2004 Pittsburgh Pirates Organizational Leaders

2004 Pittsburgh Pirates Minor League Teams, Rosters and Statistics

Hits Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Hits	2B	3B	HR
Nate McLouth	Altoona Curve	AA	166	40	4	8
Jon Benick	Hickory Crawdads	A	160	29	2	32
Rajai Davis	Lynchburg Hillcats	A	160	27	7	5
Brad Eldred	Lynchburg Hillcats, Altoona Curve	A, AA	145	31	1	38
Javier Guzman	Hickory Crawdads	A	144	20	12	2
Chris Duffy	Altoona Curve	AA	140	23	6	8
Chris Truby	Nashville Sounds	AAA	140	41	2	25
Adam Boeve	Hickory Crawdads	A	133	25	2	28
Victor Mercedes	Lynchburg Hillcats	A	132	24	7	8
Nyjer Morgan	Hickory Crawdads	A	131	16	7	4

Batting Average Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Avg.	Hits	AB
Dan Schwartzbauer	Pirates	R	.366	45	123
Alexander Peralta	Pirates	R	.343	37	108
Jeff Keppinger	Altoona Curve	AA	.334	108	323
Jon Benick	Hickory Crawdads	A	.328	160	488
Nate McLouth	Altoona Curve	AA	.322	166	515
Rubén Mateo	Nashville Sounds	AAA	.316	36	114
Rajai Davis	Lynchburg Hillcats	A	.314	160	509
Chris Duffy	Altoona Curve	AA	.309	140	453
Tom Evans	Altoona Curve	AA	.308	37	120
Javier Guzman	Hickory Crawdads	A	.306	144	470

Home Run Leaders

Player	Team	Level	HR
Brad Eldred	Lynchburg Hillcats, Altoona Curve	A, AA	38
Jon Benick	Hickory Crawdads	A	32
Adam Boeve	Hickory Crawdads	A	28
Chris Truby	Nashville Sounds	AAA	25
Ray Sadler	Altoona Curve	AA	20
Josh Bonifay	Altoona Curve	AA	19
Bobby Kingsbury	Hickory Crawdads	A	19
Luke Allen	Nashville Sounds	AAA	17
Carlos Rivera	Nashville Sounds	AAA	17
Yurendell de Caster	Altoona Curve	AA	15
J. R. House	Nashville Sounds	AAA	15
Ronny Paulino	Altoona Curve	AA	15

Doubles Leaders

Player	Team	Level	2B
Chris Truby	Nashville Sounds	AAA	41
Nate McLouth	Altoona Curve	AA	40
Brad Eldred	Lynchburg Hillcats, Altoona Curve	A, AA	31
Brad Rea	Hickory Crawdads	A	31
Jon Benick	Hickory Crawdads	A	29
Jorge Cortes	Altoona Curve, Lynchburg Hillcats	A, AA	28
Rajai Davis	Lynchburg Hillcats	A	27
Adam Boeve	Hickory Crawdads	A	25
Ray Sadler	Altoona Curve	AA	25
Bobby Kingsbury	Hickory Crawdads	A	24
Mike McCuistion	Hickory Crawdads	A	24
Victor Mercedes	Lynchburg Hillcats	A	24
Mike Moriarty	Nashville Sounds, Altoona Curve	AA, AAA	24

Triples Leaders

Player	Team	Level	3B
Rich Thompson	Nashville Sounds	AAA	13
Javier Guzman	Hickory Crawdads	A	12
Rajai Davis	Lynchburg Hillcats	A	7
Victor Mercedes	Lynchburg Hillcats	A	7
Nyjer Morgan	Hickory Crawdads	A	7
Sean Smith	Williamsport Crosscutters, Hickory Crawdads	A	7
Chris Duffy	Altoona Curve	AA	6
Vic Buttler	Lynchburg Hillcats	A	5
Matt Meath	Lynchburg Hillcats, Hickory Crawdads	A	5
Craig Stansberry	Hickory Crawdads	A	5

RBI Leaders

Player	Team	Level	RBI
Brad Eldred	Lynchburg Hillcats, Altoona Curve	A, AA	137
Jon Benick	Hickory Crawdads	A	104
Adam Boeve	Hickory Crawdads	A	92
Chris Truby	Nashville Sounds	AAA	83
Josh Bonifay	Altoona Curve	AA	76
Nate McLouth	Altoona Curve	AA	73
Ray Sadler	Altoona Curve	AA	72
Craig Stansberry	Hickory Crawdads	A	67
Bobby Kingsbury	Hickory Crawdads	A	64
Javier Guzman	Hickory Crawdads	A	63
Ray Navarrete	Altoona Curve, Lynchburg Hillcats	A, AA	63

Wins Leaders

Player	Team	Level	W	L
Zach Duke	Lynchburg Hillcats, Altoona Curve	A, AA	15	6
Bryan Bullington	Altoona Curve	AA	12	7
Nelson Figueroa	Nashville Sounds	AAA	12	8
Josh Shortslef	Hickory Crawdads	A	11	5
Ian Snell	Altoona Curve	AA	11	7
Wardell Starling	Hickory Crawdads	A	11	8
Juan Carlos Oviedo	Hickory Crawdads	A	10	4
Tom Gorzelanny	Lynchburg Hillcats, Hickory Crawdads	A	10	7
Neal McDade	Altoona Curve	AA	8	1
Chris Demaria	Hickory Crawdads	A	8	3
Mike Connolly	Altoona Curve	AA	8	7
Jonathan Albaladejo	Lynchburg Hillcats	A	8	8
Yoann Torrealba	Hickory Crawdads	A	8	8

ERA Leaders

Player	Team	Level	ERA	W	L
Zach Duke	Lynchburg Hillcats, Altoona Curve	A, AA	1.46	15	6
Juan Carlos Oviedo	Hickory Crawdads	A	3.12	10	4
Ian Snell	Altoona Curve	AA	3.16	11	7
Tom Gorzelanny	Hickory Crawdads, Lynchburg Hillcats	A	3.22	10	7
Bryan Bullington	Altoona Curve	AA	4.10	12	7
Wardell Starling	Hickory Crawdads	A	4.11	11	8
Nelson Figueroa	Nashville Sounds	AAA	4.20	12	8
Jonathan Albaladejo	Lynchburg Hillcats	A	4.33	8	8
Josh Shortslef	Hickory Crawdads	A	4.35	11	5

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

Shutout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SHO
Ian Snell	Altoona Curve	AA	2
Jonathan Albaladejo	Lynchburg Hillcats	A	1
Nelson Figueroa	Nashville Sounds	AAA	1
Jairo Asencio	Pirates	R	1

Strikeout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SO
Tom Gorzelanny	Hickory Crawdads, Lynchburg Hillcats	A	167
Zach Duke	Lynchburg Hillcats, Altoona Curve	A, AA	142
Ian Snell	Altoona Curve	AA	142
Juan Carlos Oviedo	Hickory Crawdads	A	140
Nelson Figueroa	Nashville Sounds	AAA	129
Justin Reid	Altoona Curve, Nashville Sounds	AA, AAA	122
Wardell Starling	Hickory Crawdads	A	114
Nick Gravelle	Lynchburg Hillcats	A	109
Josh Sharpless	Hickory Crawdads	A	109
Mike Connolly	Altoona Curve	AA	103
David Williams	Nashville Sounds	AAA	103

Save Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SV
Chris Hernandez	Hickory Crawdads	A	24
Jeff Miller	Altoona Curve	AA	18
Mark Corey	Nashville Sounds	AAA	16
Elio Serrano	Altoona Curve	AA	14
Josh Higgins	Lynchburg Hillcats	A	12
Dustin Craig	Williamsport Crosscutters	A	11
Chris Demaria	Hickory Crawdads	A	10
Marcus Davila	Lynchburg Hillcats	A	8
Blake Stein	Altoona Curve	AA	7
Jason Alcala	Lynchburg Hillcats	A	5
Willis Roberts	Nashville Sounds	AAA	5
Joe Salas	Williamsport Crosscutters, Pirates	A, R	5
Josh Sharpless	Hickory Crawdads	A	5

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