1957 Fort Worth Cats Statistics
Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 70-84
Finished 6th in the TL
Manager: Gene Handley (70-84)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Ballpark: LaGrave Field
Attendance: 75,188, Avg. 976
1957 Fort Worth Cats RosterTeam Record: 70-84
Finished 6th in the TL
Manager: Gene Handley (70-84)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Ballpark: LaGrave Field
Attendance: 75,188, Avg. 976
The Fort Worth Cats of the Texas League ended the 1957 season with a record of 70 wins and 84 losses, finishing sixth in the TL.
The Cats scored 555 runs and yielded 626 runs.
Members of the 1957 Fort Worth Cats who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jim Mangan, Larry Sherry, Ed Mayer, Frank Ernaga, John Briggs, Chris Kitsos, Gene Fodge, Eddie Haas, Bob Will, Lorenzo Davis and Jake Crawford.
Gene Handley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. B. Beringer | 11 | 9 | .550 | 2.90 | 36 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 183.0 | 183 | 65 | 59 | 15 | 36 | 8 | 92 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Larry Sherry | 10 | 10 | .500 | 3.07 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 170.0 | 131 | 65 | 58 | 11 | 89 | 3 | 146 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |||
| John Ceplo | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.77 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 115.0 | 118 | 76 | 61 | 5 | 45 | 8 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John Briggs | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.34 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 143.0 | 134 | 53 | 53 | 7 | 43 | 1 | 85 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Ed Mayer | 8 | 13 | .381 | 4.04 | 33 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 165.0 | 197 | 91 | 74 | 5 | 48 | 2 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Bill Nishita | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.69 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 105.0 | 116 | 47 | 43 | 8 | 27 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Rudy Paynich | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.63 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 124.0 | 142 | 56 | 50 | 2 | 32 | 4 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Don Swanson | 6 | 10 | .375 | 3.28 | 34 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 148.0 | 147 | 57 | 54 | 13 | 59 | 5 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Gene Fodge | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.38 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 78.0 | 90 | 42 | 38 | 6 | 27 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Mike Warnitsky | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Les Phillips | 1 | 1 | .500 | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Stanek | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lorenzo Davis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Wegner | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Frank White | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 69 | 82 | .457 | 3.58 | 297 | 145 | 0 | 57 | 15 | 0 | 1231.0 | 1258 | 552 | 490 | 72 | 406 | 37 | 603 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Devlin | 151 | 647 | 592 | 72 | 149 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 30 | 8 | .252 | .291 | .302 | .593 | 179 | 4 | 18 | 3 | ||
| Eddie Haas | 130 | 554 | 459 | 72 | 128 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 53 | 1 | 7 | 80 | 79 | .279 | .385 | .429 | .814 | 197 | 2 | 8 | 5 | ||
| Curly Holtzapple | 144 | 573 | 539 | 41 | 118 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 32 | .219 | .253 | .256 | .509 | 138 | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Lawrence Stankey | 130 | 516 | 419 | 73 | 105 | 20 | 2 | 23 | 67 | 2 | 2 | 88 | 112 | .251 | .378 | .473 | .851 | 198 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Frank Ernaga | 89 | 362 | 311 | 37 | 71 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 59 | .228 | .325 | .360 | .685 | 112 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Frank Marchio | 72 | 273 | 241 | 28 | 58 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 46 | .241 | .312 | .336 | .648 | 81 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Bob Will | 46 | 195 | 167 | 29 | 57 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 13 | .341 | .428 | .467 | .895 | 78 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ron Bottler | 67 | 238 | 199 | 20 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 29 | .281 | .386 | .347 | .732 | 69 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jake Crawford | 72 | 257 | 228 | 24 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 54 | .224 | .302 | .373 | .675 | 85 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Lorenzo Davis | 87 | 236 | 219 | 11 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 24 | .215 | .261 | .306 | .567 | 67 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Nerad | 49 | 185 | 164 | 10 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 12 | .262 | .330 | .354 | .683 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Joe Hannah | 52 | 127 | 104 | 12 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 24 | .385 | .476 | .519 | .995 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Larry Sherry | 35 | 68 | 65 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .231 | .231 | .292 | .523 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Worley | 42 | 93 | 89 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .169 | .183 | .258 | .441 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Russ Gragg | 11 | 51 | 44 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | .295 | .392 | .318 | .710 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Napoli | 21 | 77 | 52 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 8 | .212 | .440 | .269 | .709 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bill Nishita | 43 | 31 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .346 | .393 | .385 | .777 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rudy Paynich | 22 | 51 | 47 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .191 | .224 | .255 | .480 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| C. B. Beringer | 36 | 66 | 56 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .161 | .203 | .214 | .418 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Don Swanson | 40 | 54 | 50 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .160 | .192 | .160 | .352 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ed Mayer | 36 | 63 | 55 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .145 | .242 | .200 | .442 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gene Fodge | 12 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .192 | .192 | .269 | .462 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Robert Pascal | 10 | 37 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .161 | .297 | .258 | .555 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Briggs | 21 | 56 | 45 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .089 | .212 | .156 | .367 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| William Maley | 7 | 17 | 17 | 3 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Chris Kitsos | 4 | 18 | 18 | 2 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Frank White | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Stanek | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Warnitsky | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Ceplo | 45 | 34 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .040 | .226 | .040 | .266 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Robert Wegner | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Les Phillips | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Melvin Geho | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Mangan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1505 | 4933 | 4313 | 475 | 1043 | 164 | 25 | 71 | 437 | 22 | 22 | 481 | 589 | .242 | .320 | .341 | .660 | 1470 | 0 | 27 | 79 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Stankey | 1B | 129 | 1155 | 93 | 12 | 110 | .990 | 9.674 | ||||
| Lorenzo Davis | 1B | 17 | 129 | 9 | 1 | 10 | .993 | 8.118 | ||||
| Robert Pascal | 1B | 10 | 75 | 9 | 1 | 6 | .988 | 8.400 | ||||
| Martin Devlin | 2B | 151 | 435 | 424 | 10 | 105 | .988 | 5.689 | ||||
| Ron Bottler | C | 60 | 256 | 19 | 5 | 7 | .982 | 4.583 | 2 | |||
| Joe Hannah | C | 50 | 244 | 30 | 4 | 3 | .986 | 5.480 | 2 | |||
| Kenneth Worley | C | 28 | 94 | 16 | 3 | 4 | .973 | 3.929 | 0 | |||
| Mike Napoli | C | 19 | 69 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .963 | 4.158 | 1 | |||
| Eddie Haas | CF | 77 | 215 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .965 | 2.844 | ||||
| Bob Will | CF | 46 | 117 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 2.652 | ||||
| Frank Ernaga | CF | 14 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.929 | ||||
| Russ Gragg | CF | 11 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.182 | ||||
| Frank Marchio | LF | 67 | 110 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .953 | 1.821 | ||||
| Thomas Nerad | LF | 42 | 78 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .953 | 1.929 | ||||
| Jake Crawford | LF | 41 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 1.293 | ||||
| John Ceplo | P | 44 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 0 | .897 | .591 | ||||
| Bill Nishita | P | 43 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .930 | ||||
| C. B. Beringer | P | 36 | 12 | 43 | 1 | 2 | .982 | 1.528 | ||||
| Don Swanson | P | 34 | 9 | 30 | 3 | 3 | .929 | 1.147 | ||||
| Ed Mayer | P | 33 | 9 | 34 | 3 | 2 | .935 | 1.303 | ||||
| Larry Sherry | P | 27 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .933 | 1.037 | ||||
| John Briggs | P | 21 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .967 | 1.381 | ||||
| Rudy Paynich | P | 19 | 8 | 29 | 6 | 1 | .860 | 1.947 | ||||
| Les Phillips | P | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .250 | ||||
| Gene Fodge | P | 11 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.182 | ||||
| Mike Warnitsky | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Stanek | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank White | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Wegner | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lorenzo Davis | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Ernaga | RF | 74 | 112 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .983 | 1.595 | ||||
| Eddie Haas | RF | 51 | 92 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .961 | 1.941 | ||||
| Jake Crawford | RF | 17 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.824 | ||||
| Lorenzo Davis | RF | 16 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Curly Holtzapple | SS | 143 | 269 | 496 | 39 | 85 | .951 | 5.350 | ||||
| Lorenzo Davis | SS | 11 | 14 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.909 | ||||
| Totals | 1371 | 3685 | 1411 | 124 | 352 | .976 | 3.717 | 5 | 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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