2000 Minnesota Twins Organizational Leaders

2000 Minnesota Twins Minor League Teams, Rosters and Statistics

Hits Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Hits	2B	3B	HR
Doug Mientkiewicz	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	162	32	3	18
John Barnes	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	161	37	6	13
Ruben Salazar	Fort Myers Miracle	A	155	25	0	11
Mike Ryan	New Britain Rock Cats, Salt Lake Buzz	AA, AAA	135	23	8	11
Luis Rivas	Salt Lake Buzz, New Britain Rock Cats	AA, AAA	132	37	7	6
Michael Cuddyer	New Britain Rock Cats	AA	129	30	8	6
Bobby Kielty	New Britain Rock Cats, Salt Lake Buzz	AA, AAA	126	34	3	14
Brandon Marsters	Fort Myers Miracle	A	126	25	4	7
Kevin Hodge	Fort Myers Miracle	A	125	29	3	10
Michael Restovich	Fort Myers Miracle	A	125	27	9	8
Terry Tiffee	Quad Cities River Bandits	A	125	25	0	7

Batting Average Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Avg.	Hits	AB
Justin Morneau	Twins, Elizabethton Twins	R	.382	83	217
Torii Hunter	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	.368	77	209
Mario Valdez	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	.366	116	317
John Barnes	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	.365	161	441
Javier Valentín	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	.357	50	140
Jay Canizaro	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	.356	36	101
Jeff Smith	New Britain Rock Cats, Salt Lake Buzz	AA, AAA	.348	78	224
Dan DeCola	Elizabethton Twins	R	.338	46	136
James Tomlin	Twins	R	.338	49	145
Doug Mientkiewicz	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	.334	162	485

Home Run Leaders

Player	Team	Level	HR
Brian Buchanan	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	27
Torii Hunter	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	18
Doug Mientkiewicz	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	18
Mario Valdez	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	18
Matt LeCroy	New Britain Rock Cats, Salt Lake Buzz	AA, AAA	15
Eric Sandberg	Quad Cities River Bandits	A	15
Bobby Kielty	New Britain Rock Cats	AA	14
John Barnes	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	13
Mike Moriarty	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	13
Casey Blake	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	12

Doubles Leaders

Player	Team	Level	2B
John Barnes	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	37
Luis Rivas	New Britain Rock Cats, Salt Lake Buzz	AA, AAA	37
Bobby Kielty	New Britain Rock Cats, Salt Lake Buzz	AA, AAA	34
Robin Jennings	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	33
Doug Mientkiewicz	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	32
A. J. Pierzynski	New Britain Rock Cats, Salt Lake Buzz	AA, AAA	31
Michael Cuddyer	New Britain Rock Cats	AA	30
Matt Scanlon	Fort Myers Miracle, Quad Cities River Bandits	A	30
Kevin Hodge	Fort Myers Miracle	A	29
Michael Restovich	Fort Myers Miracle	A	27

Triples Leaders

Player	Team	Level	3B
Michael Restovich	Fort Myers Miracle	A	9
Michael Cuddyer	New Britain Rock Cats	AA	8
Mike Ryan	New Britain Rock Cats	AA	8
Papo Bolivar	New Britain Rock Cats	AA	7
Cleatus Davidson	New Britain Rock Cats	AA	7
Luis Rivas	New Britain Rock Cats, Salt Lake Buzz	AA, AAA	7
John Barnes	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	6
Robin Jennings	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	6
Chad Allen	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	5
Matt Scanlon	Quad Cities River Bandits	A	5

RBI Leaders

Player	Team	Level	RBI
Brian Buchanan	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	103
Doug Mientkiewicz	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	96
John Barnes	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	87
Mario Valdez	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	85
Brandon Marsters	Fort Myers Miracle	A	77
Dustan Mohr	Fort Myers Miracle	A	75
Mike Ryan	Salt Lake Buzz, New Britain Rock Cats	AA, AAA	71
Chad Allen	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	67
Bobby Kielty	New Britain Rock Cats, Salt Lake Buzz	AA, AAA	67
Luis Rivas	Salt Lake Buzz, New Britain Rock Cats	AA, AAA	65

Wins Leaders

Player	Team	Level	W	L
Brad Thomas	Fort Myers Miracle, New Britain Rock Cats	A, AA	12	8
Matt Kinney	New Britain Rock Cats, Salt Lake Buzz	AA, AAA	11	3
Pete Fisher	Fort Myers Miracle, New Britain Rock Cats	A, AA	10	8
Saúl Rivera	Fort Myers Miracle, New Britain Rock Cats	A, AA	9	1
Jason Ryan	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	9	2
Gus Gandarillas	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	9	4
Tim Sturdy	Quad Cities River Bandits	A	9	7
Joe Foote	Quad Cities River Bandits	A	9	8
Dan Perkins	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	9	10
Jeff Randazzo	Quad Cities River Bandits, Twins	A, R	8	3
Grant Balfour	Fort Myers Miracle	A	8	5
Juan Rincón	New Britain Rock Cats, Fort Myers Miracle	A, AA	8	12

ERA Leaders

Player	Team	Level	ERA	W	L
Brad Thomas	Fort Myers Miracle, New Britain Rock Cats	A, AA	2.96	12	8
Tim Sturdy	Quad Cities River Bandits, New Britain Rock Cats	A, AA	3.08	9	8
Matt Kinney	New Britain Rock Cats, Salt Lake Buzz	AA, AAA	3.32	11	3
Juan Rincón	Fort Myers Miracle, New Britain Rock Cats	A, AA	3.49	8	12
Joe Foote	New Britain Rock Cats, Quad Cities River Bandits	A, AA	4.17	9	9
Pete Fisher	Fort Myers Miracle, New Britain Rock Cats	A, AA	4.61	10	8
Dan Perkins	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	7.34	9	10

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

Shutout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SHO
Willie Eyre	Quad Cities River Bandits	A	1
Joe Foote	Quad Cities River Bandits	A	1
Adam Johnson	Fort Myers Miracle	A	1
Mike Lincoln	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	1
Jeff Randazzo	Twins	R	1
Josmir Romero	Elizabethton Twins	R	1
Jason Ryan	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	1
Tim Sturdy	Quad Cities River Bandits	A	1
Brad Thomas	New Britain Rock Cats	AA	1

Strikeout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SO
Matt Kinney	New Britain Rock Cats, Salt Lake Buzz	AA, AAA	152
Juan Rincón	Fort Myers Miracle, New Britain Rock Cats	A, AA	134
Joe Foote	Quad Cities River Bandits, New Britain Rock Cats	A, AA	131
Ryan Mills	New Britain Rock Cats, Quad Cities River Bandits	A, AA	131
Kyle Lohse	New Britain Rock Cats	AA	124
Brad Thomas	New Britain Rock Cats, Fort Myers Miracle	A, AA	123
Matt Carnes	Fort Myers Miracle, New Britain Rock Cats	A, AA	111
Pete Fisher	New Britain Rock Cats, Fort Myers Miracle	A, AA	103
Danny Mota	Fort Myers Miracle, Salt Lake Buzz, New Britain Rock Cats	A, AA, AAA	97
Dan Perkins	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	97
Ken Pumphrey	Fort Myers Miracle, New Britain Rock Cats	A, AA	97

Save Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SV
Brent Stentz	Salt Lake Buzz, New Britain Rock Cats	AA, AAA	20
Juan Padilla	Quad Cities River Bandits	A	16
Micheal Nakamura	Fort Myers Miracle	A	12
Ronnie Corona	Quad Cities River Bandits	A	8
Jack Cressend	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	8
Beau Kemp	Twins, Elizabethton Twins	R	8
Lee Marshall	New Britain Rock Cats	AA	8
Danny Mota	Fort Myers Miracle, New Britain Rock Cats	A, AA	8
Kevin Frederick	Quad Cities River Bandits, Fort Myers Miracle	A	7
Gus Gandarillas	Salt Lake Buzz	AAA	7

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