1998 Toronto Blue Jays Organizational Leaders

1998 Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Teams, Rosters and Statistics

Hits Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Hits	2B	3B	HR
Casey Blake	Dunedin Blue Jays, Knoxville Smokies	A, AA	183	43	7	18
Brent Abernathy	Dunedin Blue Jays	A	159	36	1	3
Pete Tucci	Dunedin Blue Jays, Knoxville Smokies	A, AA	158	37	7	30
Luis Lopez	Knoxville Smokies, Syracuse SkyChiefs	AA, AAA	150	27	1	16
Michael Young	Hagerstown Suns	A	147	33	5	16
Vernon Wells	Hagerstown Suns	A	145	35	2	11
Joe Lawrence	Dunedin Blue Jays	A	140	31	6	11
Andy Thompson	Knoxville Smokies	AA	137	33	2	14
José Herrera	Syracuse SkyChiefs	AAA	129	21	6	12
Pat Lennon	Syracuse SkyChiefs	AAA	127	22	4	27

Batting Average Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Avg.	Hits	AB
Jay Gibbons	Medicine Hat Blue Jays	R	.397	115	290
Casey Blake	Dunedin Blue Jays, Knoxville Smokies	A, AA	.357	183	512
Brent Abernathy	Dunedin Blue Jays	A	.328	159	485
Pete Tucci	Dunedin Blue Jays, Knoxville Smokies	A, AA	.318	158	497
Jorge Nuñez	Medicine Hat Blue Jays, Hagerstown Suns	A, R	.315	105	333
Joe Lawrence	Dunedin Blue Jays	A	.308	140	454
Domingo Estevez	St. Catharines Stompers	A	.306	64	209
Ryan Fleming	Medicine Hat Blue Jays	R	.306	78	255
Luis Lopez	Knoxville Smokies, Syracuse SkyChiefs	AA, AAA	.305	150	491
Tim Giles	Dunedin Blue Jays	A	.303	110	363
Tony Peters	Hagerstown Suns	A	.303	99	327

Home Run Leaders

Player	Team	Level	HR
Pete Tucci	Knoxville Smokies, Dunedin Blue Jays	A, AA	30
Bobby Cripps	Hagerstown Suns	A	29
Pat Lennon	Syracuse SkyChiefs	AAA	27
Kevin Witt	Syracuse SkyChiefs	AAA	23
Jay Gibbons	Medicine Hat Blue Jays	R	19
Casey Blake	Dunedin Blue Jays, Knoxville Smokies	A, AA	18
Tim Giles	Dunedin Blue Jays	A	18
Ben Candelaria	Knoxville Smokies, Syracuse SkyChiefs	AA, AAA	17
Pat Kelly	Syracuse SkyChiefs	AAA	17
Luis Lopez	Knoxville Smokies, Syracuse SkyChiefs	AA, AAA	16
Adam Melhuse	Knoxville Smokies, Syracuse SkyChiefs	AA, AAA	16
Michael Young	Hagerstown Suns	A	16

Doubles Leaders

Player	Team	Level	2B
Casey Blake	Dunedin Blue Jays, Knoxville Smokies	A, AA	43
Pete Tucci	Dunedin Blue Jays, Knoxville Smokies	A, AA	37
Brent Abernathy	Dunedin Blue Jays	A	36
Vernon Wells	Hagerstown Suns	A	35
Andy Thompson	Knoxville Smokies	AA	33
Michael Young	Hagerstown Suns	A	33
Tom Evans	Syracuse SkyChiefs	AAA	32
Joe Lawrence	Dunedin Blue Jays	A	31
Jay Gibbons	Medicine Hat Blue Jays	R	29
Craig Stone	Dunedin Blue Jays	A	29

Triples Leaders

Player	Team	Level	3B
Jorge Nuñez	Medicine Hat Blue Jays	R	11
Will Skett	Dunedin Blue Jays, Knoxville Smokies	A, AA	8
Casey Blake	Knoxville Smokies, Dunedin Blue Jays	A, AA	7
Pete Tucci	Knoxville Smokies, Dunedin Blue Jays	A, AA	7
Domingo Estevez	St. Catharines Stompers	A	6
José Herrera	Syracuse SkyChiefs	AAA	6
Joe Lawrence	Dunedin Blue Jays	A	6
Ben Candelaria	Knoxville Smokies, Syracuse SkyChiefs	AA, AAA	5
Michael Young	Hagerstown Suns	A	5
Pat Lennon	Syracuse SkyChiefs	AAA	4
Tomás Pérez	Syracuse SkyChiefs	AAA	4
Jon Rivers	Knoxville Smokies	AA	4

RBI Leaders

Player	Team	Level	RBI
Pete Tucci	Knoxville Smokies, Dunedin Blue Jays	A, AA	112
Casey Blake	Dunedin Blue Jays, Knoxville Smokies	A, AA	103
Jay Gibbons	Medicine Hat Blue Jays	R	98
Pat Lennon	Syracuse SkyChiefs	AAA	95
Bobby Cripps	Hagerstown Suns	A	88
Luis Lopez	Knoxville Smokies, Syracuse SkyChiefs	AA, AAA	88
Andy Thompson	Knoxville Smokies	AA	88
Michael Young	Hagerstown Suns	A	87
Lorenzo Bagley	Hagerstown Suns	A	75
Greg Morrison	Hagerstown Suns	A	72

Wins Leaders

Player	Team	Level	W	L
Shannon Withem	Syracuse SkyChiefs	AAA	17	5
John Sneed	Hagerstown Suns	A	16	2
Ty Hartshorn	Knoxville Smokies, Dunedin Blue Jays	A, AA	15	6
Billy Koch	Dunedin Blue Jays	A	14	7
Beiker Graterol	Syracuse SkyChiefs, Knoxville Smokies	AA, AAA	14	8
Woody Heath	Hagerstown Suns	A	11	3
Yan LaChapelle	Dunedin Blue Jays	A	11	8
Isabel Giron	Knoxville Smokies, Hagerstown Suns	A, AA	11	10
Chris McBride	Knoxville Smokies	AA	10	5
Clayton Andrews	Hagerstown Suns	A	10	7

ERA Leaders

Player	Team	Level	ERA	W	L
Clayton Andrews	Hagerstown Suns	A	2.28	10	7
John Sneed	Hagerstown Suns	A	2.57	16	2
Isabel Giron	Knoxville Smokies, Hagerstown Suns	A, AA	2.79	11	10
Shannon Withem	Syracuse SkyChiefs	AAA	3.28	17	5
Ty Hartshorn	Dunedin Blue Jays, Knoxville Smokies	A, AA	3.75	15	6
Yan LaChapelle	Dunedin Blue Jays	A	4.00	11	8
Billy Koch	Dunedin Blue Jays, Syracuse SkyChiefs	A, AAA	4.24	14	8
Chris McBride	Knoxville Smokies	AA	4.41	10	5
Beiker Graterol	Knoxville Smokies, Syracuse SkyChiefs	AA, AAA	4.86	14	8

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

Shutout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SHO
Isabel Giron	Hagerstown Suns	A	3
Shannon Withem	Syracuse SkyChiefs	AAA	2
Clayton Andrews	Hagerstown Suns	A	1
Ernie Delgado	Dunedin Blue Jays	A	1
Roy Halladay	Syracuse SkyChiefs	AAA	1
Ty Hartshorn	Dunedin Blue Jays	A	1
Yan LaChapelle	Dunedin Blue Jays	A	1
Clint Lawrence	Dunedin Blue Jays	A	1
Pat Lynch	Medicine Hat Blue Jays	R	1
John Sneed	Hagerstown Suns	A	1

Strikeout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SO
John Sneed	Hagerstown Suns	A	210
Clayton Andrews	Hagerstown Suns	A	193
Isabel Giron	Knoxville Smokies, Hagerstown Suns	A, AA	164
Yan LaChapelle	Dunedin Blue Jays	A	126
Matt McClellan	Hagerstown Suns	A	126
Billy Koch	Dunedin Blue Jays, Syracuse SkyChiefs	A, AAA	117
Sean McClellan	Dunedin Blue Jays, Knoxville Smokies	A, AA	117
Joe Young	Dunedin Blue Jays, Hagerstown Suns, Knoxville Smokies	A, AA	116
Beiker Graterol	Knoxville Smokies, Syracuse SkyChiefs	AA, AAA	114
Shannon Withem	Syracuse SkyChiefs	AAA	113

Save Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SV
Jim Mann	Dunedin Blue Jays	A	25
Jaron Seabury	Hagerstown Suns	A	17
Tom Davey	Knoxville Smokies	AA	16
Bob File	Medicine Hat Blue Jays	R	16
Jarrod Kingrey	St. Catharines Stompers	A	16
Carlos Almánzar	Syracuse SkyChiefs	AAA	10
Sean McClellan	Dunedin Blue Jays, Knoxville Smokies	A, AA	9
Brian Smith	Dunedin Blue Jays, Knoxville Smokies	A, AA	9
Luis Andújar	Syracuse SkyChiefs	AAA	8
Matt Weimer	Hagerstown Suns	A	8

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