1978 Cleveland Indians Organizational Leaders

1978 Cleveland Indians Minor League Teams, Rosters and Statistics

Hits Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Hits	2B	3B	HR
Dan Briggs	Portland Beavers	AAA	168	42	8	20
Rob Ellis	Portland Beavers	AAA	149	23	10	21
Jerry Dybzinski	Waterloo Indians	A	144	15	2	12
Sal Rende	Chattanooga Lookouts	AA	139	29	4	15
Alfredo Griffin	Portland Beavers	AAA	138	22	10	5
Juan Bonilla	Waterloo Indians	A	137	32	1	13
Donald Hubbard	Waterloo Indians	A	129	23	1	15
Dave Oliver	Portland Beavers	AAA	127	20	6	2
Hugh Yancy	Portland Beavers	AAA	124	19	3	10
Dave Rosello	Portland Beavers	AAA	123	19	9	9
Glenn Wendt	Waterloo Indians	A	123	14	5	7

Batting Average Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Avg.	Hits	AB
Wayne Cage	Portland Beavers	AAA	.368	102	277
Rob Ellis	Portland Beavers	AAA	.333	149	447
Jeffrey Geach	Portland Beavers	AAA	.331	44	133
Dan Briggs	Portland Beavers	AAA	.330	168	509
Ed Goodson	Portland Beavers	AAA	.327	34	104
Ron Hassey	Portland Beavers	AAA	.323	76	235
Dave Oliver	Portland Beavers	AAA	.307	127	414
Kevin Rhomberg	Waterloo Indians, Chattanooga Lookouts	A, AA	.307	99	322
Donald Hubbard	Waterloo Indians	A	.306	129	421
Ed Saavedra	Batavia Trojans, Waterloo Indians	A	.305	81	266

Home Run Leaders

Player	Team	Level	HR
Thomas Anderson	Waterloo Indians, Batavia Trojans	A	22
Rob Ellis	Portland Beavers	AAA	21
Dan Briggs	Portland Beavers	AAA	20
Wayne Cage	Portland Beavers	AAA	18
Donald Hubbard	Waterloo Indians	A	15
Sal Rende	Chattanooga Lookouts	AA	15
Craig Adams	Chattanooga Lookouts, Waterloo Indians	A, AA	13
Juan Bonilla	Waterloo Indians	A	13
Jerry Dybzinski	Waterloo Indians	A	12
Ron Hassey	Portland Beavers	AAA	12
Angelo LoGrande	Waterloo Indians	A	12

Doubles Leaders

Player	Team	Level	2B
Dan Briggs	Portland Beavers	AAA	42
Juan Bonilla	Waterloo Indians	A	32
Sal Rende	Chattanooga Lookouts	AA	29
John Buszka	Waterloo Indians	A	23
Wayne Cage	Portland Beavers	AAA	23
Rob Ellis	Portland Beavers	AAA	23
Donald Hubbard	Waterloo Indians	A	23
Vassie Gardner	Chattanooga Lookouts	AA	22
Alfredo Griffin	Portland Beavers	AAA	22
Tim Norrid	Portland Beavers	AAA	22

Triples Leaders

Player	Team	Level	3B
Rob Ellis	Portland Beavers	AAA	10
Alfredo Griffin	Portland Beavers	AAA	10
Dave Rosello	Portland Beavers	AAA	9
Dan Briggs	Portland Beavers	AAA	8
Lynn Garrett	Chattanooga Lookouts, Waterloo Indians	A, AA	6
Tim Norrid	Portland Beavers	AAA	6
Dave Oliver	Portland Beavers	AAA	6
Luis DeLeon	Chattanooga Lookouts	AA	5
Glenn Wendt	Waterloo Indians	A	5
Vassie Gardner	Chattanooga Lookouts	AA	4
Sal Rende	Chattanooga Lookouts	AA	4
Mike Taylor	Batavia Trojans	A	4

RBI Leaders

Player	Team	Level	RBI
Dan Briggs	Portland Beavers	AAA	109
Rob Ellis	Portland Beavers	AAA	91
Sal Rende	Chattanooga Lookouts	AA	87
Juan Bonilla	Waterloo Indians	A	78
Hugh Yancy	Portland Beavers	AAA	76
Dave Rosello	Portland Beavers	AAA	71
Wayne Cage	Portland Beavers	AAA	69
Glenn Wendt	Waterloo Indians	A	69
Thomas Anderson	Batavia Trojans, Waterloo Indians	A	67
Donald Hubbard	Waterloo Indians	A	67

Wins Leaders

Player	Team	Level	W	L
Eric Wilkins	Portland Beavers	AAA	15	5
Victor Holmstedt	Waterloo Indians	A	15	6
Ronnie Arp	Chattanooga Lookouts, Waterloo Indians	A, AA	14	9
Robin Fuson	Waterloo Indians	A	13	5
Sam Spence	Waterloo Indians	A	13	6
Carl Nicholson	Waterloo Indians, Chattanooga Lookouts	A, AA	12	10
Steve Barr	Portland Beavers	AAA	11	7
Gary Melson	Chattanooga Lookouts, Portland Beavers	AA, AAA	11	8
John Arnold	Chattanooga Lookouts	AA	10	6
Larry Andersen	Portland Beavers	AAA	10	7
Tom Brennan	Portland Beavers	AAA	10	8

ERA Leaders

Player	Team	Level	ERA	W	L
Sam Spence	Waterloo Indians	A	2.38	13	6
John Arnold	Chattanooga Lookouts	AA	2.95	10	6
Victor Holmstedt	Waterloo Indians	A	3.00	15	6
Carl Nicholson	Chattanooga Lookouts, Waterloo Indians	A, AA	3.07	12	10
Ronnie Arp	Waterloo Indians, Chattanooga Lookouts	A, AA	3.19	14	9
Robin Fuson	Waterloo Indians	A	3.19	13	5
Tom Brennan	Portland Beavers	AAA	4.55	10	8
Eric Wilkins	Portland Beavers	AAA	4.56	15	5
Gary Melson	Portland Beavers, Chattanooga Lookouts	AA, AAA	5.72	11	8
Steve Barr	Portland Beavers	AAA	5.77	11	7

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

Shutout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SHO
Robin Fuson	Waterloo Indians	A	3
Nate Puryear	Chattanooga Lookouts	AA	3
Sam Spence	Waterloo Indians	A	3
Eric Wilkins	Portland Beavers	AAA	3
Ronnie Arp	Chattanooga Lookouts, Waterloo Indians	A, AA	2
Victor Holmstedt	Waterloo Indians	A	2
Robert Hussey	Chattanooga Lookouts, Batavia Trojans	A, AA	2
Tom McGough	Chattanooga Lookouts	AA	2
Gerald Stutzriem	Batavia Trojans	A	2
Rick Borchers	Chattanooga Lookouts	AA	1
Todd Heimer	Chattanooga Lookouts	AA	1
Gary Melson	Portland Beavers	AAA	1
Carl Nicholson	Waterloo Indians	A	1
John Teising	Waterloo Indians	A	1
Jesse Wright	Waterloo Indians	A	1

Strikeout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SO
Sam Spence	Waterloo Indians	A	144
Victor Holmstedt	Waterloo Indians	A	139
Eric Wilkins	Portland Beavers	AAA	126
Robin Fuson	Waterloo Indians	A	124
John Teising	Waterloo Indians	A	111
Jesse Wright	Waterloo Indians, Chattanooga Lookouts	A, AA	107
Carl Nicholson	Chattanooga Lookouts, Waterloo Indians	A, AA	100
Tom McGough	Chattanooga Lookouts, Portland Beavers	AA, AAA	91
Todd Heimer	Portland Beavers, Chattanooga Lookouts	AA, AAA	85
Tom Brennan	Portland Beavers	AAA	82

Save Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SV
Larry Andersen	Portland Beavers	AAA	25
Mike Armstrong	Chattanooga Lookouts	AA	7
Gregory Johnson	Waterloo Indians, Chattanooga Lookouts	A, AA	7
Rick Kreuger	Portland Beavers	AAA	7
Jesse Wright	Waterloo Indians, Chattanooga Lookouts	A, AA	7
Steve Narleski	Waterloo Indians	A	6
Dennis DeBarr	Chattanooga Lookouts	AA	4
Gordy Glaser	Batavia Trojans, Chattanooga Lookouts	A, AA	4
David Warnecke	Batavia Trojans, Waterloo Indians	A	4
Lawrence Beck	Batavia Trojans	A	3
John Teising	Waterloo Indians	A	3

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