1998 Chicago White Sox Organizational Leaders

1998 Chicago White Sox Minor League Teams, Rosters and Statistics

Hits Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Hits	2B	3B	HR
Jimmy Terrell	Hickory Crawdads, Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	174	24	5	13
Carlos Lee	Birmingham Barons	AA	166	33	2	21
Joe Crede	Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	155	32	3	20
Mario Valdez	Calgary Cannons	AAA	148	32	0	20
Chris Heintz	Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	147	21	4	8
Olmedo Sáenz	Calgary Cannons	AAA	146	29	0	29
Jeff Liefer	Birmingham Barons, Calgary Cannons	AA, AAA	145	36	6	22
Matt Berger	Hickory Crawdads	A	140	30	0	24
Craig Wilson	Calgary Cannons	AAA	132	21	1	14
Jeff Inglin	Birmingham Barons	AA	121	22	6	24

Batting Average Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Avg.	Hits	AB
Eric Battersby	White Sox	R	.375	51	136
Rolando Garza	White Sox	R	.354	73	206
Aaron Rowand	Hickory Crawdads	A	.342	76	222
Jimmy Terrell	Winston-Salem Warthogs, Hickory Crawdads	A	.341	174	511
Junior Roman	White Sox, Bristol White Sox	R	.331	52	157
Mario Valdez	Calgary Cannons	AAA	.330	148	448
Mario Valenzuela	Bristol White Sox	R	.330	77	233
Jason Fennell	Bristol White Sox	R	.318	54	170
Joe Crede	Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	.315	155	492
Olmedo Sáenz	Calgary Cannons	AAA	.313	146	466

Home Run Leaders

Player	Team	Level	HR
Olmedo Sáenz	Calgary Cannons	AAA	29
Kevin Roberson	Calgary Cannons	AAA	27
Matt Berger	Hickory Crawdads	A	24
Jeff Inglin	Birmingham Barons	AA	24
Jeff Liefer	Birmingham Barons, Calgary Cannons	AA, AAA	22
Carlos Lee	Birmingham Barons	AA	21
Joe Crede	Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	20
Mario Valdez	Calgary Cannons	AAA	20
Dan Olson	Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	18
Manuel Lutz	Bristol White Sox	R	17

Doubles Leaders

Player	Team	Level	2B
Jeff Liefer	Calgary Cannons, Birmingham Barons	AA, AAA	36
Kevin Roberson	Calgary Cannons	AAA	36
Carlos Lee	Birmingham Barons	AA	33
Dan Olson	Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	33
Joe Crede	Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	32
Mario Valdez	Calgary Cannons	AAA	32
Matt Berger	Hickory Crawdads	A	30
Luis García	Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	29
Olmedo Sáenz	Calgary Cannons	AAA	29
Jason Evans	Calgary Cannons	AAA	27
Liu Rodríguez	Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	27

Triples Leaders

Player	Team	Level	3B
Jeff Newkirk	Bristol White Sox, Hickory Crawdads	A, R	10
Rashad Albert	Hickory Crawdads, Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	8
Josh Paul	Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	7
Demond Smith	Birmingham Barons	AA	7
McKay Christensen	Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	6
Jason Evans	Calgary Cannons	AAA	6
Jeff Inglin	Birmingham Barons	AA	6
Jeff Liefer	Birmingham Barons	AA	6
Benji Gil	Calgary Cannons	AAA	5
Dan Olson	Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	5
Jimmy Terrell	Hickory Crawdads, Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	5

RBI Leaders

Player	Team	Level	RBI
Carlos Lee	Birmingham Barons	AA	106
Olmedo Sáenz	Calgary Cannons	AAA	102
Jeff Inglin	Birmingham Barons	AA	100
Jeff Liefer	Birmingham Barons, Calgary Cannons	AA, AAA	99
Kevin Roberson	Calgary Cannons	AAA	97
Matt Berger	Hickory Crawdads	A	94
Joe Crede	Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	88
Mario Valdez	Calgary Cannons	AAA	81
Chris Heintz	Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	79
Benji Gil	Calgary Cannons	AAA	69
Craig Wilson	Calgary Cannons	AAA	69

Wins Leaders

Player	Team	Level	W	L
Mario Iglesias	Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	13	1
Aaron Myette	Winston-Salem Warthogs, Hickory Crawdads	A	13	6
Kevin Beirne	Birmingham Barons	AA	13	9
Pat Daneker	Hickory Crawdads, Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	11	6
Nelson Cruz	Calgary Cannons	AAA	10	6
Brian Scott	Hickory Crawdads, Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	10	8
Ken Vining	Birmingham Barons	AA	10	12
Mike Heathcott	Calgary Cannons	AAA	9	6
Mark Roberts	Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	9	9
Russ Herbert	Calgary Cannons	AAA	9	10
Hansel Izquierdo	Hickory Crawdads	A	9	11
John Ambrose	Birmingham Barons	AA	9	12

ERA Leaders

Player	Team	Level	ERA	W	L
Aaron Myette	Winston-Salem Warthogs, Hickory Crawdads	A	2.34	13	6
Pat Daneker	Hickory Crawdads, Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	2.81	11	6
Kevin Beirne	Birmingham Barons, Calgary Cannons	AA, AAA	3.50	13	9
Mark Roberts	Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	3.92	9	9
Ken Vining	Birmingham Barons	AA	4.08	10	12
Hansel Izquierdo	Hickory Crawdads, Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	4.32	9	11
Brian Scott	Winston-Salem Warthogs, Hickory Crawdads	A	4.36	10	8
Russ Herbert	Calgary Cannons	AAA	5.07	9	10
John Ambrose	Birmingham Barons	AA	5.20	9	12
Nelson Cruz	Calgary Cannons	AAA	5.35	10	6

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

Shutout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SHO
Kevin Beirne	Birmingham Barons	AA	1
Nelson Cruz	Calgary Cannons	AAA	1
Juan Figueroa	Bristol White Sox	R	1
Hansel Izquierdo	Hickory Crawdads	A	1
Aaron Myette	Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	1
Mark Roberts	Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	1
Curtis Whitley	Hickory Crawdads	A	1

Strikeout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SO
Hansel Izquierdo	Hickory Crawdads, Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	188
Jason Lakman	Winston-Salem Warthogs, Birmingham Barons	A, AA	177
Kevin Beirne	Birmingham Barons, Calgary Cannons	AA, AAA	159
Aaron Myette	Hickory Crawdads, Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	157
Russ Herbert	Calgary Cannons	AAA	147
Mark Roberts	Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	142
Pat Daneker	Winston-Salem Warthogs, Hickory Crawdads	A	138
Carlos Chantres	Winston-Salem Warthogs, Birmingham Barons	A, AA	135
Jason Olsen	Birmingham Barons	AA	134
Ken Vining	Birmingham Barons	AA	133

Save Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SV
José Bautista	Calgary Cannons	AAA	15
Jake Meyer	Hickory Crawdads, Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	13
David Lundquist	Calgary Cannons, Birmingham Barons	AA, AAA	12
Bryan Ward	Birmingham Barons	AA	12
Brian Schmack	Winston-Salem Warthogs	A	10
Jesús Peña	Birmingham Barons, Winston-Salem Warthogs	A, AA	9
Mike Williams	Bristol White Sox	R	9
Steve Cardona	Hickory Crawdads	A	6
Jose Lopez	Bristol White Sox, Hickory Crawdads	A, R	6
Mitch Wylie	Bristol White Sox	R	6

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