SD Amateur Baseball 2024 Stats

By Jon Akre

605 Sports

Below are top-10 lists of notable hitting and pitching stats from the 2024 amateur baseball season through July 17.

Stats were gathered from teams on the GameChanger app with viewable season stats.

The lists include the Class B leaders in batting average, doubles, triples, home runs, RBIs, stolen bases, innings pitched, and strikeouts thrown.

Batting Average (Min. 50% of total team’s games played)

1. Chamberlain Mallards – Dakota Munger (.600)
2. Clark Traders – Peyton Gerbers (.593)
3. Castlewood Ravens – Gus Stieger (.585)
4. Faulkton Hitmen – Simon Bowar (.571)
5. Groton Locke Electric – Ty Sieber (.536)
6. Redfield Dairy Queen – Camden Osborn (.525)
7. Tabor Bluebirds – Hunter Hallock (.512)
8. Tabor Bluebirds – Riley Rothschadl (.511)

T9. Redfield Dairy Queen – Bennett Osborn (.500)

T9. Faulkton Hitmen – Rafael Clemente (.500)

11. Winner/Colome Pheasants – Austin Richey (.491)
12. Winner/Colome Pheasants – Aiden Barfuss (.476)
13. Chamberlain Mallards – Mike Schwartz (.472)
14. Salem Cubs – Hakeem Yatim (.459)
15. Castlewood Ravens – Nate Phinney (.457)

T16. Clark Traders – Rhett Florey (.455)

T16. Corsica Horned Frogs – Luke Bamberg (.455)

18. Winner/Colome Pheasants – Reed Harter (.452)
19. Redfield Dairy Queen – Cooper Hainy (.446)

T20. Dell Rapids PBR – Drew Sweeter (.439)

T20. Menno Mad Frogs – Dylan Lehr (.439)

Doubles Leaders

T1. Dell Rapids PBR – Zach Puetz (9)

T1. Dell Rapids PBR – Drew Sweeter (9)

T1. Redfield Dairy Queen – Bennett Osborn (9)

T4. Hartford/Humboldt Gamecocks – Joe Hanisch (8)

T4. Dimock/Emery Raptors – Sam Pischke (8)

T4. Winner/Colome Pheasants – Drew DeMers (8)

T4. Winner/Colome Pheasants – Austin Calhoon (8)

T4. Tabor Bluebirds – Riley Rothschadl (8)

T9. Dimock/Emery Raptors – Drew Kitchens (7)

T9. Redfield Dairy Queen – Cooper Hainy (7)

T9. Elkton Snappers – Aidan Stewart (7)

Triples Leaders

1. Winner/Colome Pheasants – Reed Harter (4)

T2. Lennox/Chancellor/Worthing Dirt Devils- Camden Berndt (3)

T2. Plankinton F&M Bankers – Drew Gerlach (3)

T2. Redfield Dairy Queen – Christian DeYoung (3)

T5. Flandreau Blue Teal – Gage Sharping (2)

T5. Crofton Blue Jays – James Kaiser (2)

T5. Hartford/Humboldt Gamecocks – Jonah Rechtenbaugh (2)

T5. Hartford/Humboldt Gamecocks – Cam Quigley (2)

T5. Menno Mad Frogs – Dylan Lehr (2)

T5. Mount Vernon Mustangs – Spencer Neugebauer (2)

T5. Parkston Devil Rays – Jake Helleloid (2)

T5. Winner/Colome Pheasants – Derek Graesser (2)

T5. Redfield Dairy Queen – Nolan Gall (2)

Home run Leaders

1. Canova Gang – Jared Miller (7)
2. Parkston Devil Rays – Jonah Schmidt (6)
3. Alexandria Angels – Cole Wenande (5)

T4. Flandreau Blue Teal – Gage Sharping (4)

T4. Platte Killer Tomatoes – Hayden Kuiper (4)

T4. Winner/Colome Pheasants – Oscar Pravacek (4)

T4. Winner/Colome Pheasants – Aiden Barfuss (4)

T4. Salem Cubs – Jacob Vonberge (4)

T4. Castlewood Ravens – Nate Phinney (4)

T4. Castlewood Ravens – Gus Stieger (4)

T9. Freeman Blacksox – Bailey Sage (3)

T9. Flandreau Cardinals – JaColby Anderson (3)

T9. Castlewood Ravens – Blayne Schliesman (3)

T9. Clark Traders – Andrew Magedanz (3)

T9. Dimock/Emery Raptors – Chase Arend (3)

T9. Milbank Firechiefs – Dom Boerger (3)

T9. Lesterville Broncs – Ethan Wishon (3)

T9. Lesterville Broncs – Tanner Van Driel (3)

T9. Lesterville Broncs – Michael Drotzmann (3)

T9. Menno Mad Frogs – Conner Merriam (3)

T9. Parkston Mudcats – Brady Nolz (3)

T9. Parkston Mudcats – Jake Goble (3)

T9. Parkston Devil Rays – Dylan Soulek (3)

T9. Salem Cubs – Hakeem Yatim (3)

RBI Leaders

1. Redfield Dairy Queen – Cooper Hainy (33)
2. Winner/Colome Pheasants – Reed Harter (31)
3. Redfield Dairy Queen – Christian DeYoung (28)
4. Canova Gang – Jared Miller (26)

T6. Winner/Colome Pheasants – Austin Calhoon (24)

T6. Winner/Colome Pheasants – Drew DeMers (24)

T5. Winner/Colome Pheasants – Oscar Pravacek (22)

T8. Dell Rapids PBR – Drew Sweeter (21)

T8. Parkston Devil Rays – Jonah Schmidt (21)

T8. Dimock/Emery Raptors – Sam Piscke (21)

Stolen Base Leaders

1. Redfield Dairy Queen – Camden Osborn (23)
2. Redfield Dairy Queen – Bennett Osborn (21)

T3. Dimock/Emery Raptors – Chase Arend (14)

T3. Castlewood Ravens – Gus Stieger (14)

4. Lennox/Chancellor/Worthing Dirt Devils – Mikey Kocer (13)
5. Crofton Blue Jays – Austin Tramp (13)

T6. Alexandria Angels – Reggie Slaba (12)

T6. Parkston Mudcats – Luke Bormann (12)

T9. Crofton Blue Jays – Seth Wiebelhaus (11)

T9. Crofton Blue Jays – James Kaiser (11)

Innings pitched

1. Dimock/Emery Raptors – Josh Engquist (60.2)
2. Parkston Mudcats – Jake Weber (59.1)
3. Salem Cubs – Tyler Earls (53.2)
4. Parkston Devil Rays – Jake Helleloid (52.0)
5. Winner Demons – Ethan Bartels (51.0)

T6. Crofton Blue Jays – Zach Hegge (50.0)

T6. Canova Gang – Derek Miller (50.0)

8. Mount Vernon Mustangs – Deric Denning (49.0)

T9. Dimock/Emery Raptors – Landon Waddell (48.0)

T9. Hartford/Humboldt Gamecocks – Cole Barthel (48.0)

Strikeouts

T1. Milbank Firechiefs – Dom Boerger (85)

T1. Dimock/Emery Raptors – Landon Waddell (85)

T1. Parkston Devil Rays – Jake Helleloid (85)

4. Winner Demons – Ethan Bartels (77)
5. Madison Dairy Queen Broncos – Aspen Dahl (67)
6. Alexandria Angels – Riley McSherry (66)
7. Crofton Bluejays – Zach Hegge (65)

T8. Madison Dairy Queen Broncos – Tyler Tappe (62)

T8. Parkston Devil Rays – Ty Neugebauer (62)

10. Elkton Snappers – Aidan Stewart (60)

Games to watch

July 18: Dell Rapids Mudcats (19-1) at Madison Dairy Queen Broncos (9-7)

Since losing to the Mudcats on June 13 the Madison Dairy Queen Broncos have been on a roll, winning seven straight including wins over Canova and the Hartford/Humboldt Gamecocks. With two Cornbelt League games remaining the Broncos could still move up in the league standings, and a win against the top seeded Mudcats could do just that.

July 21: Redfield Dairy Queen (16-0) at Castlewood Ravens (11-6)

Redfield has cruised through the regular season with an undefeated record but we’ll see how it faces off against the Ravens in non-league action. The Ravens have some of the best hitting in the state with Gus Stieger and Nate Phinney each batting over .450 with four home runs on the season.

July 21: Corsica Horned Frogs (5-9) at Mount Vernon Mustangs (5-9-1)

This game will determine a lot when it comes to the Sunshine League standings and first round tournament matchups. Mount Vernon sits at the bottom of the standings but with a win on July 18 against Alexandria and a win over Corsica on July 21, it could move out of the bottom spots and avoid a first-round matchup with Winner/Colome.