1961 Pittsburgh Pirates Organizational Leaders

Hits Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Hits	2B	3B	HR
Gene Michael	Hobbs Pirates	D	166	25	7	5
Roberto Sanchez	Batavia Pirates	D	152	25	7	36
Donn Clendenon	Columbus Jets	AAA	147	26	9	22
Gary Rushing	Asheville Tourists	A	147	30	3	25
Gene Alley	Asheville Tourists	A	144	23	8	14
Rex Johnston	Asheville Tourists	A	143	24	5	18
Duncan Campbell	Columbus Jets, Asheville Tourists	A, AAA	141	31	4	17
Rodolfo Welch	Grand Forks Chiefs	C	141	25	3	19
Ron Brand	Burlington Bees	B	139	18	1	5
Tommie Martz	Hobbs Pirates	D	137	18	5	4

Player	Team	Level	Avg.	Hits	AB
Gene Baker	Batavia Pirates	D	.387	60	155
Tommie Martz	Hobbs Pirates	D	.387	137	354
Don Leppert	Columbus Jets	AAA	.386	44	114
Francisco Coimbre	Hobbs Pirates, Shelby Colonels	D	.362	55	152
Royce McDaniel	Kingsport Pirates	D	.357	87	244
Bill Drabble	Hobbs Pirates	D	.340	36	106
Dave Wissman	Kingsport Pirates, Batavia Pirates	D	.333	91	273
Jerry May	Kingsport Pirates	D	.328	77	235
Gene Michael	Hobbs Pirates	D	.324	166	513
Ron Brand	Burlington Bees	B	.316	139	440
Gilbert Watts	Batavia Pirates	D	.316	129	408

Player	Team	Level	HR
Roberto Sanchez	Batavia Pirates	D	36
Art Blunt	Batavia Pirates	D	35
Gilbert Watts	Batavia Pirates	D	26
Gary Rushing	Asheville Tourists	A	25
Pat Owens	Grand Forks Chiefs	C	24
Donn Clendenon	Columbus Jets	AAA	22
Willie Stargell	Asheville Tourists	A	22
Orlando McFarlane	Asheville Tourists	A	21
Román Mejías	Columbus Jets	AAA	21
Bill Jackson	Burlington Bees	B	20

Player	Team	Level	2B
Duncan Campbell	Columbus Jets, Asheville Tourists	A, AAA	31
Gary Rushing	Asheville Tourists	A	30
Gilbert Watts	Batavia Pirates	D	30
Donn Clendenon	Columbus Jets	AAA	26
Roberto Peña	Burlington Bees	B	26
Larry Elliot	Columbus Jets	AAA	25
Norm Housley	Hobbs Pirates	D	25
Gene Michael	Hobbs Pirates	D	25
Lyle Owens	Hobbs Pirates, Batavia Pirates	D	25
Roberto Sanchez	Batavia Pirates	D	25
Rodolfo Welch	Grand Forks Chiefs	C	25

Player	Team	Level	3B
Norm Housley	Hobbs Pirates	D	11
Donn Clendenon	Columbus Jets	AAA	9
Tommy Rinks	Burlington Bees	B	9
Gene Alley	Asheville Tourists	A	8
Willie Stargell	Asheville Tourists	A	8
Johnny Autry	Shelby Colonels	D	7
Erasmo Felipe	Shelby Colonels	D	7
Gene Michael	Hobbs Pirates	D	7
Vic Ramirez	Burlington Bees	B	7
Roberto Sanchez	Batavia Pirates	D	7

Player	Team	Level	RBI
Roberto Sanchez	Batavia Pirates	D	117
Art Blunt	Batavia Pirates, Burlington Bees	B, D	101
Gary Rushing	Asheville Tourists	A	99
Gilbert Watts	Batavia Pirates	D	99
Norm Housley	Hobbs Pirates	D	94
Pat Owens	Grand Forks Chiefs	C	90
Willie Stargell	Asheville Tourists	A	89
Rodolfo Welch	Grand Forks Chiefs	C	87
Duncan Campbell	Asheville Tourists, Columbus Jets	A, AAA	83
Billy Seibert	Hobbs Pirates	D	83

Player	Team	Level	W	L
James Little	Hobbs Pirates	D	17	3
James Hardison	Asheville Tourists	A	16	2
Tommie Sisk	Asheville Tourists, Columbus Jets	A, AAA	14	6
Bob Veale	Columbus Jets	AAA	14	11
Phillip Andress	Shelby Colonels	D	13	5
Steve Blass	Batavia Pirates	D	13	6
Gary Aldrich	Batavia Pirates	D	12	6
Louis Montagano	Hobbs Pirates, Grand Forks Chiefs	C, D	12	6
Al Jackson	Columbus Jets	AAA	12	7
Gary Waslewski	Hobbs Pirates	D	12	7

Player	Team	Level	ERA	W	L
Bob Veale	Columbus Jets	AAA	2.55	14	11
Gary Aldrich	Batavia Pirates, Burlington Bees	B, D	2.58	12	7
James Hardison	Asheville Tourists	A	2.76	16	2
Al Jackson	Columbus Jets	AAA	2.89	12	7
Phillip Andress	Shelby Colonels	D	3.24	13	5
Steve Blass	Batavia Pirates	D	3.32	13	6
James Little	Hobbs Pirates, Burlington Bees	B, D	3.33	17	3
Louis Montagano	Hobbs Pirates, Grand Forks Chiefs	C, D	3.79	12	6
Tommie Sisk	Asheville Tourists, Columbus Jets	A, AAA	4.06	14	6
Gary Waslewski	Hobbs Pirates	D	4.10	12	7

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

Player	Team	Level	SHO
Bob Veale	Columbus Jets	AAA	4
Steve Blass	Batavia Pirates	D	3
James Little	Hobbs Pirates	D	3
Jim Umbricht	Columbus Jets	AAA	3
Larry Foss	Asheville Tourists	A	2
Don Rowe	Columbus Jets	AAA	2
Tom Sturdivant	Columbus Jets	AAA	2
Red Swanson	Asheville Tourists	A	2
Gary Aldrich	Batavia Pirates	D	1
Phillip Andress	Shelby Colonels	D	1
Frank Bork	Grand Forks Chiefs	C	1
Tom Cheney	Columbus Jets	AAA	1
Phillip Cunningham	Hobbs Pirates	D	1
Earl Francis	Columbus Jets	AAA	1
Douglas Gentry	Grand Forks Chiefs	C	1
Troy Giles	Grand Forks Chiefs	C	1
Thomas Haake	Burlington Bees	B	1
James Hardison	Asheville Tourists	A	1
Bobby Haye	Hobbs Pirates	D	1
Rodger Irvine	Burlington Bees	B	1

Player	Team	Level	SO
Steve Blass	Batavia Pirates	D	227
Bob Veale	Columbus Jets	AAA	208
James Little	Hobbs Pirates	D	190
Al Jackson	Columbus Jets	AAA	166
Miguel Lemoine	Shelby Colonels	D	159
Rodger Irvine	Burlington Bees	B	154
Louis Montagano	Hobbs Pirates, Grand Forks Chiefs	C, D	152
Gary Aldrich	Batavia Pirates	D	143
Gary Waslewski	Hobbs Pirates	D	143
Bill Knoch	Hobbs Pirates	D	134