1939 St. Louis Cardinals Organizational Leaders

1939 St. Louis Cardinals Minor League Teams, Rosters and Statistics

Hits Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Hits	2B	3B	HR
Max Marshall	Sacramento Solons	AA	212	29	13	18
Jay Kirke	Sacramento Solons, Pocatello Cardinals	AA, C	205	46	13	26
Tony Robello	Pocatello Cardinals	C	205	33	7	58
Joe Schmidt	Duluth Dukes	D	194	29	9	31
Augie Bergamo	Columbus Red Birds	B	190	28	18	2
Eddie Knoblauch	Kilgore Boomers	C	189	37	4	2
Art Garibaldi	Sacramento Solons	AA	186	41	9	16
Tommie West	Daytona Beach Islanders	D	186	35	11	4
John Streza	Williamson Red Birds	D	185	35	13	16
Bill Shewey	Columbus Red Birds, Williamson Red Birds, Portsmouth Red Birds	B, C, D	183	38	12	8

Batting Average Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Avg.	Hits	AB
Joe Schmidt	Duluth Dukes	D	.441	194	440
Tony Robello	Pocatello Cardinals	C	.404	205	507
Oscar Judd	Decatur Commodores, Sacramento Solons	AA, B	.398	41	103
Henry Redmond	Hamilton Red Wings	D	.397	166	418
Hooper Triplett	Gastonia Cardinals	D	.391	148	379
Tommie West	Daytona Beach Islanders	D	.382	186	487
Jay Kirke	Pocatello Cardinals, Sacramento Solons	AA, C	.378	205	542
Walter Sessi	Columbus Red Birds, Williamson Red Birds	B, D	.370	174	470
Al Unser	Gastonia Cardinals	D	.370	129	349
Harry Wickel	Williamson Red Birds	D	.368	164	446

Home Run Leaders

Player	Team	Level	HR
Tony Robello	Pocatello Cardinals	C	58
Joe Schmidt	Duluth Dukes	D	31
Hooper Triplett	Gastonia Cardinals	D	27
Jay Kirke	Pocatello Cardinals	C	26
Nick Cullop	Houston Buffaloes	A1	25
Escal Burnett	Pocatello Cardinals	C	24
Ed Murphy	Columbus Red Birds, Portsmouth Red Birds	B, C	24
Harry Wickel	Williamson Red Birds	D	23
Harold Bush	Duluth Dukes	D	22
Tom Koval	Cambridge Cardinals	D	22

Doubles Leaders

Player	Team	Level	2B
Jay Kirke	Pocatello Cardinals	C	46
George Niedson	Daytona Beach Islanders	D	45
Ray Sanders	Kilgore Boomers	C	43
Dain Clay	Portsmouth Red Birds	C	42
Dusty Cooke	Rochester Red Wings	AA	42
Estel Crabtree	Rochester Red Wings	AA	41
Art Garibaldi	Sacramento Solons	AA	41
Larry Barton	Sacramento Solons	AA	40
Harry Davis	Rochester Red Wings	AA	38
Willie Reyes	Albuquerque Cardinals	D	38
Bill Shewey	Portsmouth Red Birds, Columbus Red Birds, Williamson Red Birds	B, C, D	38

Triples Leaders

Player	Team	Level	3B
William Rabe	Daytona Beach Islanders	D	23
Hal Epps	Houston Buffaloes	A1	22
Willie Reyes	Albuquerque Cardinals	D	19
Augie Bergamo	Columbus Red Birds	B	18
George Galios	Albuquerque Cardinals	D	17
Escal Burnett	Pocatello Cardinals	C	16
Robert Joratz	Albuquerque Cardinals	D	16
Jack Angle	Asheville Tourists	B	15
Walker Cooper	Asheville Tourists	B	15
Johnny Hopp	Houston Buffaloes	A1	15

RBI Leaders

Player	Team	Level	RBI
Larry Barton	Sacramento Solons	AA	87
Henry Zajac	Springfield Cardinals	C	7

Wins Leaders

Player	Team	Level	W	L
Si Johnson	Rochester Red Wings	AA	22	12
Murry Dickson	Houston Buffaloes	A1	22	15
Warren Lilly	Albuquerque Cardinals	D	21	7
Eddie Wissman	Columbus Red Birds	B	21	9
Tom Seats	Sacramento Solons	AA	21	14
Tony Freitas	Sacramento Solons	AA	21	18
Milton Lowery	Caruthersville Pilots	D	20	4
Davey Perko	Kilgore Boomers	C	20	4
Charles Brumbeloe	Cambridge Cardinals	D	20	5
Blix Donnelly	Daytona Beach Islanders	D	19	4
Howard Smith	Williamson Red Birds	D	19	7

ERA Leaders

Player	Team	Level	ERA	W	L

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

Strikeout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SO
Henry Zajac	Springfield Cardinals	C	77

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