By Scott Barancik, editor
With the 2014 Minor League regular season complete, we thought you might want to see how Jewish players did at the plate.
The more ambitious among you can download this Excel file and crunch the numbers yourself. For the rest of you, look below. You’ll find a table showing all 31 players who took a swing in 2014 and a select list of their stats. After that, you’ll see a series of tables showing the leaders within each statistical category.
The tables exclude stats from independent leagues and from MiLB’s Mexican League, neither of which is affiliated with an MLB franchise. If we’ve missed any players — hey, these things happen — by all means let us know. Minor League pitching stats will be presented in a future article.
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Minor-League Hitters, 2014
| First | Last | Pos | Age | Aff | Lev | AB | HR | RBI | BA |
| Corey | Baker | P | 24 | STL | AA | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Julian | Barzilli | 3B | 23 | STL | Rk | 147 | 3 | 19 | .211 |
| Zach | Borenstein | LF | 23 | LAA-ARI | AAA-AA | 461 | 15 | 79 | .258 |
| Charlie | Cutler | C/1B | 27 | CHC | AA | 284 | 5 | 42 | .310 |
| Cody | Decker | 1B | 27 | SDP | AAA | 449 | 27 | 79 | .261 |
| Adam | Ehrlich | C | 21 | STL | A–Rk-A+ | 119 | 0 | 5 | .193 |
| Nate | Freiman* | 1B | 27 | OAK | AAA-A | 319 | 16 | 76 | .288 |
| Sam | Fuld* | CF | 32 | MIN | AA | 14 | 1 | 2 | .429 |
| Ben | Guez | RF | 27 | DET | AAA | 404 | 16 | 50 | .230 |
| Nate | Irving | C | 21 | ARI | A- | 21 | 0 | 1 | .190 |
| Ryan | Kalish* | OF | 26 | CHC | AAA | 287 | 8 | 37 | .251 |
| Jacob | Kapstein | 1B | 20 | DET | A- | 141 | 1 | 19 | .248 |
| Zach | Kapstein | LF | 22 | BOS | A | 200 | 1 | 26 | .280 |
| Mason | Katz | 2B | 23 | STL | A-A+ | 413 | 20 | 71 | .237 |
| Adam | Landecker | 3B/1B | 23 | PIT | A | 119 | 0 | 11 | .244 |
| Ryan | Lavarnway* | 1B/C | 26 | BOS | AAA-AA-Rk | 235 | 4 | 24 | .285 |
| Jake | Lemmerman | SS/3B | 25 | SDP | AA-AAA | 218 | 5 | 24 | .179 |
| Jack | Marder | 2B | 24 | SEA | AA | 238 | 5 | 24 | .277 |
| Jon | Moscot | P | 22 | CIN | AA-AAA | 34 | 0 | 2 | .088 |
| Joc | Pederson* | CF | 22 | LAD | AAA | 445 | 33 | 78 | .303 |
| Kevin | Pillar* | OF | 25 | TOR | AAA | 405 | 10 | 59 | .323 |
| Jeremy | Rathjen | RF | 24 | LAD | A+ | 342 | 16 | 44 | .269 |
| Tim | Remes | C | 22 | DET | A-A- | 158 | 4 | 17 | .196 |
| Danny | Rosenbaum | P | 26 | WSN | AAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Josh | Satin* | IF | 29 | NYM | AAA | 374 | 9 | 49 | .289 |
| Sammie | Starr | 2B/SS | 26 | BAL | A+-AA | 147 | 5 | 21 | .238 |
| Richard | Stock | C | 23 | CLE | A | 184 | 4 | 26 | .261 |
| Maxx | Tissenbaum | DH/C | 22 | TBR | A+ | 333 | 6 | 51 | .288 |
| Danny | Valencia* | 3B | 29 | KCR | AAA | 11 | 1 | 1 | .273 |
| Greg | Zebrack | OF | 23 | WSN | A-A- | 49 | 0 | 5 | .163 |
* Also played in MLB in 2014.
Most HRs, 2014
| First | Last | AB | HR |
| Joc | Pederson | 445 | 33 |
| Cody | Decker | 449 | 27 |
| Mason | Katz | 413 | 20 |
| Nate | Freiman | 319 | 16 |
| Ben | Guez | 404 | 16 |
| Jeremy | Rathjen | 342 | 16 |
| Zach | Borenstein | 461 | 15 |
Most Doubles, 2014
| First | Last | AB | 2B |
| Kevin | Pillar | 405 | 39 |
| Josh | Satin | 374 | 27 |
| Cody | Decker | 449 | 25 |
| Zach | Borenstein | 461 | 25 |
| Nate | Freiman | 319 | 24 |
| Ben | Guez | 404 | 24 |
| Jeremy | Rathjen | 342 | 20 |
Most Triples, 2014
| First | Last | AB | 3B |
| Zach | Borenstein | 461 | 5 |
| Cody | Decker | 449 | 4 |
| Joc | Pederson | 445 | 4 |
| Kevin | Pillar | 405 | 3 |
| Ben | Guez | 404 | 3 |
| Ryan | Kalish | 287 | 3 |
Most RBIs, 2014
| First | Last | AB | RBI |
| Zach | Borenstein | 461 | 79 |
| Cody | Decker | 449 | 79 |
| Joc | Pederson | 445 | 78 |
| Nate | Freiman | 319 | 76 |
| Mason | Katz | 413 | 71 |
| Kevin | Pillar | 405 | 59 |
| Maxx | Tissenbaum | 333 | 51 |
| Ben | Guez | 404 | 50 |
| Josh | Satin | 374 | 49 |
Most Stolen Bases, 2014
| First | Last | AB | SB | CS |
| Joc | Pederson | 445 | 30 | 13 |
| Kevin | Pillar | 405 | 27 | 6 |
| Ryan | Kalish | 287 | 12 | 4 |
| Zach | Borenstein | 461 | 9 | 7 |
| Jeremy | Rathjen | 342 | 9 | 2 |
Most Walks Drawn, 2014
| First | Last | AB | BB |
| Joc | Pederson | 445 | 100 |
| Josh | Satin | 374 | 61 |
| Cody | Decker | 449 | 51 |
| Mason | Katz | 413 | 45 |
| Charlie | Cutler | 284 | 44 |
| Zach | Borenstein | 461 | 43 |
| Nate | Freiman | 319 | 40 |
Most Times Struck Out, 2014
| First | Last | AB | SO |
| Cody | Decker | 449 | 150 |
| Joc | Pederson | 445 | 149 |
| Ben | Guez | 404 | 129 |
| Zach | Borenstein | 461 | 125 |
| Mason | Katz | 413 | 99 |
| Jeremy | Rathjen | 342 | 93 |
Toughest to Strike Out, 2014
| First | Last | AB | SO | AB/SO |
| Sam | Fuld | 14 | 1 | 14.00 |
| Jon | Moscot | 34 | 3 | 11.33 |
| Danny | Valencia | 11 | 1 | 11.00 |
| Sammie | Starr | 147 | 15 | 9.80 |
| Maxx | Tissenbaum | 333 | 35 | 9.51 |
| Kevin | Pillar | 405 | 48 | 8.44 |
| Charlie | Cutler | 284 | 34 | 8.35 |
Best Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio, 2014
| First | Last | AB | SO | BB | SO/BB |
| Danny | Rosenbaum | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Danny | Valencia | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0.33 |
| Sam | Fuld | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0.50 |
| Charlie | Cutler | 284 | 34 | 44 | 0.77 |
| Josh | Satin | 374 | 79 | 61 | 1.30 |
| Ryan | Lavarnway | 235 | 47 | 35 | 1.34 |
| Jack | Marder | 238 | 40 | 27 | 1.48 |
| Joc | Pederson | 445 | 149 | 100 | 1.49 |
| Adam | Ehrlich | 119 | 18 | 12 | 1.50 |
| Greg | Zebrack | 49 | 12 | 8 | 1.50 |
Highest Batting Average, 2014
| First | Last | AB | BA |
| Sam | Fuld | 14 | .429 |
| Kevin | Pillar | 405 | .323 |
| Charlie | Cutler | 284 | .310 |
| Joc | Pederson | 445 | .303 |
| Josh | Satin | 374 | .289 |
| Nate | Freiman | 319 | .288 |
| Maxx | Tissenbaum | 333 | .288 |
Highest On-Base Percentage, 2014
| First | Last | AB | OBP |
| Danny | Rosenbaum | 0 | 1.000 |
| Sam | Fuld | 14 | .500 |
| Joc | Pederson | 445 | .435 |
| Danny | Valencia | 11 | .429 |
| Charlie | Cutler | 284 | .415 |
| Ryan | Lavarnway | 235 | .389 |
| Josh | Satin | 374 | .386 |
| Jack | Marder | 238 | .375 |
| Nate | Freiman | 319 | .373 |
Highest Slugging Percentage, 2014
| First | Last | AB | SLG |
| Sam | Fuld | 14 | .786 |
| Joc | Pederson | 445 | .582 |
| Danny | Valencia | 11 | .545 |
| Nate | Freiman | 319 | .520 |
| Cody | Decker | 449 | .514 |
| Kevin | Pillar | 405 | .509 |
| Jeremy | Rathjen | 342 | .480 |
Highest On-Base Plus Slugging (OPS), 2014
| First | Last | AB | OPS |
| Sam | Fuld | 14 | 1.286 |
| Joc | Pederson | 445 | 1.017 |
| Danny | Valencia | 11 | .974 |
| Nate | Freiman | 319 | .893 |
| Kevin | Pillar | 405 | .868 |
| Cody | Decker | 449 | .852 |
| Jeremy | Rathjen | 342 | .829 |
| Charlie | Cutler | 284 | .827 |
| Josh | Satin | 374 | .825 |
Most Times Hit Into Double Play, 2014
| First | Last | AB | GDP |
| Josh | Satin | 374 | 15 |
| Cody | Decker | 449 | 11 |
| Maxx | Tissenbaum | 333 | 11 |
| Nate | Freiman | 319 | 10 |
| Jeremy | Rathjen | 342 | 10 |
| Jake | Lemmerman | 218 | 10 |
| Zach | Borenstein | 461 | 9 |
| Kevin | Pillar | 405 | 8 |
| Jack | Marder | 238 | 8 |
Most Times Hit By Pitch, 2014
| First | Last | AB | HBP |
| Ben | Guez | 404 | 17 |
| Jack | Marder | 238 | 12 |
| Charlie | Cutler | 284 | 9 |
| Nate | Freiman | 319 | 7 |
| Mason | Katz | 413 | 7 |
