1958 Fort Worth Cats Statistics
Team Record: 89-64
Finished 1st in the TL
Manager: Lou Klein (89-64)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Ballpark: LaGrave Field
Attendance: 81,611, Avg. 1,067
Playoffs - Austin Senators 4 games, Fort Worth Cats 0
The Fort Worth Cats of the Texas League ended the 1958 season with a record of 89 wins and 64 losses, finishing first in the TL.
The Cats paced the league with just 565 runs allowed. Fort Worth scored 643 runs, worst in the league,. Joe Macko led the team with 24 home runs, while Gabe Gabler and Jerry Kindall walloped 15 or more as well. Gabe Gabler drove in 94 runs. Chick King topped all regular batters by hitting .338. Marcelino Solis paced the squad with 15 wins and a team-best 2.44 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Bob Anderson, Dick Bertell, John Briggs, Piper Davis, Jim Dunn, Dick Ellsworth, Frank Ernaga, Jim Fanning, Gene Fodge, Hersh Freeman, Gabe Gabler, Dave Gerard, John Goetz, Ben Johnson, Footer Johnson, Jerry Kindall, Chick King, Chris Kitsos, Lou Klein, Dolan Nichols, Harry Perkowski, Ron Perranoski, Don Robertson, Marcelino Solis, Dave Stenhouse, Moe Thacker and Bob Will were all players from the 1958 Fort Worth Cats who played in the Majors during their careers.
Lou Klein 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcelino Solis | 15 | 2 | .882 | 2.44 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 140.0 | 129 | 42 | 38 | 6 | 32 | 2 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Harry Perkowski | 12 | 4 | .750 | 2.76 | 43 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 101.0 | 79 | 35 | 31 | 9 | 28 | 2 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ben Johnson | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.33 | 44 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 203.0 | 202 | 84 | 75 | 13 | 65 | 8 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Dave Gerard | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4.07 | 34 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 188.0 | 183 | 88 | 85 | 16 | 84 | 2 | 98 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Bob Anderson | 9 | 6 | .600 | 2.83 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 127.0 | 91 | 44 | 40 | 9 | 53 | 2 | 121 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Gene Fodge | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.23 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 101.0 | 92 | 36 | 25 | 5 | 30 | 4 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dolan Nichols | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.82 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 102.0 | 86 | 39 | 32 | 5 | 51 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Hersh Freeman | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.81 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 51 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 20 | 7 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Arthur Edmunds | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.12 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 120.0 | 129 | 61 | 55 | 14 | 37 | 3 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| John Briggs | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dave Stenhouse | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.80 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 30 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jim Dunn | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dick Ellsworth | 1 | 7 | .125 | 5.47 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 52 | 34 | 31 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Billy Darden | 31 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ron Perranoski | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Goetz | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Piper Davis | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 88 | 60 | .595 | 3.33 | 313 | 144 | 0 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 1215.0 | 1124 | 504 | 450 | 87 | 446 | 32 | 648 | 22 | 1 | 44 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chick King | 150 | 557 | 497 | 81 | 168 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 64 | 10 | 1 | 46 | 112 | .338 | .395 | .465 | .859 | 231 | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Joe Macko | 137 | 553 | 504 | 76 | 146 | 25 | 0 | 24 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 68 | .290 | .341 | .482 | .823 | 243 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Gabe Gabler | 127 | 572 | 503 | 80 | 136 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 94 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 90 | .270 | .354 | .463 | .818 | 233 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ray Bellino | 151 | 672 | 588 | 81 | 132 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 2 | 6 | 69 | 110 | .224 | .309 | .299 | .608 | 176 | 4 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Jerry Kindall | 143 | 566 | 512 | 60 | 117 | 23 | 9 | 16 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 127 | .229 | .278 | .402 | .681 | 206 | 0 | 9 | 7 | ||
| Bob Will | 82 | 361 | 302 | 52 | 109 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 2 | 4 | 55 | 24 | .361 | .457 | .540 | .997 | 163 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Frank Ernaga | 124 | 478 | 414 | 45 | 103 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 50 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 88 | .249 | .334 | .391 | .725 | 162 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Moe Thacker | 88 | 324 | 273 | 35 | 80 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 58 | .293 | .399 | .425 | .824 | 116 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Piper Davis | 82 | 249 | 220 | 23 | 62 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 32 | .282 | .339 | .359 | .698 | 79 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Footer Johnson | 48 | 173 | 148 | 15 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 6 | .297 | .373 | .372 | .744 | 55 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Don Robertson | 34 | 155 | 136 | 28 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 33 | .221 | .305 | .368 | .673 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Marcelino Solis | 20 | 59 | 57 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .281 | .305 | .281 | .586 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Picciano | 17 | 45 | 39 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .308 | .356 | .333 | .689 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Harry Perkowski | 51 | 44 | 43 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .256 | .273 | .395 | .668 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Biebel | 31 | 95 | 83 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18 | .133 | .242 | .169 | .411 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Klein | 38 | 54 | 46 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | .217 | .333 | .261 | .594 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Rivich | 19 | 51 | 47 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .191 | .240 | .191 | .431 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Gerard | 34 | 70 | 63 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .127 | .191 | .143 | .334 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dick Bertell | 20 | 73 | 69 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .116 | .151 | .145 | .296 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gene Fodge | 18 | 41 | 35 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .200 | .237 | .343 | .580 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Leonard Williams | 12 | 51 | 41 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | .171 | .314 | .244 | .558 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ben Johnson | 46 | 67 | 49 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17 | .122 | .283 | .122 | .406 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Hersh Freeman | 26 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .600 | .850 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dolan Nichols | 15 | 39 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .135 | .179 | .135 | .315 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arthur Edmunds | 29 | 45 | 41 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .122 | .143 | .171 | .314 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bob Anderson | 21 | 51 | 48 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .104 | .140 | .250 | .390 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob McKee | 4 | 14 | 14 | 4 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Dunn | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ron Perranoski | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Goetz | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Ellsworth | 17 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .071 | .133 | .071 | .205 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Allen Shaw | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Stenhouse | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Briggs | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Chris Kitsos | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1609 | 5540 | 4887 | 638 | 1261 | 200 | 36 | 118 | 593 | 26 | 24 | 530 | 930 | .258 | .331 | .386 | .717 | 1887 | 0 | 24 | 54 | 45 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabe Gabler | 1B | 127 | 1239 | 79 | 21 | 114 | .984 | 1.378 | ||||
| Piper Davis | 1B | 16 | 140 | 6 | 1 | 13 | .993 | 9.125 | ||||
| Jerry Kindall | 2B | 141 | 403 | 418 | 23 | 104 | .973 | 5.823 | ||||
| Joe Macko | 2B | 10 | 23 | 39 | 1 | 8 | .984 | 6.200 | ||||
| Joe Macko | 3B | 121 | 114 | 230 | 20 | 27 | .945 | 2.843 | ||||
| Piper Davis | 3B | 16 | 8 | 34 | 3 | 4 | .933 | 2.625 | ||||
| Moe Thacker | C | 87 | 435 | 33 | 6 | 6 | .987 | 5.379 | 2 | |||
| Donald Biebel | C | 25 | 113 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 5.040 | 0 | |||
| Dick Bertell | C | 19 | 65 | 16 | 3 | 3 | .964 | 4.263 | 3 | |||
| Bob Rivich | C | 17 | 65 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .986 | 4.235 | 1 | |||
| Chick King | CF | 150 | 374 | 12 | 7 | 7 | .982 | 2.573 | ||||
| Frank Ernaga | LF | 120 | 199 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .986 | 1.758 | ||||
| Footer Johnson | LF | 22 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .972 | 1.591 | ||||
| Leonard Williams | LF | 12 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.250 | ||||
| Ben Johnson | P | 44 | 7 | 44 | 2 | 4 | .962 | 1.159 | ||||
| Harry Perkowski | P | 43 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 0 | .960 | .558 | ||||
| Dave Gerard | P | 34 | 7 | 29 | 3 | 2 | .923 | 1.059 | ||||
| Billy Darden | P | 31 | .000 | |||||||||
| Arthur Edmunds | P | 29 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .621 | ||||
| Hersh Freeman | P | 24 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .458 | ||||
| Marcelino Solis | P | 20 | 4 | 38 | 1 | 5 | .977 | 2.100 | ||||
| Bob Anderson | P | 20 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .950 | ||||
| Dick Ellsworth | P | 17 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .875 | .824 | ||||
| Dolan Nichols | P | 15 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.933 | ||||
| Gene Fodge | P | 14 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.286 | ||||
| Dave Stenhouse | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Goetz | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Dunn | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Briggs | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ron Perranoski | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Piper Davis | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Will | RF | 81 | 125 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .978 | 1.667 | ||||
| Don Robertson | RF | 34 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .983 | 1.676 | ||||
| Piper Davis | RF | 21 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .524 | ||||
| Footer Johnson | RF | 18 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Ray Bellino | SS | 150 | 276 | 524 | 27 | 105 | .967 | 5.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1500 | 3752 | 1664 | 133 | 411 | .976 | 3.611 | 6 | 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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