1951 Chicago Cubs Organizational Leaders

1951 Chicago Cubs Minor League Teams, Rosters and Statistics

Hits Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Hits	2B	3B	HR
Robert Ludwig	Nashville Vols	AA	213	38	6	3
Jack Mitchell	Greensboro Patriots	B	187	28	8	4
Gene Baker	Los Angeles Angels	AAA	185	20	9	11
Dusty Rhodes	Rock Hill Chiefs	B	182	38	10	31
Malcolm McKeithan	Greensboro Patriots	B	178	25	7	5
Willard Ehrhardt	Clovis Pioneers	C	174	35	9	12
Bob Anderlik	Des Moines Bruins, Nashville Vols	A, AA	169	26	4	3
Robert Pennington	Clovis Pioneers	C	165	20	2	1
William Romano	Greensboro Patriots	B	163	28	6	5
Ronnie George	Springfield Cubs, Greensboro Patriots	AAA, B	162	23	4	8
John Smith	Rock Hill Chiefs	B	162	23	5	3

Batting Average Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Avg.	Hits	AB
Dee Fondy	Los Angeles Angels	AAA	.376	103	274
Dick Bouknight	Rock Hill Chiefs	B	.361	114	316
Babe Barna	Nashville Vols	AA	.358	157	438
Dusty Rhodes	Rock Hill Chiefs	B	.344	182	529
Hank Nasternak	Rock Hill Chiefs	B	.338	161	476
Willard Ehrhardt	Clovis Pioneers	C	.336	174	518
Malcolm McKeithan	Greensboro Patriots	B	.335	178	532
Robert Ludwig	Nashville Vols	AA	.331	213	644
Len VanDeHey	Carthage Cubs	D	.331	84	254
Harry Bright	Topeka Owls	C	.330	146	443

Home Run Leaders

Player	Team	Level	HR
Jack Harshman	Nashville Vols	AA	47
Max West	Los Angeles Angels	AAA	35
Dusty Rhodes	Rock Hill Chiefs	B	31
Butch Nieman	Topeka Owls	C	28
Leon Brinkopf	Los Angeles Angels	AAA	25
Les Layton	Los Angeles Angels	AAA	23
Chuck Connors	Los Angeles Angels	AAA	22
Bill McKenney	Rutherford County Owls	D	22
Hal Ivy	Rock Hill Chiefs	B	20
Babe Barna	Nashville Vols	AA	19

Doubles Leaders

Player	Team	Level	2B
Jack Wallaesa	Springfield Cubs	AAA	40
Robert Ludwig	Nashville Vols	AA	38
Dusty Rhodes	Rock Hill Chiefs	B	38
Willard Ehrhardt	Clovis Pioneers	C	35
Jack Hollis	Los Angeles Angels	AAA	34
Hank Paskiewicz	Clovis Pioneers, Sioux Falls Canaries	C	32
Pete Trabucco	Clovis Pioneers	C	31
Babe Barna	Nashville Vols	AA	29
Don Brown	Greensboro Patriots	B	29
Buddy Jones	Visalia Cubs	C	29
Les Layton	Los Angeles Angels	AAA	29
Everett Robinson	Grand Rapids Jets	A	29

Triples Leaders

Player	Team	Level	3B
Joseph Banicki	Janesville Cubs	D	11
Carmen Mauro	Springfield Cubs	AAA	11
Dusty Rhodes	Rock Hill Chiefs	B	10
Gene Baker	Los Angeles Angels	AAA	9
Solly Drake	Topeka Owls	C	9
Willard Ehrhardt	Clovis Pioneers	C	9
Len VanDeHey	Carthage Cubs	D	9
Leon Brinkopf	Los Angeles Angels	AAA	8
Thomas Kordas	Carthage Cubs	D	8
John Liptak	Springfield Cubs	AAA	8
Bill McKenney	Rutherford County Owls	D	8
Jack Mitchell	Greensboro Patriots	B	8
Rusty Oxford	Carthage Cubs	D	8

RBI Leaders

Player	Team	Level	RBI
Max West	Los Angeles Angels	AAA	110
Les Layton	Los Angeles Angels	AAA	100
Babe Barna	Nashville Vols	AA	94
Leon Brinkopf	Los Angeles Angels	AAA	93
Jack Wallaesa	Springfield Cubs	AAA	90
Chuck Connors	Los Angeles Angels	AAA	77
Gene Baker	Los Angeles Angels	AAA	62
Jack Hollis	Los Angeles Angels	AAA	54
Les Peden	Los Angeles Angels	AAA	54
Carmen Mauro	Springfield Cubs	AAA	53

Wins Leaders

Player	Team	Level	W	L
Dave Hillman	Rock Hill Chiefs	B	20	10
Harry Wise	Topeka Owls	C	19	5
Jack Dean	Topeka Owls	C	19	8
George Erath	Greensboro Patriots	B	18	10
Robert Hickman	Topeka Owls	C	17	9
James Sandock	Visalia Cubs	C	17	11
Bob Spicer	Los Angeles Angels	AAA	17	13
George Long	Rutherford County Owls, Greensboro Patriots	B, D	16	6
John Waselchuk	Greensboro Patriots	B	16	9
Hy Cohen	Des Moines Bruins	A	16	10
John Graney	Rock Hill Chiefs	B	16	10
William Padget	Springfield Cubs	AAA	16	13

ERA Leaders

Player	Team	Level	ERA	W	L
George Long	Greensboro Patriots, Rutherford County Owls	B, D	2.39	16	6
Harry Wise	Topeka Owls	C	2.61	19	5
Hy Cohen	Des Moines Bruins	A	2.86	16	10
Dave Hillman	Rock Hill Chiefs	B	3.13	20	10
John Graney	Rock Hill Chiefs	B	3.15	16	10
William Padget	Springfield Cubs	AAA	3.22	16	13
Robert Hickman	Topeka Owls	C	3.46	17	9
Jack Dean	Topeka Owls	C	3.66	19	8
Bob Spicer	Los Angeles Angels	AAA	3.70	17	13

Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per league game to qualify for ERA leaders

Shutout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SHO
Warren Hacker	Los Angeles Angels	AAA	5
Fred Baczewski	Los Angeles Angels	AAA	3
William Padget	Springfield Cubs	AAA	3
Vern Fear	Springfield Cubs	AAA	2
Bill Moisan	Los Angeles Angels	AAA	2
Monk Dubiel	Springfield Cubs	AAA	1
Hank LaManna	Springfield Cubs	AAA	1
Frank Marino	Springfield Cubs	AAA	1
Bob Schultz	Springfield Cubs	AAA	1
Bob Spicer	Los Angeles Angels	AAA	1

Strikeout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SO
Fred Baczewski	Los Angeles Angels	AAA	129
Warren Hacker	Los Angeles Angels	AAA	100
William Padget	Springfield Cubs	AAA	88
Bob Spicer	Los Angeles Angels	AAA	84
Vern Fear	Los Angeles Angels, Springfield Cubs	AAA	82
Frank Marino	Los Angeles Angels, Springfield Cubs	AAA	71
Alan Ihde	Springfield Cubs	AAA	64
Doyle Lade	Los Angeles Angels	AAA	56
Herman Besse	Los Angeles Angels	AAA	54
Tony Jacobs	Springfield Cubs	AAA	50

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