1949 Philadelphia Athletics Organizational Leaders

1949 Philadelphia Athletics Minor League Teams, Rosters and Statistics

Hits Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Hits	2B	3B	HR
Bob Betz	Youngstown Athletics	C	181	45	3	18
Spider Wilhelm	Youngstown Athletics	C	181	35	2	20
Chuck Harig	Youngstown Athletics	C	168	38	9	17
Anthony Yula	Portsmouth A's	D	166	22	6	0
Gray Hampton	Martinsville Athletics, Lexington Indians	B, D	164	25	6	15
Joe Mangini	Martinsville Athletics	B	163	23	9	27
James Milner	Lexington Indians	D	160	27	1	3
Joseph Singleton	Moultrie Athletics	D	159	22	4	3
Jack Miller	Kewanee A's	C	158	25	6	3
Rudy Halabuk	Kewanee A's	C	157	32	6	15

Batting Average Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Avg.	Hits	AB
Tex Warfield	Red Springs Red Robins	D	.348	46	132
Bob Betz	Youngstown Athletics	C	.345	181	525
Eddie Morgan	Youngstown Athletics	C	.339	125	369
Jack Miller	Kewanee A's	C	.338	158	468
Chuck Harig	Youngstown Athletics	C	.332	168	506
Gray Hampton	Lexington Indians, Martinsville Athletics	B, D	.322	164	509
James Milner	Lexington Indians	D	.321	160	498
Lou Limmer	Lincoln Athletics	A	.315	152	483
Frank Niedowicz	Moultrie Athletics	D	.315	135	428
Spider Wilhelm	Youngstown Athletics	C	.315	181	575

Home Run Leaders

Player	Team	Level	HR
Lou Limmer	Lincoln Athletics	A	29
Joe Mangini	Martinsville Athletics	B	27
Forrest Rende	Portsmouth A's	D	25
Lewis Richardson	Youngstown Athletics	C	23
Rocco Ippolito	Lincoln Athletics	A	20
Spider Wilhelm	Youngstown Athletics	C	20
Earle Brucker	Martinsville Athletics	B	19
Bob Betz	Youngstown Athletics	C	18
George Staller	Martinsville Athletics	B	18
Joe Stringfellow	Savannah Indians	A	18

Doubles Leaders

Player	Team	Level	2B
Bob Betz	Youngstown Athletics	C	45
Chuck Harig	Youngstown Athletics	C	38
Spider Wilhelm	Youngstown Athletics	C	35
Ed Boehm	Lincoln Athletics	A	34
Rudy Halabuk	Kewanee A's	C	32
Earle Brucker	Martinsville Athletics	B	31
Albert Parnell	Red Springs Red Robins, Martinsville Athletics	B, D	31
Robert Stewart	Lincoln Athletics	A	30
William Benton	Savannah Indians	A	29
Cal Ermer	Savannah Indians	A	28
John Manczak	Welch Miners	D	28
George Wright	Savannah Indians	A	28

Triples Leaders

Player	Team	Level	3B
Anthony Popelsky	Welch Miners	D	17
William Benton	Savannah Indians	A	12
Charles Kaiser	Kewanee A's	C	12
Ed Boehm	Lincoln Athletics	A	11
John Addison	Kewanee A's	C	10
Albert Parnell	Red Springs Red Robins, Martinsville Athletics	B, D	10
Chuck Harig	Youngstown Athletics	C	9
Joe Mangini	Martinsville Athletics	B	9
George Moskovich	Lincoln Athletics	A	9
Frank Niedowicz	Moultrie Athletics	D	9

RBI Leaders

Player	Team	Level	RBI
Bob Betz	Youngstown Athletics	C	135
Chuck Harig	Youngstown Athletics	C	116
Rocco Ippolito	Lincoln Athletics	A	110
Spider Wilhelm	Youngstown Athletics	C	106
Lou Limmer	Lincoln Athletics	A	105
Albert Parnell	Martinsville Athletics, Red Springs Red Robins	B, D	102
Bob Gardner	Youngstown Athletics	C	99
Joe Mangini	Martinsville Athletics	B	99
Earle Brucker	Martinsville Athletics	B	92
Lewis Richardson	Youngstown Athletics	C	92

Wins Leaders

Player	Team	Level	W	L
Johnny Kucab	Youngstown Athletics	C	21	7
Alfred Burch	Savannah Indians	A	20	6
Dutch Romberger	Portsmouth A's	D	19	6
Harold Wood	Lexington Indians	D	18	12
Lynn Lovenguth	Lincoln Athletics	A	17	10
Bill Harrington	Red Springs Red Robins	D	17	11
Ewen Bryden	Portsmouth A's	D	16	8
Plaskie McCree	Martinsville Athletics, Lexington Indians	B, D	14	7
Sandy Silverstein	Savannah Indians	A	14	11
Walter Wenclewicz	Kewanee A's	C	14	11
Lew Fauth	Lincoln Athletics	A	14	14

ERA Leaders

Player	Team	Level	ERA	W	L
Plaskie McCree	Lexington Indians, Martinsville Athletics, Savannah Indians	A, B, D	1.73	14	7
Ewen Bryden	Portsmouth A's	D	1.82	16	8
Dutch Romberger	Portsmouth A's	D	2.03	19	6
Sandy Silverstein	Savannah Indians	A	2.10	14	11
Alfred Burch	Savannah Indians	A	2.47	20	6
Harold Wood	Lexington Indians	D	2.65	18	12
Walter Wenclewicz	Kewanee A's	C	2.94	14	11

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

Shutout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SHO
Alfred Burch	Savannah Indians	A	6
Dutch Romberger	Portsmouth A's	D	6
Johnny Kucab	Youngstown Athletics	C	5
Harold Wood	Lexington Indians	D	5
Lynn Lovenguth	Lincoln Athletics	A	4
Sandy Silverstein	Savannah Indians	A	3
George Atzert	Moultrie Athletics	D	2
Moe Burtschy	Savannah Indians	A	2
Albert Busa	Moultrie Athletics	D	2
Russell Garman	Portsmouth A's	D	2
William Garner	Moultrie Athletics	D	2
Jim Miller	Kewanee A's	C	2
Charles Storch	Welch Miners	D	2
Kelly Swift	Savannah Indians	A	2
Don Whitmore	Kewanee A's	C	2

Strikeout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SO
Harold Wood	Lexington Indians	D	204
Dutch Romberger	Portsmouth A's	D	186
Ewen Bryden	Portsmouth A's	D	179
Bill Harrington	Red Springs Red Robins	D	170
Lynn Lovenguth	Lincoln Athletics	A	151
Moe Burtschy	Savannah Indians	A	146
Johnny Kucab	Youngstown Athletics	C	145
Plaskie McCree	Lexington Indians, Martinsville Athletics	B, D	145
Walter Wenclewicz	Kewanee A's	C	136
Richard Sawyer	Kewanee A's	C	130

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