1948 St. Louis Cardinals Organizational Leaders

1948 St. Louis Cardinals Minor League Teams, Rosters and Statistics

Hits Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Hits	2B	3B	HR
Al Neil	Pocatello Cardinals	C	202	43	13	25
Ed Mickelson	Pocatello Cardinals	C	192	32	12	12
Sid Langston	St. Joseph Cardinals, Columbus Cardinals	A, C	178	30	20	10
Hal Rice	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	172	36	13	7
Harold Olt	St. Joseph Cardinals	C	171	42	15	9
Bill Howerton	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	170	33	6	25
George Kissell	Hamilton Red Birds	D	167	37	6	12
Delton Childs	Tallassee Indians	D	166	20	12	2
Richard Burgett	Rochester Red Wings, Columbus Cardinals	A, AAA	165	33	8	9
Solly Hemus	Houston Buffalos	AA	164	27	11	1
Rip Repulski	Fresno Cardinals	C	164	33	11	23

Batting Average Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Avg.	Hits	AB
Al Neil	Pocatello Cardinals	C	.390	202	518
Larry Ciaffone	Allentown Cardinals	B	.373	150	402
Ed Mickelson	Pocatello Cardinals	C	.372	192	516
Mel McGaha	Duluth Dukes, Winston-Salem Cardinals	C	.365	65	178
Joe Garagiola	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	.356	72	202
Jim Tyack	Willows Cardinals	D	.352	38	108
Joseph DiMartino	St. Joseph Cardinals	C	.351	151	430
Jim Hercinger	Hamilton Red Birds	D	.349	130	372
Delton Childs	Tallassee Indians	D	.348	166	477
George Kissell	Hamilton Red Birds	D	.347	167	481

Home Run Leaders

Player	Team	Level	HR
Michael Natisin	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	30
Larry Miggins	Omaha Cardinals	A	26
Bill Howerton	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	25
Al Neil	Pocatello Cardinals	C	25
Rip Repulski	Fresno Cardinals	C	23
James Dickey	Johnson City Cardinals	D	22
Raymond Sowins	Pocatello Cardinals	C	22
Steve Bilko	Lynchburg Cardinals	B	20
Tommy Glaviano	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	18
Frank Gravino	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	18

Doubles Leaders

Player	Team	Level	2B
Fred Marolewski	Albany Cardinals	D	43
Al Neil	Pocatello Cardinals	C	43
Harold Olt	St. Joseph Cardinals	C	42
Larry Ciaffone	Allentown Cardinals	B	40
George Kissell	Hamilton Red Birds	D	37
Marty Debish	Winston-Salem Cardinals	C	36
Paul Porubski	Hamilton Red Birds	D	36
Hal Rice	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	36
Steve Bilko	Rochester Red Wings, Lynchburg Cardinals	AAA, B	35
Harvey Zernia	Winston-Salem Cardinals	C	34

Triples Leaders

Player	Team	Level	3B
Sid Langston	St. Joseph Cardinals, Columbus Cardinals	A, C	20
Al Smith	St. Joseph Cardinals	C	18
Harold Olt	St. Joseph Cardinals	C	15
Charles McLean	Albany Cardinals	D	13
Al Neil	Pocatello Cardinals	C	13
Hal Rice	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	13
Larry Swederske	Pocatello Cardinals	C	13
Delton Childs	Tallassee Indians	D	12
James Dickey	Johnson City Cardinals	D	12
Bob Kehoe	Duluth Dukes, Carthage Cardinals	C, D	12
Ed Mickelson	Pocatello Cardinals	C	12
Rocky Nelson	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	12
Charles Williams	Carthage Cardinals, Winston-Salem Cardinals	C, D	12
Bobby Young	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	12
Hank Zich	Tallassee Indians	D	12

RBI Leaders

Player	Team	Level	RBI
Michael Natisin	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	132
Bill Howerton	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	114
Don Bollweg	Houston Buffalos	AA	96
Eddie Kazak	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	85
Tommy Glaviano	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	77
Frank Gravino	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	74
Hal Rice	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	73
Billy Costa	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	70
Solly Hemus	Houston Buffalos	AA	70
Roy Broome	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	69

Wins Leaders

Player	Team	Level	W	L
Jackie Collum	St. Joseph Cardinals	C	24	2
Floyd Melliere	West Frankfort Cardinals	D	21	4
Herb Moford	Salisbury Cardinals	D	20	4
Robert Eisiminger	Omaha Cardinals, Lynchburg Cardinals	A, B	20	7
Bill Reeder	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	19	12
Chick McCombie	Hamilton Red Birds, Winston-Salem Cardinals	C, D	18	8
Jack Frisinger	Winston-Salem Cardinals	C	18	13
Willis McDonald	West Frankfort Cardinals	D	17	6
Carl Wollgast	Salisbury Cardinals	D	17	6
Bob Mahoney	Pocatello Cardinals	C	17	7
Bob Clear	Willows Cardinals	D	17	12
Donald Stephens	Albany Cardinals	D	17	14

ERA Leaders

Player	Team	Level	ERA	W	L
Floyd Melliere	West Frankfort Cardinals	D	1.77	21	4
Carl Wollgast	Salisbury Cardinals	D	2.26	17	6
Donald Stephens	Albany Cardinals	D	2.27	17	14
Herb Moford	Salisbury Cardinals	D	2.39	20	4
Jackie Collum	St. Joseph Cardinals	C	2.47	24	2
Robert Eisiminger	Omaha Cardinals, Lynchburg Cardinals	A, B	2.48	20	7
Chick McCombie	Winston-Salem Cardinals, Hamilton Red Birds	C, D	2.76	18	8

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Shutout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SHO
Bill Reeder	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	5
Pete Bryant	Houston Buffalos	AA	3
Pete Mazar	Houston Buffalos	AA	3
Jack Creel	Houston Buffalos	AA	2
Edwin Green	Rochester Red Wings, Houston Buffalos	AA, AAA	2
Ken Johnson	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	2
Wayne McLeland	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	2
Ray Yochim	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	2
Ed Blake	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	1
Cloyd Boyer	Houston Buffalos	AA	1
Jack Crimian	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	1
Johnny Grodzicki	Houston Buffalos	AA	1
Harvey Haddix	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	1
Kurt Krieger	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	1
Mike Mikan	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	1
James Morris	Houston Buffalos	AA	1
Al Papai	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	1

Strikeout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SO
Cloyd Boyer	Houston Buffalos	AA	188
Harvey Haddix	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	144
Max Surkont	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	142
Pete Bryant	Houston Buffalos	AA	131
Bill Reeder	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	126
Charley Stanceu	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	89
Kurt Krieger	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	87
Mike Mikan	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	86
Clarence Beers	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	80
Jack Creel	Houston Buffalos	AA	79

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