ralph Beard, Earl Mossor, Jim Gentile, Stan Williams, Ralph Mauriello, Don Demeter, Ray Shearer, Dick Tracewski, Dick Gray, Jim Clark, Norm Sherry and Bob Milliken.
Clay Bryant 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Paynich | 16 | 9 | .640 | 3.91 | 33 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 205.0 | 243 | 98 | 89 | 8 | 62 | 5 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Dick Hanlon | 14 | 8 | .636 | 3.46 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 200.0 | 181 | 87 | 77 | 9 | 52 | 2 | 72 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |||
| C. B. Beringer | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.84 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 176.0 | 190 | 89 | 75 | 21 | 47 | 8 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ralph Mauriello | 7 | 10 | .412 | 3.22 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 137.0 | 106 | 62 | 49 | 11 | 93 | 2 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Robert Wegner | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.58 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 113.0 | 123 | 56 | 45 | 9 | 41 | 5 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Melvin Waters | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.40 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86.0 | 90 | 51 | 42 | 9 | 35 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Nishita | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 46.0 | 49 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Earl Mossor | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.60 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 53.0 | 71 | 38 | 33 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ron Wells | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.36 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 81 | 41 | 31 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Robert Schassler | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.29 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 34.0 | 41 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Stan Williams | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.20 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 45.0 | 40 | 33 | 26 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Joe Kuncl | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Wells | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.32 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 43 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bill George | 22 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ralph Beard | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Herb Olson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Milliken | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 78 | 63 | .553 | 3.98 | 344 | 137 | 0 | 51 | 11 | 0 | 1196.0 | 1258 | 627 | 529 | 88 | 476 | 36 | 574 | 31 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Gray | 152 | 690 | 613 | 115 | 175 | 24 | 11 | 24 | 91 | 10 | 10 | 59 | 69 | .285 | .355 | .478 | .833 | 293 | 9 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Jim Gentile | 152 | 651 | 538 | 108 | 159 | 29 | 5 | 40 | 115 | 6 | 3 | 104 | 108 | .296 | .412 | .591 | 1.003 | 318 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Don Demeter | 152 | 645 | 533 | 115 | 153 | 22 | 4 | 41 | 128 | 14 | 10 | 89 | 100 | .287 | .384 | .574 | .958 | 306 | 4 | 5 | 14 | ||
| Herb Olson | 128 | 474 | 406 | 50 | 102 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 48 | 1 | 3 | 63 | 66 | .251 | .354 | .379 | .733 | 154 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Frank Marchio | 106 | 380 | 344 | 63 | 97 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 32 | .282 | .334 | .462 | .796 | 159 | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Jasper Spears | 89 | 368 | 326 | 54 | 96 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 36 | 46 | .294 | .363 | .482 | .845 | 157 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Martin Devlin | 109 | 347 | 319 | 31 | 91 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 17 | .285 | .326 | .335 | .661 | 107 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Jim Koranda | 111 | 388 | 337 | 51 | 90 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 51 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 70 | .267 | .345 | .383 | .727 | 129 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Mike Napoli | 103 | 305 | 250 | 45 | 62 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 0 | 48 | 63 | .248 | .374 | .356 | .730 | 89 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Dick Tracewski | 66 | 224 | 194 | 30 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 35 | .237 | .333 | .284 | .617 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Frank Jeffers | 23 | 81 | 69 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | .261 | .362 | .333 | .696 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rudy Paynich | 39 | 87 | 80 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .212 | .241 | .312 | .553 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Dolan | 12 | 40 | 33 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .424 | .500 | .576 | 1.076 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dick Hanlon | 38 | 88 | 76 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23 | .145 | .207 | .211 | .418 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| C. B. Beringer | 44 | 65 | 54 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .130 | .172 | .167 | .339 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Melvin Waters | 57 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .294 | .316 | .294 | .610 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ron Wells | 21 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .294 | .333 | .471 | .804 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Wegner | 36 | 39 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .139 | .184 | .139 | .323 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Colloton | 11 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .174 | .321 | .174 | .495 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Schassler | 7 | 12 | 12 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Stan Williams | 9 | 16 | 16 | 3 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Earl Mossor | 11 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .150 | .190 | .250 | .440 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Mauriello | 23 | 50 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .068 | .089 | .068 | .157 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Donald Catchot | 10 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .133 | .278 | .133 | .411 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Nishita | 10 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Norm Sherry | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Joe Kuncl | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| William Wells | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Milliken | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1554 | 5081 | 4395 | 710 | 1172 | 173 | 41 | 157 | 658 | 78 | 41 | 556 | 726 | .267 | .350 | .432 | .782 | 1898 | 0 | 29 | 65 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Gentile | 1B | 150 | 1232 | 50 | 22 | 121 | .983 | 8.547 | ||||
| Jasper Spears | 2B | 79 | 189 | 179 | 15 | 54 | .961 | 4.658 | ||||
| Martin Devlin | 2B | 65 | 144 | 148 | 8 | 31 | .973 | 4.492 | ||||
| Mike Napoli | 2B | 20 | 60 | 36 | 6 | 9 | .941 | 4.800 | ||||
| Dick Gray | 3B | 151 | 185 | 340 | 37 | 28 | .934 | 3.477 | ||||
| Herb Olson | C | 117 | 500 | 66 | 11 | 12 | .981 | 4.838 | 2 | |||
| Mike Napoli | C | 51 | 194 | 13 | 9 | 0 | .958 | 4.059 | 0 | |||
| Don Demeter | CF | 152 | 442 | 18 | 6 | 3 | .987 | 3.026 | ||||
| Jim Koranda | LF | 77 | 180 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .984 | 2.390 | ||||
| Frank Marchio | LF | 61 | 104 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .941 | 1.820 | ||||
| Frank Jeffers | LF | 21 | 51 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 2.667 | ||||
| Melvin Waters | P | 55 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .944 | .309 | ||||
| C. B. Beringer | P | 44 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .795 | ||||
| Robert Wegner | P | 36 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .957 | .611 | ||||
| Rudy Paynich | P | 33 | 15 | 40 | 1 | 4 | .982 | 1.667 | ||||
| Dick Hanlon | P | 32 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 0 | .973 | 1.125 | ||||
| William Wells | P | 24 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Ralph Mauriello | P | 23 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .880 | .957 | ||||
| Bill George | P | 22 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ron Wells | P | 20 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .700 | ||||
| Bill Nishita | P | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | .400 | ||||
| Stan Williams | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Earl Mossor | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ralph Beard | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Schassler | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Milliken | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Kuncl | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Herb Olson | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Shearer | RF | 70 | 105 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .982 | 1.600 | ||||
| Jim Koranda | RF | 18 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.444 | ||||
| Frank Marchio | RF | 17 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .975 | 2.294 | ||||
| Dick Tracewski | SS | 62 | 115 | 184 | 27 | 48 | .917 | 4.823 | ||||
| Martin Devlin | SS | 23 | 22 | 39 | 4 | 7 | .938 | 2.652 | ||||
| Jasper Spears | SS | 12 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 1 | .911 | 3.417 | ||||
| Bobby Dolan | SS | 10 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 4 | .917 | 4.400 | ||||
| Totals | 1500 | 3659 | 1324 | 177 | 332 | .966 | 3.322 | 2 | 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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