1962 Pittsburgh Pirates Organizational Leaders

1962 Pittsburgh Pirates Minor League Teams, Rosters and Statistics

Hits Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Hits	2B	3B	HR
Elmo Plaskett	Asheville Tourists	A	170	30	2	27
Bob Bailey	Columbus Jets	AAA	164	31	7	28
Duncan Campbell	Asheville Tourists	A	160	27	7	27
Ron Woods	Kinston Eagles, Batavia Pirates	B, D	146	33	3	21
Felix Santana	Kinston Eagles	B	139	13	8	2
Felix Pizarro	Burlington Bees, Kinston Eagles	B, D	137	22	8	5
Willie Stargell	Columbus Jets	AAA	137	21	8	27
Erasmo Felipe	Kinston Eagles, Burlington Bees	B, D	135	16	7	5
Ed Napoleon	Kinston Eagles	B	134	30	5	8
Mike Derrick	Grand Forks Chiefs	C	127	29	5	11

Batting Average Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Avg.	Hits	AB
Elmo Plaskett	Asheville Tourists	A	.350	170	486
Gilbert Watts	Batavia Pirates	D	.331	104	314
Roberto Peña	Kinston Eagles, Asheville Tourists	A, B	.315	105	333
Pedro Cepeda	Kingsport Pirates	D	.312	59	189
Murray Cook	Batavia Pirates	D	.312	67	215
Duncan Campbell	Asheville Tourists	A	.311	160	515
Orlando McFarlane	Columbus Jets	AAA	.308	95	308
Mike Derrick	Grand Forks Chiefs	C	.306	127	415
Alfonso Martinez	Batavia Pirates	D	.306	114	373
Royce McDaniel	Kinston Eagles	B	.302	79	262

Home Run Leaders

Player	Team	Level	HR
Bob Bailey	Columbus Jets	AAA	28
Duncan Campbell	Asheville Tourists	A	27
Elmo Plaskett	Asheville Tourists	A	27
Willie Stargell	Columbus Jets	AAA	27
Larry Elliot	Columbus Jets	AAA	23
Gary Rushing	Asheville Tourists, Columbus Jets	A, AAA	23
Jerry May	Batavia Pirates	D	21
Gilbert Watts	Batavia Pirates	D	21
Ron Woods	Batavia Pirates	D	21
Pat Owens	Kinston Eagles	B	18

Doubles Leaders

Player	Team	Level	2B
Ron Woods	Kinston Eagles, Batavia Pirates	B, D	33
Bob Bailey	Columbus Jets	AAA	31
Ed Napoleon	Kinston Eagles	B	30
Elmo Plaskett	Asheville Tourists	A	30
Mike Derrick	Grand Forks Chiefs	C	29
Pat Owens	Kinston Eagles	B	29
Duncan Campbell	Asheville Tourists	A	27
Rodolfo Welch	Asheville Tourists, Kinston Eagles	A, B	26
Jim Price	Grand Forks Chiefs	C	25
Alfonso Martinez	Batavia Pirates	D	23

Triples Leaders

Player	Team	Level	3B
Felix Pizarro	Burlington Bees	D	8
Felix Santana	Kinston Eagles	B	8
Willie Stargell	Columbus Jets	AAA	8
Bob Bailey	Columbus Jets	AAA	7
Duncan Campbell	Asheville Tourists	A	7
Erasmo Felipe	Burlington Bees	D	7
Roberto Peña	Kinston Eagles	B	7
José Martínez	Asheville Tourists	A	6
Larry Nichols	Grand Forks Chiefs	C	6
Pat Owens	Kinston Eagles	B	6
Vic Ramirez	Grand Forks Chiefs	C	6
Joe Solimine	Batavia Pirates	D	6

RBI Leaders

Player	Team	Level	RBI
Bob Bailey	Columbus Jets	AAA	108
Elmo Plaskett	Asheville Tourists	A	96
Duncan Campbell	Asheville Tourists	A	94
Ron Woods	Kinston Eagles, Batavia Pirates	B, D	94
Jerry May	Batavia Pirates	D	89
Willie Stargell	Columbus Jets	AAA	82
Jim Price	Grand Forks Chiefs	C	79
Larry Elliot	Columbus Jets	AAA	78
Roberto Sanchez	Columbus Jets, Grand Forks Chiefs	AAA, C	76
Pat Owens	Kinston Eagles	B	75
Felix Pizarro	Burlington Bees, Kinston Eagles	B, D	75

Wins Leaders

Player	Team	Level	W	L
Frank Bork	Kinston Eagles	B	19	7
Troy Giles	Grand Forks Chiefs	C	18	5
Steve Blass	Asheville Tourists, Kinston Eagles	A, B	18	7
Dick Lines	Asheville Tourists	A	14	6
Miguel Lemoine	Kinston Eagles, Batavia Pirates	B, D	14	8
Don Rowe	Columbus Jets	AAA	11	9
Larry Foss	Asheville Tourists	A	10	5
Ron Blackburn	Columbus Jets	AAA	10	6
Bob Priddy	Columbus Jets	AAA	10	6
Ernie Kunkle	Batavia Pirates	D	10	9
Tommie Sisk	Columbus Jets	AAA	10	12

ERA Leaders

Player	Team	Level	ERA	W	L
Troy Giles	Grand Forks Chiefs, Kinston Eagles	B, C	1.89	18	6
Dick Lines	Asheville Tourists	A	2.11	14	6
Frank Bork	Asheville Tourists, Kinston Eagles	A, B	2.18	19	9
Steve Blass	Asheville Tourists, Kinston Eagles	A, B	2.73	18	7
Ron Blackburn	Columbus Jets	AAA	3.10	10	6
Don Rowe	Columbus Jets	AAA	3.52	11	9
Miguel Lemoine	Batavia Pirates, Kinston Eagles	B, D	4.31	14	8
Ernie Kunkle	Batavia Pirates	D	4.41	10	9
Tommie Sisk	Columbus Jets	AAA	4.50	10	12

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Shutout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SHO
Dick Lines	Asheville Tourists	A	9
Steve Blass	Kinston Eagles	B	8
Frank Bork	Kinston Eagles	B	4
Gene Ross	Kingsport Pirates	D	4
Bob Smith	Columbus Jets	AAA	4
Troy Giles	Grand Forks Chiefs	C	3
Ernie Kunkle	Batavia Pirates	D	2
Ken Larsen	Grand Forks Chiefs	C	2
James Little	Kinston Eagles	B	2
Don Rowe	Columbus Jets	AAA	2
Bob Veale	Columbus Jets	AAA	2
Gary Waslewski	Kinston Eagles	B	2
Kenneth Weber	Grand Forks Chiefs	C	2

Strikeout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SO
Steve Blass	Kinston Eagles, Asheville Tourists	A, B	234
Frank Bork	Asheville Tourists, Kinston Eagles	A, B	199
Bob Veale	Columbus Jets	AAA	179
Miguel Lemoine	Kinston Eagles, Batavia Pirates	B, D	167
Ernie Kunkle	Batavia Pirates	D	161
James Little	Kinston Eagles, Asheville Tourists	A, B	141
Rodger Irvine	Asheville Tourists	A	124
John Massey	Grand Forks Chiefs, Burlington Bees, Asheville Tourists	A, C, D	124
Troy Giles	Kinston Eagles, Grand Forks Chiefs	B, C	123
Bob Smith	Columbus Jets	AAA	121

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