1955 Fort Worth Cats
Manager: Tommy Holmes
Record: 77-84, 6th place, Texas League
| TEAM |
W
|
L
|
PCT.
|
| Dallas |
93
|
67
|
.581
|
| San Antonio |
96
|
68
|
.578
|
| Shreveport* |
87
|
74
|
.540
|
| Houston |
86
|
75
|
.534
|
| Tulsa |
86
|
75
|
.534
|
| Fort Worth |
77
|
84
|
.478
|
| Beaumont |
51
|
110
|
.317
|
| Dallas |
64
|
97
|
.398
|
1955 Texas League Standings
*league champion
|
POS.
|
PLAYER
|
G
|
AB
|
R
|
H
|
2B
|
3B
|
HR
|
RBI
|
SB
|
AVG
|
|
C
|
Joe
Pignatano
|
125
|
381
|
46
|
76
|
11
|
5
|
5
|
41
|
3
|
.199
|
|
1B
|
Danny
Ozark
|
140
|
447
|
69
|
121
|
24
|
2
|
18
|
79
|
0
|
.271 |
|
2B
|
George
Anderson
|
158
|
594
|
86
|
158
|
24
|
1
|
0
|
42
|
6
|
.266
|
|
3B
|
Dick
Gray
|
155
|
549
|
63
|
138
|
21
|
6
|
6
|
50
|
5
|
.251
|
|
SS
|
Maury
Wills
|
123
|
326
|
44
|
66
|
11
|
0
|
7
|
39
|
12
|
.202
|
|
RF
|
Jim
Koranda
|
140
|
406
|
53
|
103
|
16
|
2
|
18
|
61
|
2
|
.254
|
|
CF
|
Frank
Marchio
|
148
|
537
|
58
|
151
|
27
|
6
|
8
|
79
|
5
|
.281
|
|
LF
|
Dick
Williams
|
153
|
596
|
82
|
189
|
29
|
4
|
24
|
91
|
2
|
.317
|
|
C
|
Norm
Sherry
|
67
|
165
|
28
|
43
|
10
|
1
|
4
|
26
|
0
|
.261
|
|
IB
|
Larry
Stanky
|
6
|
11
|
1
|
.091
|
||||||
|
IF
|
Harry
Schwegman
|
117
|
330
|
41
|
101
|
23
|
3
|
7
|
44
|
0
|
.326
|
|
SS
|
Bobby
Dolan
|
10
|
42
|
9
|
10
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
.238
|
|
OF
|
Frank
Jeffers
|
107
|
316
|
40
|
76
|
15
|
1
|
6
|
41
|
0
|
.241
|
|
OF
|
Cal
Felix
|
61
|
165
|
16
|
45
|
10
|
0
|
3
|
24
|
0
|
.273
|
|
OF
|
Eddie
Moore
|
32
|
98
|
12
|
23
|
6
|
0
|
2
|
10
|
0
|
.235
|
|
Pitcher
|
G
|
IP
|
GS |
CG
|
W
|
L
|
PCT
|
SO
|
BB
|
H
|
ERA
|
|
Mel
Waters
|
77
|
127
|
0 |
0
|
7
|
1
|
.875
|
65
|
31
|
107
|
2.20
|
|
Carroll
Beringer
|
42
|
230
|
26 |
8
|
14
|
9
|
.609
|
87
|
49
|
208
|
2.74
|
|
Rudy
Paynich
|
35
|
168
|
20 |
4
|
5
|
12
|
.294
|
59
|
71
|
165
|
3.21
|
|
Ronald
Lee
|
15
|
39
|
0 |
0
|
2
|
3
|
.400
|
25
|
21
|
39
|
3.23
|
|
John
Jansce
|
37
|
184
|
21 |
6
|
13
|
11
|
.542
|
71
|
64
|
163
|
3.38
|
|
Bill
Harris
|
27
|
178
|
25 |
10
|
13
|
9
|
.591
|
105
|
73
|
173
|
3.89
|
|
Joe
Landrum
|
34
|
125
|
19 |
3
|
7
|
9
|
.438
|
58
|
37
|
131
|
4.32
|
|
Danny
McDevitt
|
16
|
70
|
14 |
1
|
3
|
5
|
.375
|
59
|
65
|
58
|
4.50
|
|
Mike
Lemish
|
33
|
124
|
16 |
4
|
5
|
13
|
.278
|
51
|
62
|
125
|
4.93
|
|
Hamp
Coleman
|
17
|
76
|
12 |
0
|
4
|
8
|
.333
|
41
|
36
|
81
|
5.21
|
|
George
Thomas
|
15
|
38
|
5 |
0
|
1
|
3
|
.275
|
24
|
37
|
33
|
5.68
|
|
Bob
Milliken
|
7
|
25
|
2
|
1
|
.333
|
41
|
36
|
81
|
5.21
|
||
|
Joe
Bielmeir
|
8
|
1
|
0
|
1.000
|
|||||||
|
Frank
White
|
2
|
||||||||||
Note
Five members of the 1955 Cats team later became major
league managers: Danny Ozark, Sparky Anderson, Maury Wills, Dick Williams
and Norm Sherry. Two others, Carrol Beringer and Joe Pignatano became major
league coaches.