1971 Houston Astros Organizational Leaders

1971 Houston Astros Minor League Teams, Rosters and Statistics

Hits Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Hits	2B	3B	HR
Keith Lampard	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	147	31	5	8
Greg Gross	Columbus Astros	AA	144	14	4	2
John Mason	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	142	18	3	2
Steven Gardner	Sumter Astros, Cocoa Astros	A	139	23	4	9
Derrel Thomas	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	139	22	8	3
John Dolinsek	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	128	24	4	14
Iran Paz	Cocoa Astros	A	126	13	3	0
Ed Armbrister	Columbus Astros	AA	120	21	2	9
Mike Easler	Cocoa Astros	A	115	14	5	11
Jesus de la Rosa	Sumter Astros	A	114	29	3	10

Batting Average Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Avg.	Hits	AB
Keith Lampard	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	.337	147	436
Glenn Adams	Oklahoma City 89ers, Columbus Astros	AA, AAA	.335	81	242
Steven Gardner	Sumter Astros, Cocoa Astros	A	.333	139	418
John Mayberry	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	.324	72	222
Art Gardner	Covington Astros	R	.303	80	264
Ed Armbrister	Columbus Astros	AA	.298	120	403
Mike Easler	Cocoa Astros	A	.293	115	392
John Mason	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	.292	142	487
Greg Gross	Columbus Astros	AA	.291	144	494
Gene Hiser	Sumter Astros	A	.289	33	114
Stan Papi	Cocoa Astros	A	.289	98	339

Home Run Leaders

Player	Team	Level	HR
Larry Mansfield	Columbus Astros	AA	33
John Dolinsek	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	14
Ray Busse	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	13
John McLaren	Sumter Astros	A	13
John Mayberry	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	12
Thomas Wise	Cocoa Astros	A	12
Mike Easler	Cocoa Astros	A	11
Jesus de la Rosa	Sumter Astros	A	10
Ed Armbrister	Columbus Astros	AA	9
Steven Gardner	Sumter Astros	A	9
Gene Hiser	Sumter Astros	A	9
Cliff Johnson	Columbus Astros, Oklahoma City 89ers	AA, AAA	9

Doubles Leaders

Player	Team	Level	2B
Keith Lampard	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	31
Jesus de la Rosa	Sumter Astros	A	29
John Dolinsek	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	24
Steven Gardner	Sumter Astros, Cocoa Astros	A	23
Derrel Thomas	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	22
Ed Armbrister	Columbus Astros	AA	21
Thomas Simon	Cocoa Astros	A	19
Thomas Wise	Cocoa Astros	A	19
John Mason	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	18
Luis Rodriguez	Sumter Astros	A	18
Fernando Tatis	Columbus Astros	AA	18

Triples Leaders

Player	Team	Level	3B
Derrel Thomas	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	8
Thomas Simon	Cocoa Astros	A	7
Rafael Batista	Oklahoma City 89ers, Columbus Astros	AA, AAA	6
Curtis Jordan	Cocoa Astros	A	6
Joel Serna	Sumter Astros	A	6
Ray Busse	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	5
Mike Easler	Cocoa Astros	A	5
Keith Lampard	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	5
Donnie McLaughlin	Cocoa Astros	A	5
Rick Sanderlin	Sumter Astros	A	5

RBI Leaders

Player	Team	Level	RBI
Larry Mansfield	Columbus Astros	AA	75
Keith Lampard	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	71
John Dolinsek	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	70
Jesus de la Rosa	Sumter Astros	A	69
Mike Easler	Cocoa Astros	A	68
Thomas Wise	Cocoa Astros	A	57
Ray Busse	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	54
David Grangaard	Columbus Astros	AA	53
Steven Gardner	Sumter Astros, Cocoa Astros	A	52
Stan Papi	Cocoa Astros	A	52

Wins Leaders

Player	Team	Level	W	L
Carlos Alfonso	Cocoa Astros	A	13	6
Mike Cosgrove	Cocoa Astros	A	13	9
J. R. Richard	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	12	7
Mike Flanagan	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	11	4
James Streleski	Sumter Astros	A	10	6
Roy Bethell	Columbus Astros	AA	10	13
Ronald DeJean	Cocoa Astros	A	9	2
Scipio Spinks	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	9	6
Matt Rosiek	Cocoa Astros	A	9	7
Larry Elenes	Sumter Astros, Columbus Astros	A, AA	9	9

ERA Leaders

Player	Team	Level	ERA	W	L
J. R. Richard	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	2.45	12	7
Carlos Alfonso	Cocoa Astros	A	2.68	13	6
Mike Cosgrove	Cocoa Astros	A	2.72	13	9
Matt Rosiek	Cocoa Astros	A	2.94	9	7
Scipio Spinks	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	3.25	9	6
Mike Flanagan	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	3.38	11	4
Larry Elenes	Sumter Astros, Columbus Astros	A, AA	4.22	9	9
Roy Bethell	Columbus Astros	AA	4.47	10	13
James Streleski	Sumter Astros	A	5.41	10	6

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

Shutout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SHO
Carlos Alfonso	Cocoa Astros	A	5
Daniel Evans	Sumter Astros, Columbus Astros	A, AA	3
J. R. Richard	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	3
Matt Rosiek	Cocoa Astros	A	3
Paul Siebert	Covington Astros	R	3
Mike Cosgrove	Cocoa Astros	A	2
Mike Flanagan	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	2
Tom Griffin	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	2
Bob Renninger	Cocoa Astros	A	2
Russ Rothermel	Columbus Astros	AA	2
Chuck Taylor	Cocoa Astros	A	2

Strikeout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SO
Mike Cosgrove	Cocoa Astros	A	231
J. R. Richard	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	202
Scipio Spinks	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	173
Bill Greif	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	152
Edward Mims	Columbus Astros	AA	149
Roy Bethell	Columbus Astros	AA	145
Don Stratton	Columbus Astros	AA	136
James Streleski	Sumter Astros	A	132
Matt Rosiek	Cocoa Astros	A	122
Larry Yount	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	121

Save Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SV
Erasmo Diaz	Sumter Astros, Cocoa Astros	A	17
Charles Grigsby	Cocoa Astros	A	13
Thomas Lehman	Columbus Astros	AA	7
Buddy Harris	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	6
John Humphrey	Columbus Astros	AA	6
Milton Villalobos	Cocoa Astros	A	6
Mark Schaeffer	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	5
Secundino Almonte	Columbus Astros, Oklahoma City 89ers	AA, AAA	4
Byron Dismukes	Cocoa Astros	A	4
Oscar Zamora	Oklahoma City 89ers	AAA	4

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