1951 Philadelphia Athletics Organizational Leaders

1951 Philadelphia Athletics Minor League Teams, Rosters and Statistics

Hits Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Hits	2B	3B	HR
Bob Betz	Savannah Indians	A	154	23	2	7
Bob Gardner	Lincoln Athletics	A	154	30	1	2
Carvell Geist	Lexington Indians	D	149	16	11	6
Skeeter Kell	Savannah Indians	A	143	28	0	2
Joe Mangini	Savannah Indians	A	143	25	11	2
Hector Lara	Fayetteville Athletics	B	141	30	3	26
Jake Spruill	Savannah Indians, Fayetteville Athletics	A, B	139	29	2	8
Richard Kirk	Corning Athletics, Lincoln Athletics	A, D	138	29	7	6
Ed Boehm	Lincoln Athletics	A	136	31	11	11
Donovan Day	Cordele A's	D	136	16	6	5
Manny Werner	Tarboro A's, Corning Athletics	D	136	10	4	0

Batting Average Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Avg.	Hits	AB
Ducky Detweiler	Cordele A's	D	.381	43	113
Miles Carter	Lexington Indians	D	.344	107	311
George Staller	Savannah Indians	A	.338	49	145
Joe Rullo	Tarboro A's	D	.336	40	119
Ralph Betcher	Cordele A's	D	.322	73	227
Gray Hampton	Lexington Indians	D	.321	111	346
Bob Betz	Savannah Indians	A	.318	154	484
Mike Sichko	Fayetteville Athletics	B	.315	105	333
Steve Sobocan	Corning Athletics	D	.311	128	411
Leon Molokie	Cordele A's, Rome Colonels	C, D	.302	133	440

Home Run Leaders

Player	Team	Level	HR
Hector Lara	Fayetteville Athletics	B	26
Jack Gibson	Lexington Indians	D	20
Forrest Samson	Rome Colonels	C	14
Bill Stewart	Salisbury Athletics	B	13
Luther Barnes	Lexington Indians	D	11
Ed Boehm	Lincoln Athletics	A	11
Buck Etchison	Rome Colonels	C	11
Silvio DiMenna	Salisbury Athletics	B	10
Gray Hampton	Lexington Indians	D	10
Mike Sichko	Fayetteville Athletics	B	10

Doubles Leaders

Player	Team	Level	2B
Ed Boehm	Lincoln Athletics	A	31
Spider Wilhelm	Lincoln Athletics	A	31
Bob Gardner	Lincoln Athletics	A	30
Hector Lara	Fayetteville Athletics	B	30
Richard Kirk	Lincoln Athletics, Corning Athletics	A, D	29
Jake Spruill	Savannah Indians, Fayetteville Athletics	A, B	29
Skeeter Kell	Savannah Indians	A	28
Steve Sobocan	Corning Athletics	D	28
Joe Mangini	Savannah Indians	A	25
William Poole	Lexington Indians	D	25
Robert Poprocky	Corning Athletics	D	25
Bill Sides	Cordele A's	D	25

Triples Leaders

Player	Team	Level	3B
Tom Kirk	Lincoln Athletics	A	14
Miles Carter	Lexington Indians	D	13
Ed Boehm	Lincoln Athletics	A	11
Carvell Geist	Lexington Indians	D	11
Joe Mangini	Savannah Indians	A	11
Jack Gibson	Lexington Indians	D	9
Robert Yeakel	Corning Athletics	D	9
Luther Barnes	Lexington Indians	D	7
Richard Kirk	Corning Athletics	D	7
Mike Sichko	Fayetteville Athletics	B	7

RBI Leaders

Player	Team	Level	RBI
Jack Gibson	Lexington Indians	D	93
Silvio DiMenna	Salisbury Athletics	B	67
Buck Etchison	Rome Colonels	C	65
Forrest Samson	Rome Colonels	C	61
Raymond Luckett	Rome Colonels	C	56
Bill Stewart	Salisbury Athletics	B	54
Joseph Pancoe	Rome Colonels	C	52
Ron Esrang	Rome Colonels	C	43
Lou Higgins	Rome Colonels	C	43
Enid Drake	Salisbury Athletics	B	33

Wins Leaders

Player	Team	Level	W	L
Plaskie McCree	Lexington Indians	D	20	10
Harry Byrd	Savannah Indians	A	18	14
John Yerkes	Corning Athletics, Tarboro A's	D	16	12
Bill Wallace	Cordele A's	D	16	14
Dutch Romberger	Lincoln Athletics	A	14	11
Bill Harrington	Fayetteville Athletics	B	14	14
Russell Swingle	Savannah Indians	A	13	8
Sal Arduini	Rome Colonels	C	13	9
Arnie Portocarrero	Lincoln Athletics	A	12	14
Mason Bowes	Lincoln Athletics	A	12	16

ERA Leaders

Player	Team	Level	ERA	W	L
Plaskie McCree	Lexington Indians	D	2.70	20	10
Russell Swingle	Savannah Indians	A	3.02	13	8
Bill Harrington	Fayetteville Athletics	B	3.36	14	14
Harry Byrd	Savannah Indians	A	3.59	18	14
Dutch Romberger	Lincoln Athletics	A	3.85	14	11
Sal Arduini	Rome Colonels	C	3.92	13	9
Arnie Portocarrero	Lincoln Athletics	A	3.97	12	14

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

Shutout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SHO
Sal Arduini	Rome Colonels	C	4
Jerry Minton	Salisbury Athletics	B	2
Bob Zick	Salisbury Athletics	B	2
Ollie Byers	Rome Colonels	C	1
Robert Linskey	Rome Colonels	C	1
Thomas Williams	Salisbury Athletics	B	1

Strikeout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SO
Bob Zick	Salisbury Athletics	B	156
Jerry Minton	Salisbury Athletics	B	113
Bennie Kiburis	Rome Colonels	C	88
Thomas Williams	Salisbury Athletics	B	86
Sal Arduini	Rome Colonels	C	83
Harry Lashutka	Salisbury Athletics	B	71
Robert Linskey	Rome Colonels	C	69
David Bash	Rome Colonels	C	58
Merle Gunnet	Salisbury Athletics	B	54
Ray Lutz	Rome Colonels	C	41

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