1944 Philadelphia Athletics Organizational Leaders

1944 Philadelphia Athletics Minor League Teams, Rosters and Statistics

Hits Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Hits	2B	3B	HR
Ira Houck	Lancaster Red Roses	B	190	28	11	3
Fred Marsh	Lancaster Red Roses	B	161	20	8	8
Vincent Polito	Lancaster Red Roses	B	148	23	8	18
John Sabrinsky	Elmira Pioneers	A	143	19	4	0
Tommy Davis	Elmira Pioneers	A	134	24	12	2
Joseph Bolla	Elmira Pioneers	A	128	11	8	1
Walter Nowak	Elmira Pioneers	A	123	15	9	0
David Mulvey	Lancaster Red Roses	B	98	16	5	1
Anthony Rogala	Elmira Pioneers	A	90	20	2	0
Victor Males	Lancaster Red Roses	B	85	16	10	5

Batting Average Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Avg.	Hits	AB
Ira Houck	Lancaster Red Roses	B	.356	190	533
Fred Marsh	Lancaster Red Roses	B	.335	161	480
Joe Rullo	Lancaster Red Roses	B	.335	72	215
David Mulvey	Lancaster Red Roses	B	.331	98	296
Al Todd	Elmira Pioneers	A	.326	76	233
Joseph Bolla	Elmira Pioneers	A	.325	128	394
Bobby Wilkins	Lancaster Red Roses	B	.310	67	216
Victor Males	Lancaster Red Roses	B	.309	85	275
Walter Nowak	Elmira Pioneers	A	.304	123	405
Ken Gregory	Elmira Pioneers	A	.302	78	258

Home Run Leaders

Player	Team	Level	HR
Vincent Polito	Lancaster Red Roses	B	18
Fred Marsh	Lancaster Red Roses	B	8
Victor Males	Lancaster Red Roses	B	5
Joe Rullo	Lancaster Red Roses	B	4
Ira Houck	Lancaster Red Roses	B	3
Tony Parisse	Lancaster Red Roses	B	3
Ernie Bickhaus	Elmira Pioneers	A	2
Tommy Davis	Elmira Pioneers	A	2
Les McCrabb	Lancaster Red Roses	B	2
Sandy Morris	Lancaster Red Roses	B	2

Doubles Leaders

Player	Team	Level	2B
Ira Houck	Lancaster Red Roses	B	28
Tommy Davis	Elmira Pioneers	A	24
Vincent Polito	Lancaster Red Roses	B	23
Fred Marsh	Lancaster Red Roses	B	20
Anthony Rogala	Elmira Pioneers	A	20
John Sabrinsky	Elmira Pioneers	A	19
Victor Males	Lancaster Red Roses	B	16
David Mulvey	Lancaster Red Roses	B	16
Walter Nowak	Elmira Pioneers	A	15
Joseph Bolla	Elmira Pioneers	A	11
John Lansing	Lancaster Red Roses	B	11
George Mitrus	Elmira Pioneers	A	11
Sandy Morris	Lancaster Red Roses	B	11

Triples Leaders

Player	Team	Level	3B
Tommy Davis	Elmira Pioneers	A	12
Ira Houck	Lancaster Red Roses	B	11
Victor Males	Lancaster Red Roses	B	10
Walter Nowak	Elmira Pioneers	A	9
Joseph Bolla	Elmira Pioneers	A	8
Fred Marsh	Lancaster Red Roses	B	8
Vincent Polito	Lancaster Red Roses	B	8
Dick Baker	Lancaster Red Roses	B	6
Robert Comyn	Elmira Pioneers	A	5
Ken Gregory	Elmira Pioneers	A	5
David Mulvey	Lancaster Red Roses	B	5

RBI Leaders

Player	Team	Level	RBI
Ira Houck	Lancaster Red Roses	B	94
Vincent Polito	Lancaster Red Roses	B	89
Fred Marsh	Lancaster Red Roses	B	82
Tommy Davis	Elmira Pioneers	A	77
Joseph Bolla	Elmira Pioneers	A	55
Walter Nowak	Elmira Pioneers	A	53
John Sabrinsky	Elmira Pioneers	A	52
Al Todd	Elmira Pioneers	A	42
Robert Comyn	Elmira Pioneers	A	40
David Mulvey	Lancaster Red Roses	B	40

Wins Leaders

Player	Team	Level	W	L
Elwood Knierim	Elmira Pioneers	A	12	12
Les McCrabb	Lancaster Red Roses	B	11	3
Fred Peeler	Lancaster Red Roses	B	11	10
John McGillen	Lancaster Red Roses	B	10	11
Herman Fink	Elmira Pioneers	A	9	3
Brad Trine	Elmira Pioneers	A	6	4
Dick Baker	Lancaster Red Roses	B	6	6
Thomas Baker	Elmira Pioneers	A	6	10
Roxy Bush	Elmira Pioneers	A	5	6
William Wood	Lancaster Red Roses	B	5	6
Nicholas Ellis	Lancaster Red Roses	B	5	7
John Riley	Elmira Pioneers	A	5	9
Paul Kardow	Lancaster Red Roses	B	5	15

ERA Leaders

Player	Team	Level	ERA	W	L
Paul Kardow	Lancaster Red Roses	B	0.38	5	15
Thomas Baker	Elmira Pioneers	A	3.27	6	10
Elwood Knierim	Elmira Pioneers	A	3.66	12	12
John Riley	Elmira Pioneers	A	3.82	5	9
Les McCrabb	Lancaster Red Roses	B	4.60	11	3
John McGillen	Lancaster Red Roses	B	5.20	10	11
Fred Peeler	Lancaster Red Roses	B	5.41	11	10

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

Shutout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SHO
Thomas Baker	Elmira Pioneers	A	2
Elwood Knierim	Elmira Pioneers	A	2
Herman Fink	Elmira Pioneers	A	1
Paul Kardow	Lancaster Red Roses	B	1
John Riley	Elmira Pioneers	A	1
Brad Trine	Elmira Pioneers	A	1

Strikeout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SO
John McGillen	Lancaster Red Roses	B	115
Fred Peeler	Lancaster Red Roses	B	75
Jim Mains	Elmira Pioneers	A	69
Ernie Bickhaus	Elmira Pioneers	A	67
Elwood Knierim	Elmira Pioneers	A	64
Les McCrabb	Lancaster Red Roses	B	63
Herman Fink	Elmira Pioneers	A	60
Paul Kardow	Lancaster Red Roses	B	60
Dick Baker	Lancaster Red Roses	B	46
Thomas Baker	Elmira Pioneers	A	43

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