1949 Fort Worth Cats
Manager: Bobby Bragan
Record: 100-54, First place, Texas League
| TEAM |
W
|
L
|
PCT.
|
| Fort Worth |
100
|
54
|
.649
|
| Tulsa* |
90
|
64
|
.584
|
| Oklahoma City |
81
|
72
|
.529
|
| Shreveport |
80
|
74
|
.519
|
| Dallas |
76
|
77
|
.497
|
| San Antonio |
70
|
83
|
.458
|
| Houston |
60
|
91
|
.397
|
| Beaumont |
55
|
97
|
.362
|
1949 Texas League Standings
*league champion
|
POS.
|
PLAYER
|
G
|
AB
|
R
|
H
|
2B
|
3B
|
HR
|
RBI
|
SB
|
AVG
|
|
C
|
Bobby
Bragan
|
111 | 346 | 47 | 102 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 60 | 4 | .295 |
|
1B
|
Preston
Ward
|
155
|
581
|
103
|
176
|
39
|
8
|
13
|
112
|
29
|
.303 |
|
2B
|
Wally
Fiala
|
155
|
584
|
107
|
177
|
21
|
8
|
6
|
65
|
14
|
.303
|
|
3B
|
Bob
Bundy
|
145
|
580
|
89
|
203
|
33
|
4
|
3
|
72
|
28
|
.350
|
|
SS
|
Chico
Carresquel
|
128
|
445
|
63
|
140
|
13
|
9
|
6
|
69
|
6
|
.315
|
|
RF
|
Sam
DiBlasi
|
101
|
319
|
49
|
83
|
17
|
3
|
0
|
53
|
5
|
.260
|
|
CF
|
Dick
Williams
|
154
|
562
|
109
|
174
|
30
|
6
|
23
|
114
|
12
|
.310
|
|
LF
|
Cal
Abrams
|
120
|
431
|
116
|
145
|
29
|
9
|
3
|
46
|
22
|
.336
|
|
C
|
Ken
Staples
|
83
|
227
|
40
|
64
|
11
|
1
|
0
|
19
|
4
|
.282
|
|
IF
|
Jack
Lindsey
|
66
|
145
|
16
|
38
|
7
|
5
|
0
|
29
|
2
|
.262
|
|
IF
|
John
LeGros
|
25
|
57
|
7
|
13
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
4
|
.262
|
|
IF
|
Al
Leap
|
16
|
55
|
7
|
13
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
7
|
3
|
.228
|
|
OF
|
Walt
Sessi
|
88
|
208
|
35
|
53
|
10
|
0
|
3
|
27
|
8
|
.255
|
|
OF
|
Andy
Skuski
|
31
|
86
|
13
|
25
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
12
|
2
|
.291
|
|
OF
|
Mike Sichko |
13
|
46
|
4
|
8
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
.174
|
|
IF
|
Walt Rogers |
13
|
46
|
4
|
8
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
.185
|
|
Pitcher
|
G
|
IP
|
GS |
CG
|
W
|
L
|
PCT
|
SO
|
BB
|
H
|
ERA
|
|
Carl
Erskine
|
15
|
122
|
14 |
11
|
10
|
4
|
.714
|
113
|
62
|
86
|
2.07
|
|
Bob
Milliken
|
34
|
170
|
16 |
8
|
12
|
5
|
.706
|
72
|
63
|
144
|
2.65
|
|
Joe
Landrum
|
37
|
267
|
31 |
17
|
19
|
11
|
.633
|
121
|
75
|
233
|
2.53
|
|
Carroll
Beringer
|
48
|
94
|
1 |
0
|
6
|
4
|
.600
|
45
|
45
|
83
|
2.87
|
|
Turk
Lown
|
12
|
76
|
11 |
4
|
8
|
1
|
.889
|
55
|
54
|
54
|
3.04
|
|
Billy
Loes
|
15
|
72
|
9 |
4
|
5
|
2
|
.714
|
44
|
35
|
60
|
3.12
|
|
Chris
Van Cuyk
|
39
|
199
|
24 |
10
|
14
|
8
|
.636
|
108
|
105
|
205
|
4.02
|
|
George
Dockins
|
24
|
87
|
10 |
5
|
8
|
6
|
.571
|
28
|
22
|
94
|
4.65
|
On May 15, 1949, most of LaGrave Field burned. Before a crowd of 3,000, the next day's game was played. The next serveral games were played on the road while the debris were cleared and rebuilding began. The team returned to Fort Worth to play the rest of the schedule as planned.
