1965 New York Yankees Organizational Leaders

1965 New York Yankees Minor League Teams, Rosters and Statistics

Hits Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Hits	2B	3B	HR
Roy White	Columbus Yankees	AA	168	26	14	19
Bobby Murcer	Greensboro Yankees	A	154	30	5	16
Elvio Jiménez	Toledo Mud Hens	AAA	146	23	2	5
Jerry Kenney	Binghamton Triplets	A	135	17	8	3
Chester Trail	Greensboro Yankees	A	135	25	3	22
James Palma	Greensboro Yankees	A	127	16	3	3
Willie Mobley	Greensboro Yankees, Fort Lauderdale Yankees	A	121	10	11	3
Ron Boyer	Greensboro Yankees	A	118	29	3	7
John Miller	Columbus Yankees	AA	118	15	4	10
Mike Ferraro	Columbus Yankees	AA	114	18	2	4
David Truelock	Binghamton Triplets	A	114	17	7	7

Batting Average Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Avg.	Hits	AB
James Alvey	Yankees	R	.371	63	170
Bobby Murcer	Greensboro Yankees	A	.322	154	478
Tom Shopay	Binghamton Triplets	A	.321	70	218
Jerry Kenney	Binghamton Triplets	A	.312	135	433
Tommie Martz	Greensboro Yankees, Columbus Yankees	A, AA	.305	113	370
Horace Clarke	Toledo Mud Hens	AAA	.301	104	345
Roy White	Columbus Yankees	AA	.300	168	560
Bill Roman	Toledo Mud Hens	AAA	.299	79	264
Joseph Freynik	Greensboro Yankees, Johnson City Yankees	A, R	.297	30	101
Elvio Jiménez	Toledo Mud Hens	AAA	.297	146	492

Home Run Leaders

Player	Team	Level	HR
Rich Barry	Columbus Yankees, Greensboro Yankees	A, AA	25
Chester Trail	Greensboro Yankees	A	22
Frank Fernández	Columbus Yankees	AA	21
Roy White	Columbus Yankees	AA	19
Bill Murphy	Binghamton Triplets	A	18
Bobby Murcer	Greensboro Yankees	A	16
Al Otto	Binghamton Triplets	A	15
Roger Repoz	Toledo Mud Hens	AAA	14
Steve Whitaker	Columbus Yankees, Fort Lauderdale Yankees	A, AA	13
Dave McDonald	Greensboro Yankees	A	11

Doubles Leaders

Player	Team	Level	2B
Bobby Murcer	Greensboro Yankees	A	30
Ron Boyer	Greensboro Yankees	A	29
Roy White	Columbus Yankees	AA	26
Chester Trail	Greensboro Yankees	A	25
Elvio Jiménez	Toledo Mud Hens	AAA	23
Stephen Dichter	Greensboro Yankees	A	22
Steve Whitaker	Fort Lauderdale Yankees, Columbus Yankees	A, AA	22
Archie Moore	Toledo Mud Hens	AAA	21
Mickey Harrington	Toledo Mud Hens	AAA	19
Mike Ferraro	Columbus Yankees	AA	18

Triples Leaders

Player	Team	Level	3B
Roy White	Columbus Yankees	AA	14
Willie Mobley	Greensboro Yankees, Fort Lauderdale Yankees	A	11
Jerry Kenney	Binghamton Triplets	A	8
Paul Bruinsma	Johnson City Yankees	R	7
Bob Cantrell	Fort Lauderdale Yankees	A	7
Roger Repoz	Toledo Mud Hens	AAA	7
David Truelock	Binghamton Triplets	A	7
Ron Kirk	Fort Lauderdale Yankees	A	6
Art López	Toledo Mud Hens	AAA	6
Tom Shopay	Binghamton Triplets	A	6
Don Wallace	Toledo Mud Hens	AAA	6

RBI Leaders

Player	Team	Level	RBI
Rich Barry	Greensboro Yankees, Columbus Yankees	A, AA	110
Bobby Murcer	Greensboro Yankees	A	90
Chester Trail	Greensboro Yankees	A	89
Bill Murphy	Binghamton Triplets	A	85
Steve Whitaker	Fort Lauderdale Yankees, Columbus Yankees	A, AA	70
Ron Boyer	Greensboro Yankees	A	65
Al Otto	Binghamton Triplets	A	65
Jerry Kenney	Binghamton Triplets	A	60
Frank Fernández	Columbus Yankees	AA	58
Mickey Harrington	Toledo Mud Hens	AAA	58

Wins Leaders

Player	Team	Level	W	L
Fritz Peterson	Greensboro Yankees, Columbus Yankees	A, AA	16	6
Jack Cullen	Toledo Mud Hens	AAA	14	5
John Schroeppel	Fort Lauderdale Yankees	A	13	1
Martin Willoughby	Fort Lauderdale Yankees	A	13	3
Rich Beck	Columbus Yankees	AA	13	7
Howard Kitt	Binghamton Triplets	A	12	4
Joseph Jeran	Fort Lauderdale Yankees	A	12	6
Thomas Shafer	Toledo Mud Hens, Columbus Yankees	AA, AAA	12	8
Alton Williams	Fort Lauderdale Yankees	A	12	9
Harold Nelson	Binghamton Triplets	A	11	8
George Bechtold	Columbus Yankees	AA	11	9
Teddy Dillard	Greensboro Yankees	A	11	9

ERA Leaders

Player	Team	Level	ERA	W	L
John Schroeppel	Fort Lauderdale Yankees	A	0.88	13	1
Martin Willoughby	Fort Lauderdale Yankees, Greensboro Yankees	A	0.99	13	3
Fritz Peterson	Greensboro Yankees, Columbus Yankees	A, AA	1.81	16	6
Rich Beck	Columbus Yankees	AA	2.60	13	7
Harold Nelson	Binghamton Triplets	A	2.67	11	8
Jack Cullen	Toledo Mud Hens	AAA	2.68	14	5
Alton Williams	Fort Lauderdale Yankees	A	3.37	12	9
Thomas Shafer	Toledo Mud Hens, Columbus Yankees	AA, AAA	3.56	12	8
Howard Kitt	Binghamton Triplets, Toledo Mud Hens	A, AAA	3.71	12	6
George Bechtold	Columbus Yankees	AA	3.78	11	9

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

Shutout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SHO
Fritz Peterson	Greensboro Yankees, Columbus Yankees	A, AA	7
Perry Pappas	Fort Lauderdale Yankees	A	6
Jack Curtis	Toledo Mud Hens	AAA	5
Martin Willoughby	Fort Lauderdale Yankees	A	5
Ernesto Gonzalez	Fort Lauderdale Yankees	A	4
Rich Beck	Columbus Yankees	AA	3
Edward Brown	Binghamton Triplets	A	3
Louis Romanucci	Binghamton Triplets	A	3
John Schroeppel	Fort Lauderdale Yankees	A	3
Thomas Shafer	Columbus Yankees	AA	3
Dooley Womack	Toledo Mud Hens	AAA	3

Strikeout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SO
Harold Nelson	Binghamton Triplets	A	145
Fritz Peterson	Columbus Yankees, Greensboro Yankees	A, AA	145
Cecil Perkins	Columbus Yankees, Greensboro Yankees	A, AA	137
Mike Jurewicz	Columbus Yankees	AA	131
John Schroeppel	Fort Lauderdale Yankees	A	127
Howard Kitt	Toledo Mud Hens, Binghamton Triplets	A, AAA	125
Rich Beck	Columbus Yankees	AA	124
Martin Willoughby	Fort Lauderdale Yankees, Greensboro Yankees	A	123
Thomas Shafer	Columbus Yankees, Toledo Mud Hens	AA, AAA	116
Joseph Jeran	Fort Lauderdale Yankees	A	115

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