1953 Fort Worth Cats
Manager: Max Macon
Record: 82-72, 3rd place, Texas League
| TEAM |
W
|
L
|
PCT.
|
| Dallas |
88
|
66
|
.571
|
| Tulsa |
83
|
71
|
.539
|
| Fort Worth |
82
|
72
|
.532
|
| Oklahoma City |
80
|
74
|
.519
|
| Shreveport |
79
|
75
|
.513
|
| Houston |
72
|
82
|
.468
|
| San Antonio |
67
|
87
|
.435
|
| Beaumont |
65
|
89
|
.422
|
1953 Texas League Standings
*league champion
|
POS.
|
PLAYER
|
G
|
AB
|
R
|
H
|
2B
|
3B
|
HR
|
RBI
|
SB
|
AVG
|
|
C
|
Al
Ronning
|
109
|
347
|
38
|
86
|
13
|
0
|
3
|
41
|
3
|
.248
|
|
1B
|
Danny
Ozark
|
134
|
494
|
90
|
148
|
25
|
2
|
23
|
89
|
11
|
.300 |
|
2B
|
Spook
Jacobs
|
154
|
645
|
102
|
182
|
23
|
5
|
0
|
40
|
28
|
.282
|
|
3B
|
Jim
Baxes
|
152
|
551
|
76
|
148
|
22
|
2
|
30
|
107
|
1
|
.269
|
|
SS
|
Russ
Rose
|
155
|
593
|
68
|
131
|
27
|
1
|
1
|
44
|
9
|
.221
|
|
RF
|
Harry
Scherting
|
99
|
327
|
42
|
83
|
22
|
3
|
6
|
45
|
3
|
.254
|
|
CF
|
Cal
Felix
|
99
|
336
|
49
|
95
|
18
|
3
|
7
|
48
|
3
|
.283
|
|
LF
|
Vic
Marasco
|
141
|
546
|
70
|
167
|
23
|
1
|
14
|
89
|
7
|
.306
|
|
C
|
Ken
Staples
|
60
|
160
|
29
|
36
|
8
|
1
|
7
|
22
|
0
|
.226
|
|
C
|
Jimmy
Bragan
|
36
|
70
|
3
|
20
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
.286
|
|
IB
|
Leonard
Lamont
|
16
|
55
|
8
|
9
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
10
|
0
|
.164
|
|
IF
|
Ted
Del Guercio
|
10
|
25
|
4
|
6
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
.240
|
|
OF
|
Gale
Wade
|
113
|
414
|
69
|
130
|
22
|
5
|
6
|
31
|
31
|
.314
|
|
OF
|
Max
Macon
|
45
|
95
|
19
|
31
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
11
|
1
|
.326
|
|
OF
|
Ray
Cucchiarini
|
48
|
116
|
19
|
26
|
9
|
0
|
2
|
17
|
3
|
.224
|
|
Pitcher
|
G
|
IP
|
GS |
CG
|
W
|
L
|
PCT
|
SO
|
BB
|
H
|
ERA
|
|
Pete
Wojey
|
27
|
193
|
25 |
16
|
14
|
9
|
.609
|
158
|
122
|
147
|
2.80
|
|
Rudy
Paynich
|
32
|
179
|
21 |
10
|
11
|
6
|
.647
|
70
|
73
|
160
|
3.67
|
|
Dan
Stupur
|
30
|
109
|
13 |
3
|
10
|
5
|
.667
|
47
|
76
|
101
|
3.96
|
|
Bill
Glane
|
20
|
143
|
20 |
112
|
8
|
9
|
.471
|
72
|
90
|
123
|
3.34
|
|
Dick
McCoy
|
27
|
112
|
14 |
6
|
4
|
7
|
.363
|
53
|
31
|
95
|
3.54
|
|
Carroll
Beringer
|
26
|
91
|
6 |
4
|
7
|
2
|
.777
|
61
|
36
|
70
|
1.88
|
|
Glenn
Mickens
|
15
|
126
|
15 |
10
|
8
|
5
|
.615
|
58
|
45
|
106
|
1.79
|
|
Bill
Darden
|
40
|
75
|
1 |
0
|
5
|
3
|
.625
|
21
|
27
|
71
|
3.48
|
|
Walt
Jasinsky
|
19
|
78
|
6 |
1
|
3
|
5
|
.375
|
41
|
40
|
88
|
5.19
|
|
John
Rutherford
|
10
|
69
|
10 |
3
|
5
|
3
|
.625
|
15
|
27
|
78
|
4.18
|
|
Ronnie
Lee
|
7
|
55
|
6 |
5
|
2
|
5
|
.333
|
19
|
24
|
52
|
2.78
|
|
Todd
Bigham
|
23
|
1
|
2
|
.333
|
21
|
25
|
26
|
||||
|
Bill
Harris
|
5
|
21
|
1
|
3
|
.250
|
13
|
13
|
22
|
5.57
|
||
|
Wally
Hood
|
10
|
1
|
1
|
.500
|
4
|
7
|
16
|
||||
|
Art
Ceccarelli
|
3
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
.000
|
3
|
5
|
2
|
0.00
|
||
|
Pete
Mondorff
|
1
|
3
|
.250
|
||||||||
|
Herb
Banton
|
0
|
2
|
.000
|
||||||||
|
Paul
Kern
|
0
|
0
|
.000
|
||||||||