1945 Philadelphia Athletics Organizational Leaders

1945 Philadelphia Athletics Minor League Teams, Rosters and Statistics

Hits Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Hits	2B	3B	HR
Nellie Fox	Lancaster Red Roses	B	180	19	19	1
Ira Houck	Toronto Maple Leafs	AA	170	17	3	0
William James	Lancaster Red Roses	B	156	27	6	6
Tom Kirk	Martinsville Athletics, Lancaster Red Roses	B, C	143	26	8	12
Chet Morgan	Toronto Maple Leafs	AA	138	21	4	5
Charles Beck	Lexington A's	D	132	35	5	0
Mike Abrams	Martinsville Athletics	C	131	20	8	12
Tony Castano	Toronto Maple Leafs	AA	125	11	4	2
Harry Davis	Toronto Maple Leafs	AA	125	26	1	7

Batting Average Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Avg.	Hits	AB
Cliff Bolton	Martinsville Athletics	C	.377	46	122
Edward Phelps	Lexington A's	D	.370	47	127
Homer Cox	Lexington A's	D	.367	108	294
Ruday Adkins	Martinsville Athletics	C	.344	100	291
James Gilmore	Lancaster Red Roses	B	.333	81	243
Nellie Fox	Lancaster Red Roses	B	.314	180	573
Harold Rickard	Lexington A's, Lancaster Red Roses	B, D	.313	109	348
Ira Houck	Toronto Maple Leafs	AA	.307	170	554

Home Run Leaders

Player	Team	Level	HR
Mike Abrams	Martinsville Athletics	C	12
Jerry Gutt	Martinsville Athletics	C	12
Tom Kirk	Martinsville Athletics	C	12
Jim Pruett	Toronto Maple Leafs	AA	8
Ruday Adkins	Martinsville Athletics	C	7
George Armstrong	Lancaster Red Roses	B	7
Harry Davis	Toronto Maple Leafs	AA	7
Larry Drake	Toronto Maple Leafs	AA	7
Homer Cox	Lexington A's	D	6
William James	Lancaster Red Roses	B	6
Vern Thoele	Toronto Maple Leafs	AA	6

Doubles Leaders

Player	Team	Level	2B
Charles Beck	Lexington A's	D	35
Ruday Adkins	Martinsville Athletics	C	27
William James	Lancaster Red Roses	B	27
Harry Davis	Toronto Maple Leafs	AA	26
Tom Kirk	Martinsville Athletics, Lancaster Red Roses	B, C	26
Homer Cox	Lexington A's	D	23
Manuel Allegue	Martinsville Athletics	C	22
Chet Morgan	Toronto Maple Leafs	AA	21
Mike Abrams	Martinsville Athletics	C	20

Triples Leaders

Player	Team	Level	3B
Nellie Fox	Lancaster Red Roses	B	19
Homer Trexler	Lexington A's	D	16
Joseph Hill	Lancaster Red Roses	B	10
Mike Abrams	Martinsville Athletics	C	8
Tom Kirk	Martinsville Athletics	C	8
Vern Thoele	Toronto Maple Leafs	AA	8
Daniel Verderbar	Lexington A's	D	7
William James	Lancaster Red Roses	B	6
Harold Rickard	Lexington A's, Lancaster Red Roses	B, D	6
Michael Zanovitch	Lancaster Red Roses	B	6

RBI Leaders

Player	Team	Level	RBI
William James	Lancaster Red Roses	B	93
George Armstrong	Lancaster Red Roses	B	78
Tom Kirk	Lancaster Red Roses, Martinsville Athletics	B, C	78
Mike Abrams	Martinsville Athletics	C	75
Ira Houck	Toronto Maple Leafs	AA	75
Jerry Gutt	Martinsville Athletics	C	70
Nellie Fox	Lancaster Red Roses	B	68
Harry Winters	Lancaster Red Roses	B	67
Chet Morgan	Toronto Maple Leafs	AA	66

Wins Leaders

Player	Team	Level	W	L
Paul Kardow	Lancaster Red Roses	B	19	10
Luke Hamlin	Toronto Maple Leafs	AA	16	11
Les McCrabb	Lancaster Red Roses, Toronto Maple Leafs	AA, B	15	4
Bill Miller	Lexington A's	D	14	5
Woody Crowson	Toronto Maple Leafs	AA	13	8
Bobby Dollard	Martinsville Athletics	C	13	8
Fred Peeler	Lancaster Red Roses	B	13	13
Harry Jordan	Toronto Maple Leafs	AA	12	11
Stanley Stenoff	Lancaster Red Roses	B	11	5
Lawrence Calloway	Lexington A's	D	11	6
Peter Karpuk	Lancaster Red Roses	B	11	6
Earl Aldridge	Lexington A's	D	11	11

ERA Leaders

Player	Team	Level	ERA	W	L
Les McCrabb	Toronto Maple Leafs, Lancaster Red Roses	AA, B	2.87	15	4
Bill Miller	Lexington A's	D	2.93	14	5
Fred Peeler	Lancaster Red Roses	B	3.01	13	13
Luke Hamlin	Toronto Maple Leafs	AA	3.22	16	11
Earl Aldridge	Lexington A's	D	3.33	11	11
Woody Crowson	Toronto Maple Leafs	AA	3.54	13	8
Paul Kardow	Lancaster Red Roses	B	3.58	19	10
Harry Jordan	Toronto Maple Leafs	AA	4.08	12	11
Bobby Dollard	Martinsville Athletics	C	4.10	13	8
Peter Karpuk	Lancaster Red Roses	B	4.25	11	6
Stanley Stenoff	Lancaster Red Roses, Toronto Maple Leafs	AA, B	5.07	11	6

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

Shutout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SHO
Lawrence Calloway	Lexington A's	D	4
Earl Aldridge	Lexington A's	D	2
Curtis Johnson	Toronto Maple Leafs	AA	2
Bill Miller	Lexington A's	D	2
Tom Ananicz	Toronto Maple Leafs	AA	1
Zennie Britt	Martinsville Athletics	C	1
Woody Crowson	Toronto Maple Leafs	AA	1
Bill Curlee	Martinsville Athletics	C	1
Bobby Dollard	Martinsville Athletics	C	1
Nicholas Ellis	Martinsville Athletics	C	1
William Harris	Martinsville Athletics	C	1
Harry Palmer	Martinsville Athletics	C	1
Thomas Peiffer	Lexington A's	D	1
Walter Smola	Toronto Maple Leafs	AA	1

Strikeout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SO
Bill Miller	Lexington A's	D	191
William Harris	Martinsville Athletics	C	111
Paul Kardow	Lancaster Red Roses	B	110
Nicholas Ellis	Martinsville Athletics, Lancaster Red Roses	B, C	104
Edward Phelps	Lexington A's	D	100
Zennie Britt	Martinsville Athletics	C	99
Luke Hamlin	Toronto Maple Leafs	AA	99
Earl Aldridge	Lexington A's	D	97
Les McCrabb	Lancaster Red Roses, Toronto Maple Leafs	AA, B	95
Bobby Dollard	Martinsville Athletics	C	94

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