1938 St. Louis Cardinals Organizational Leaders

1938 St. Louis Cardinals Minor League Teams, Rosters and Statistics

Hits Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Hits	2B	3B	HR
Whitey Kurowski	Portsmouth Red Birds	C	209	41	6	14
Lynn King	Columbus Red Birds	AA	196	25	11	3
William Prout	Columbus Red Birds	B	196	37	3	8
Chester Wieczorek	Portsmouth Red Birds	C	193	46	5	28
Dib Williams	Sacramento Solons	AA	190	41	4	15
Steve Summerhill	Union Springs Redbirds	D	187	33	12	4
Hal Epps	Houston Buffaloes	A1	186	26	21	4
Willie Reyes	Albuquerque Cardinals	D	186	37	13	1
Augie Bergamo	Paducah Indians	D	182	35	6	1
Tony Castano	Asheville Tourists	B	180	26	8	0

Batting Average Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Avg.	Hits	AB
Whitey Kurowski	Portsmouth Red Birds	C	.386	209	542
Chester Wieczorek	Portsmouth Red Birds	C	.366	193	528
Steve Summerhill	Union Springs Redbirds	D	.362	187	517
Mel Wasley	Duluth Dukes	D	.357	168	471
Augie Bergamo	Paducah Indians	D	.355	182	513
Bill Endicott	Albany Travelers	D	.354	156	441
William Prout	Columbus Red Birds	B	.354	196	554
John Fry	Martinsville Manufacturers	D	.353	116	329
Eugene Nafie	Shelby/Gastonia Cardinals	D	.353	150	425
Harry Schmiel	Springfield Cardinals	C	.353	136	385

Home Run Leaders

Player	Team	Level	HR
Tony Robello	Jacksonville Jax	C	38
Jake Suytar	Midland Cardinals	D	31
Mel Wasley	Duluth Dukes	D	31
Walter Alston	Portsmouth Red Birds	C	28
Chester Wieczorek	Portsmouth Red Birds	C	28
Eugene Nafie	Shelby/Gastonia Cardinals	D	27
Lyle Thompson	Duluth Dukes	D	27
John Lavelle	Shelby/Gastonia Cardinals	D	25
Dain Clay	Portsmouth Red Birds	C	24
Nick Cullop	Sacramento Solons	AA	20

Doubles Leaders

Player	Team	Level	2B
Chester Wieczorek	Portsmouth Red Birds	C	46
Joe Orengo	Sacramento Solons	AA	44
Jake Suytar	Midland Cardinals	D	42
Whitey Kurowski	Portsmouth Red Birds	C	41
Dib Williams	Sacramento Solons	AA	41
Larry Barton	Sacramento Solons	AA	40
Mel Wasley	Duluth Dukes	D	39
Lynn South	Springfield Cardinals	C	38
John Stopa	Mobile Shippers	B	38
Jim Bucher	Columbus Red Birds	AA	37
William Prout	Columbus Red Birds	B	37
Willie Reyes	Albuquerque Cardinals	D	37
Walter Schuerbaum	Columbus Red Birds	B	37
Mel Serafini	Union Springs Redbirds	D	37

Triples Leaders

Player	Team	Level	3B
Hal Epps	Houston Buffaloes	A1	21
Al Unser	Decatur Commodores	B	20
Benny Hassler	Springfield Cardinals, Grand Island Cardinals	C, D	19
Robert Anderson	Springfield Cardinals, Grand Island Cardinals	C, D	18
John Antonelli	Houston Buffaloes	A1	14
Frank Crespi	Springfield Cardinals	C	14
Phillip Kirk	Johnson City Soldiers	D	14
Max Marshall	Sacramento Solons	AA	14
Eddie Morris	Albuquerque Cardinals	D	14
Averett Thompson	Decatur Commodores	B	14

RBI Leaders

Player	Team	Level	RBI
Larry Barton	Sacramento Solons	AA	74
Henry Zajac	Pine Bluff Judges, Springfield Cardinals	C	3

Wins Leaders

Player	Team	Level	W	L
Tony Freitas	Sacramento Solons	AA	24	11
Jake Drake	Springfield Cardinals	C	21	8
Chauncey Scott	Paducah Indians	D	20	8
Leslie Dunkle	Pine Bluff Judges	C	19	12
Blix Donnelly	Daytona Beach Islanders	D	18	7
Moose Fralick	Portsmouth Red Birds	C	18	10
Andrew Doyle	Mobile Shippers	B	18	14
Bill Curlee	Columbus Red Birds	B	18	15
Joseph Davis	Cambridge Cardinals	D	17	5
Kenneth Brown	Decatur Commodores	B	17	8
Cotton Pippen	Sacramento Solons	AA	17	8
Allyn Stout	Decatur Commodores	B	17	8
Jim Winford	Houston Buffaloes	A1	17	10
Bill Walker	Sacramento Solons	AA	17	12
Hank Gornicki	Asheville Tourists	B	17	13

ERA Leaders

Player	Team	Level	ERA	W	L
Blix Donnelly	Daytona Beach Islanders, Decatur Commodores	B, D	1.74	18	7
Joseph Davis	Cambridge Cardinals	D	2.02	17	5
Jim Winford	Houston Buffaloes	A1	2.34	17	10

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

Strikeout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SO
Henry Zajac	Pine Bluff Judges	C	33

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