 In 1947, the Dodgers made Scherger player-manager of the Kingston Dodgers, a Class D team competing in the North Atlantic League.The team would win the league pennant, but Scherger was transferred to the Thomasville Dodgers (Class D, North Carolina State League) midseason.His 1948 campaign with the Olean Oilers (Class D, Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League) was, offensively, Scherger's best of his career.