1944 St. Louis Cardinals Organizational Leaders

1944 St. Louis Cardinals Minor League Teams, Rosters and Statistics

Hits Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Hits	2B	3B	HR
Bill Ramsey	Sacramento Solons	AA	191	28	12	2
Jim Mallory	Columbus Red Birds	AA	189	34	10	1
Cecil Payne	Lynchburg Cardinals	B	181	29	10	0
Leroy Nichols	Rochester Red Wings, Lynchburg Cardinals	AA, B	178	34	13	3
George Davis	Allentown Cardinals	B	177	32	4	21
Neal Reside	Lima Red Birds	D	173	32	13	8
John Cappa	Allentown Cardinals	B	169	36	7	30
Vernon Rider	Allentown Cardinals	B	167	24	10	18
John Antonelli	Columbus Red Birds	AA	164	31	6	6
Bernie Creger	Johnson City Cardinals, Allentown Cardinals	B, D	164	26	9	6

Batting Average Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Avg.	Hits	AB
Red Schoendienst	Rochester Red Wings	AA	.373	38	102
Johnny Wyrostek	Columbus Red Birds	AA	.358	149	416
Cecil Payne	Lynchburg Cardinals	B	.340	181	532
Herbert Schmiedeke	Lima Red Birds	D	.340	151	444
Neal Reside	Lima Red Birds	D	.339	173	510
Frank Bowa	Lima Red Birds	D	.338	115	340
Johnny Bucha	Allentown Cardinals	B	.338	112	331
Leroy Nichols	Rochester Red Wings, Lynchburg Cardinals	AA, B	.324	178	549
John Cappa	Allentown Cardinals	B	.322	169	525
Billy Smith	Lima Red Birds	D	.321	94	293

Home Run Leaders

Player	Team	Level	HR
John Cappa	Allentown Cardinals	B	30
George Davis	Allentown Cardinals	B	21
George Stumpf	Columbus Red Birds	AA	19
Vernon Rider	Allentown Cardinals	B	18
Johnny Bucha	Allentown Cardinals	B	16
Ollie Vanek	Allentown Cardinals	B	16
Johnny Wyrostek	Columbus Red Birds	AA	10
Glenn Crawford	Columbus Red Birds	AA	8
Neal Reside	Lima Red Birds	D	8
Gerald Burmeister	Columbus Red Birds	AA	7
Joe Mack	Columbus Red Birds	AA	7

Doubles Leaders

Player	Team	Level	2B
Johnny Wyrostek	Columbus Red Birds	AA	50
John Cappa	Allentown Cardinals	B	36
Joe Mack	Columbus Red Birds	AA	36
George Stumpf	Columbus Red Birds	AA	36
Jim Mallory	Columbus Red Birds	AA	34
Leroy Nichols	Lynchburg Cardinals, Rochester Red Wings	AA, B	34
George Davis	Allentown Cardinals	B	32
Neal Reside	Lima Red Birds	D	32
John Antonelli	Columbus Red Birds	AA	31
George Ferrell	Lynchburg Cardinals	B	29
Cecil Payne	Lynchburg Cardinals	B	29

Triples Leaders

Player	Team	Level	3B
Eddie Malone	Rochester Red Wings	AA	21
Leroy Nichols	Rochester Red Wings, Lynchburg Cardinals	AA, B	13
Neal Reside	Lima Red Birds	D	13
Bill Ramsey	Sacramento Solons	AA	12
Herbert Schmiedeke	Lima Red Birds	D	11
Jim Mallory	Columbus Red Birds	AA	10
Cecil Payne	Lynchburg Cardinals	B	10
Robert Rausch	Lynchburg Cardinals, Rochester Red Wings, Allentown Cardinals	AA, B	10
Vernon Rider	Allentown Cardinals	B	10
Escal Burnett	Rochester Red Wings	AA	9
Bernie Creger	Allentown Cardinals, Johnson City Cardinals	B, D	9
Vaughn Hazen	Rochester Red Wings, Lynchburg Cardinals	AA, B	9

RBI Leaders

Player	Team	Level	RBI
Harvey Zernia	Lima Red Birds	D	114
George Davis	Allentown Cardinals	B	110
John Cappa	Allentown Cardinals	B	106
Joe Mack	Columbus Red Birds	AA	102
Neal Reside	Lima Red Birds	D	102
Cecil Payne	Lynchburg Cardinals	B	99
Ollie Vanek	Allentown Cardinals	B	96
Bernie Creger	Johnson City Cardinals, Allentown Cardinals	B, D	90
John Antonelli	Columbus Red Birds	AA	88
Johnny Bucha	Allentown Cardinals	B	83
Vernon Rider	Allentown Cardinals	B	83

Wins Leaders

Player	Team	Level	W	L
Clem Dreisewerd	Sacramento Solons	AA	20	9
Henry Koch	Lynchburg Cardinals	B	17	10
Pete Brunswick	Allentown Cardinals	B	16	10
Clint Echols	Lynchburg Cardinals	B	16	10
James McKinnon	Lima Red Birds	D	15	7
Ken Burkhart	Columbus Red Birds	AA	15	9
Glenn Gardner	Rochester Red Wings	AA	15	14
Bill Trotter	Rochester Red Wings	AA	14	12
Kemp Wicker	Rochester Red Wings	AA	13	9
William Emmerich	Rochester Red Wings	AA	12	13
Don Schuchmann	Johnson City Cardinals	D	12	13
Guy Fletcher	Sacramento Solons	AA	12	19

ERA Leaders

Player	Team	Level	ERA	W	L
Clem Dreisewerd	Sacramento Solons	AA	1.61	20	9
Clint Echols	Lynchburg Cardinals	B	2.05	16	10
Henry Koch	Lynchburg Cardinals	B	2.15	17	10
Bill Trotter	Rochester Red Wings	AA	2.55	14	12
Kemp Wicker	Rochester Red Wings	AA	2.80	13	9
Guy Fletcher	Sacramento Solons	AA	2.82	12	19
William Emmerich	Rochester Red Wings	AA	3.17	12	13
James McKinnon	Lima Red Birds	D	3.28	15	7
Don Schuchmann	Johnson City Cardinals	D	3.34	12	13
Glenn Gardner	Rochester Red Wings	AA	3.80	15	14

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Shutout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SHO
Art Lopatka	Columbus Red Birds	AA	5
Bill Trotter	Rochester Red Wings	AA	5
Clem Dreisewerd	Sacramento Solons	AA	4
Kemp Wicker	Rochester Red Wings	AA	4
Clint Echols	Lynchburg Cardinals	B	3
Henry Koch	Lynchburg Cardinals	B	3
Herm Neuberger	Lynchburg Cardinals	B	3
Dick Redman	Johnson City Cardinals	D	3
Russell Barbero	Johnson City Cardinals	D	2
William Emmerich	Rochester Red Wings	AA	2
Steve LeGault	Sacramento Solons	AA	2
Earl Porter	Sacramento Solons	AA	2
David Thomas	Lynchburg Cardinals	B	2

Strikeout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SO
Henry Koch	Lynchburg Cardinals	B	217
Pete Brunswick	Allentown Cardinals	B	178
Clint Echols	Lynchburg Cardinals	B	166
Don Schuchmann	Johnson City Cardinals	D	153
James McKinnon	Lima Red Birds	D	142
Clem Dreisewerd	Sacramento Solons	AA	137
John Pakron	Allentown Cardinals	B	135
Ned Jilton	Johnson City Cardinals, Allentown Cardinals	B, D	133
Guy Fletcher	Sacramento Solons	AA	126
David Thomas	Lynchburg Cardinals	B	113

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