1950 St. Louis Cardinals Organizational Leaders

1950 St. Louis Cardinals Minor League Teams, Rosters and Statistics

Hits Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Hits	2B	3B	HR
Don Richmond	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	191	31	11	18
Delton Childs	Montgomery Rebels	B	179	32	12	1
Harvey Zernia	Houston Buffalos, Omaha Cardinals	A, AA	176	28	8	7
Erwin Adamcewicz	St. Joseph Cardinals	C	166	34	10	13
Roy Huff	Omaha Cardinals	A	166	22	13	18
William Long	Fresno Cardinals, Rochester Red Wings, Duluth Dukes	AAA, C	166	35	7	5
Vann Harrington	Houston Buffalos	AA	162	31	8	6
Eugene Painter	Fresno Cardinals, Willows Cardinals	C, D	161	29	6	16
Ralph Lageman	Albany Cardinals	D	160	29	9	5
Russ Rac	Winston-Salem Cardinals	B	157	35	1	16

Batting Average Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Avg.	Hits	AB
Rocky Nelson	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	.418	77	184
Ed Mickelson	Montgomery Rebels, Lynchburg Cardinals	B	.413	147	356
Robert Ferrari	Willows Cardinals	D	.349	90	258
Jim Belz	West Frankfort Cardinals	D	.348	154	442
Sidney Hathaway	Johnson City Cardinals	D	.344	150	436
Delton Childs	Montgomery Rebels	B	.343	179	522
Clyde Whitener	Johnson City Cardinals	D	.343	145	423
Ken Boyer	Hamilton Cardinals	D	.342	82	240
Claude Roberts	Hamilton Cardinals	D	.340	115	338
Chet Kanavage	Johnson City Cardinals	D	.334	130	389

Home Run Leaders

Player	Team	Level	HR
Jerry Witte	Rochester Red Wings, Houston Buffalos	AA, AAA	32
Russ Derry	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	30
Dick Cordell	Pocatello Cardinals	C	29
Fred Marolewski	Allentown Cardinals	B	24
Ed Mickelson	Lynchburg Cardinals, Montgomery Rebels	B	24
Billy Smith	Goldsboro Cardinals	D	24
James Dickey	Columbus Cardinals	A	20
Ernie Schuerman	Pocatello Cardinals	C	20
Ray Jablonski	Columbus Cardinals, Lynchburg Cardinals	A, B	19
Rip Repulski	Houston Buffalos, Columbus Cardinals	A, AA	19
B. J. Rice	Pocatello Cardinals	C	19

Doubles Leaders

Player	Team	Level	2B
Gene Barth	Winston-Salem Cardinals, St. Joseph Cardinals	B, C	40
Frank DiPrima	Montgomery Rebels	B	40
Ray Jablonski	Lynchburg Cardinals, Columbus Cardinals	A, B	39
Ed Mickelson	Lynchburg Cardinals, Montgomery Rebels	B	36
Dick Cordell	Pocatello Cardinals	C	35
William Long	Duluth Dukes, Fresno Cardinals	C	35
Russ Rac	Winston-Salem Cardinals	B	35
Erwin Adamcewicz	St. Joseph Cardinals	C	34
Harold Olt	St. Joseph Cardinals	C	34
Pep Baselici	Pocatello Cardinals	C	32
Bob Blengino	Pocatello Cardinals, Willows Cardinals	C, D	32
Delton Childs	Montgomery Rebels	B	32
Neal Hertweck	Winston-Salem Cardinals	B	32
Chuck Kress	Houston Buffalos	AA	32
William LaFrance	Winston-Salem Cardinals	B	32

Triples Leaders

Player	Team	Level	3B
Harold Pinson	West Frankfort Cardinals	D	16
Jim Belz	West Frankfort Cardinals	D	14
Joe Cunningham	St. Joseph Cardinals	C	14
Harold Sweeney	Lebanon Chix	D	14
Sidney Hathaway	Johnson City Cardinals	D	13
Roy Huff	Omaha Cardinals	A	13
Delton Childs	Montgomery Rebels	B	12
Lou Collette	West Frankfort Cardinals	D	12
Pidge Browne	Allentown Cardinals, Hamilton Cardinals	B, D	11
Fred McAlister	Omaha Cardinals	A	11
Danny Pavone	Johnson City Cardinals	D	11
Howie Phillips	Omaha Cardinals	A	11
Don Richmond	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	11

RBI Leaders

Player	Team	Level	RBI
Roland LeBlanc	Fresno Cardinals	C	105
Russ Derry	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	102
Don Richmond	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	99
Larry Barton	Pocatello Cardinals	C	98
Larry Miggins	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	92
Billy Smith	Goldsboro Cardinals	D	92
Bill Hansen	Fresno Cardinals	C	89
Del Wilber	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	80
Hal Rice	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	79
Roy Broome	Rochester Red Wings, Columbus Red Birds	AAA	76

Wins Leaders

Player	Team	Level	W	L
Lee Peterson	Winston-Salem Cardinals	B	21	10
Bob Mahoney	Omaha Cardinals	A	20	7
Jerry Mertz	Lebanon Chix	D	19	8
Harvey Haddix	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	18	6
Tom Poholsky	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	18	6
Thomas Keating	Houston Buffalos, Hamilton Cardinals	AA, D	17	2
Kurt Krieger	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	17	5
Raymond Glaser	Montgomery Rebels	B	17	7
Vinegar Bend Mizell	Winston-Salem Cardinals	B	17	7
Octavio Rubert	Omaha Cardinals	A	17	8
Buster Brown	Johnson City Cardinals	D	17	9
Hal Coffman	Columbus Cardinals	A	17	11
Pete Bryant	Columbus Cardinals	A	17	13

ERA Leaders

Player	Team	Level	ERA	W	L
Jerry Mertz	Lebanon Chix	D	2.12	19	8
Tom Poholsky	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	2.17	18	6
Vinegar Bend Mizell	Winston-Salem Cardinals	B	2.48	17	7
Harvey Haddix	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	2.70	18	6
Thomas Keating	Houston Buffalos, Hamilton Cardinals	AA, D	2.82	17	2

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

Shutout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SHO
Tom Poholsky	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	5
Bob Habenicht	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	4
Harvey Haddix	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	4
Kurt Krieger	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	3
Warren Sandel	Fresno Cardinals	C	3
Cot Deal	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	2
Gordon Jones	Fresno Cardinals	C	2
Mike Schultz	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	2
Mike Clark	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	1
Bob Cloud	Fresno Cardinals	C	1
Jack Faszholz	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	1
Gene Major	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	1
Glen Moulder	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	1
Bill Reeder	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	1

Strikeout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SO
Gordon Jones	Fresno Cardinals	C	200
Harvey Haddix	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	160
Eddie Yuhas	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	95
Warren Sandel	Fresno Cardinals	C	93
Bob Cloud	Fresno Cardinals	C	90
Tom Poholsky	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	90
Kurt Krieger	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	85
George Copeland	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	84
Mike Clark	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	75
Bob Habenicht	Columbus Red Birds	AAA	73
Bill Reeder	Rochester Red Wings	AAA	73

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