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1970 Minor League Batting Leaders

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Rk Age Tm Lg Lev Aff G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Bobby Valentine 20 SPO PCL AAA LAD 146 691 621 22 211 39 16 14 80 29 10 47 51 .340 .389 .522 .910 324 9 4 10
2 Joe Lis 23 EUG PCL AAA PHI 139 590 487 102 158 24 5 36 107 6 3 89 84 .324 .429 .616 1.045 300 5 2 7
3 Don Baylor 21 ROC IL AAA BAL 140 508 166 34 15 22 .327 .583 296
4 Tom Paciorek 23 SPO PCL AAA LAD 146 616 549 88 179 36 12 17 101 1 0 54 92 .326 .388 .528 .916 290 5 2 6
5 Greg Luzinski 19 REA EL AA PHI 141 570 471 94 153 25 5 33 120 4 3 85 148 .325 .439 .609 1.048 287 12 0 2
6 Roger Freed 24 ROC IL AAA BAL 138 503 168 30 6 24 .334 .561 282
7 Winston Llenas 26 HAW PCL AAA CAL 140 591 542 93 184 25 3 20 108 7 6 35 59 .339 .380 .507 .888 275 5 2 7
8 George Kopacz 29 CLB IL AAA PIT 135 497 154 19 4 29 .310 .539 268
9 Jorge Roque 20 MOD CALL A STL 137 538 165 24 11 19 .307 .498 268
10 Richie Scheinblum 27 WCH AA AAA CLE 133 543 460 79 155 32 3 24 84 4 8 72 54 .337 .424 .576 1.000 265 2 3 6
11 Richie Zisk 21 WBY EL AA PIT 125 512 450 83 133 17 6 34 88 5 1 57 110 .296 .378 .587 .965 264 3 2 0
12 Hal Breeden 26 RMD IL AAA ATL 136 450 132 16 1 37 .293 .580 261
13 Jose Cruz 22 ARK TL AA STL 133 493 148 29 7 21 .300 .515 254
14 Ed Goodson 22 FRE CALL A SFG 127 506 159 28 5 19 .314 .502 254
15 Pete Koegel 22 JCK,POR SOUL,PCL AA-AAA none-MIL 133 524 493 37 137 27 3 27 40 0 0 26 35 .278 .317 .509 .827 251 3 1 1
16 Cliff Johnson 22 RDH,OKC CARL,AA A-AAA none-HOU 124 404 398 12 135 28 1 28 5 0 0 5 5 .339 .349 .626 .975 249 1 0 0
17 George Kazmarek 22 VIS,MEM CALL,TL A-AA NYM 123 469 149 24 3 23 .318 .529 248
18 Luis Melendez 20 TUL AA AAA STL 140 567 507 77 155 34 8 13 71 14 5 51 64 .306 .368 .481 .849 244 2 2 5
19 Doug Griffin 23 HAW PCL AAA CAL 139 613 552 119 180 20 7 9 60 35 8 46 34 .326 .377 .437 .813 241 2 8 5
20 Mickey Rivers 21 ELP TL AA CAL 114 449 154 25 10 14 .343 .537 241
21 Angel Mangual 23 CLB IL AAA PIT 135 509 143 19 9 20 .281 .472 240
22 Arsenio Diaz 24 MEM TL AA NYM 134 497 154 28 4 16 .310 .479 238
23 Adrian Garrett 27 SAN TL AA CHC 128 448 124 21 3 29 .277 .531 238
24 Leroy Stanton 24 TID IL AAA NYM 133 498 151 20 5 19 .303 .478 238
25 John Sipin 23 SLC PCL AAA SDP 135 510 465 74 140 31 3 20 80 9 3 40 75 .301 .355 .510 .865 237 1 0 4
26 Thomas Crichton 20 SJO CALL A KCR 135 472 127 25 9 22 .269 .500 236
27 Bob Montgomery 26 LOU IL AAA BOS 131 487 158 30 3 14 .324 .485 236
28 John Vukovich 22 EUG PCL AAA PHI 138 566 520 58 143 21 3 22 96 7 8 38 81 .275 .323 .454 .777 236 2 0 6
29 Charles Howard 27 WBY EL AA PIT 135 586 489 83 130 30 0 25 85 12 4 88 71 .266 .378 .481 .858 235 3 1 5
30 Tom Johnson 27 ROC IL AAA BAL 138 505 137 31 3 20 .271 .463 234
31 Michael Walseth 22 GRW,SHV WCRS,TL A-AA ATL 129 475 146 24 2 20 .307 .493 234
32 John Milner 20 MEM TL AA NYM 136 461 137 19 8 20 .297 .503 232
33 Rennie Stennett 19 SAL,CLB CARL,IL A-AAA PIT 132 544 178 21 9 5 .327 .426 232
34 Elmore Hill 23 ORL FLOR A MIN 129 514 485 68 133 19 6 22 84 18 3 29 116 .274 .315 .474 .789 230
35 Gene Martin 23 DEN,PFD AA,EL AAA-AA WSH-WSA 118 491 444 64 121 18 3 28 92 0 2 36 113 .273 .332 .516 .848 229 5 3 3
36 Darrell Evans 23 RMD IL AAA ATL 120 447 134 20 7 20 .300 .510 228
37 Albert Thompson 23 PFD,SLC EL,PCL AA-AAA WSA-SDP 128 464 382 79 117 19 4 28 95 7 0 73 81 .306 .422 .597 1.019 228 6 0 3
38 Al Yates 25 LOU IL AAA BOS 131 444 135 20 11 16 .304 .507 225
39 Jose Ortiz 23 TUC PCL AAA CHW 143 662 611 97 188 32 2 0 42 20 6 32 43 .308 .351 .367 .717 224 9 9 1
40 Teolindo Acosta 32 YUC MEX AAA none 140 469 158 26 14 3 .337 .471 221
41 George Greer 23 MOD CALL A STL 115 448 136 16 3 21 .304 .493 221
42 Sonny Johnson 23 BAK CALL A LAD 113 452 158 28 4 9 .350 .489 221
43 Ed Powell 23 RDH CARL A none 137 467 126 19 2 24 .270 .473 221
44 Earl Williams 21 SHV,RMD TL,IL AA-AAA ATL 111 398 123 22 2 24 .309 .555 221
45 Joe Lahoud 23 LOU IL AAA BOS 136 454 136 19 7 17 .300 .485 220
46 Billy Parker 23 ELP TL AA CAL 116 436 125 26 3 21 .287 .505 220
47 Mike Anderson 19 PNS CARL A PHI 118 402 126 19 4 22 .313 .545 219
48 John Felske 28 POR PCL AAA MIL 131 509 432 70 136 25 2 18 75 1 1 64 77 .315 .404 .507 .911 219 5 2 6
49 Dusty Baker 21 RMD IL AAA ATL 118 461 150 29 3 11 .325 .473 218
50 George Hodge 22 SPB WCRS A PHI 111 403 144 25 3 14 .357 .538 217
51 George Kalafatis 26 TOL IL AAA DET 140 468 114 17 1 28 .244 .464 217
52 Juan Beniquez 20 WSM,PAW CARL,EL A-AA BOS 148 587 568 29 149 17 5 13 25 13 2 15 41 .262 .283 .379 .662 215 2 1 1
53 Robert Toney 24 RDH,SHV CARL,TL A-AA none-ATL 130 478 157 32 4 6 .328 .450 215
54 Enos Cabell 20 STK CALL A BAL 138 517 147 25 6 10 .284 .414 214
55 Gomer Hodge 26 SAV SOUL AA CLE 138 506 147 28 6 9 .291 .423 214
56 Tony Torchia 26 PAW EL AA BOS 137 563 492 81 144 29 1 13 68 4 1 62 53 .293 .371 .435 .806 214 2 3 4
57 Dick Sharon 20 SAL CARL A PIT 132 464 118 18 5 22 .254 .457 212
58 Romel Canada 22 BAK,ABQ CALL,TL A-AA LAD 117 389 126 26 4 17 .324 .542 211
59 Chico DeCastris 28 EUG,REA PCL,EL AAA-AA PHI 117 493 437 82 126 19 3 20 60 5 9 44 68 .288 .361 .483 .844 211 7 3 2
60 Willie Montanez 22 EUG PCL AAA PHI 119 492 434 65 120 24 9 16 80 2 1 44 66 .276 .347 .484 .831 210 6 2 6
61 Rich Barry 29 HAW PCL AAA CAL 123 526 435 73 120 27 4 18 85 7 7 79 121 .276 .390 .480 .871 209 6 1 5
62 Randy Elliott 19 LOD CALL A SDP 132 481 135 20 6 14 .281 .435 209
63 Cotton Nash 27 EVN AA AAA MIN 120 446 383 60 97 12 0 33 83 5 2 55 90 .253 .348 .543 .891 208 3 1 4
64 Kurt Bevacqua 23 INA AA AAA CIN 135 527 482 62 126 26 5 15 67 12 9 31 96 .261 .312 .429 .741 207 5 7 2
65 Tony Solaita 23 SYR IL AAA NYY 130 396 122 24 2 19 .308 .523 207
66 Joe Staton 22 LAK FLOR A DET 126 507 462 80 160 22 2 7 59 42 7 45 47 .346 .404 .448 .852 207
67 Rich Coggins 19 DFW,ROC TL,IL AA-AAA BAL 129 481 133 21 11 10 .277 .428 206
68 Guy Eargle 21 LOD CALL A SDP 133 482 124 16 3 20 .257 .427 206
69 Jerry Bond 22 REN,SAV CALL,SOUL A-AA CLE 126 457 120 11 16 14 .263 .449 205
70 Bobby Brooks 24 IWA AA AAA OAK 124 532 447 72 128 28 2 15 60 4 3 82 112 .286 .397 .459 .856 205 0 3 0
71 Gary Moore 25 ABQ TL AA LAD 104 402 132 23 7 12 .328 .510 205
72 Mel Civil 23 WBY EL AA PIT 139 593 489 70 138 25 4 11 69 29 4 88 80 .282 .394 .417 .811 204 5 7 4
73 Ralph Garr 24 RMD IL AAA ATL 98 391 151 26 3 7 .386 .522 204
74 Roger Cain 20 BUR MIDW A OAK 123 416 109 17 4 23 .262 .488 203
75 John Dolinsek 22 CBS SOUL AA HOU 137 469 139 20 10 8 .296 .433 203
76 Pepe Mangual 18 WPB FLOR A MON 124 497 415 73 137 18 18 4 69 15 5 82 87 .330 .441 .489 .930 203
77 Bill McNulty 23 IWA AA AAA OAK 106 444 386 53 114 19 2 22 73 2 2 49 105 .295 .375 .526 .901 203 3 1 5
78 Bobby Pfeil 26 EUG,TID PCL,IL AAA PHI-NYM 133 573 527 55 150 24 4 7 36 4 0 27 27 .285 .323 .385 .708 203 5 10 4
79 Lou Quinn 23 WBY EL AA PIT 118 483 416 76 115 16 0 24 75 6 3 58 99 .276 .368 .488 .856 203 4 2 3
80 Chuck Vinson 26 HAW PCL AAA CAL 134 525 440 80 118 15 2 22 91 4 1 76 96 .268 .381 .461 .842 203 6 0 3
81 Bill Buckner 20 SPO PCL AAA LAD 111 495 465 78 156 33 2 3 74 10 1 21 25 .335 .358 .434 .793 202 0 1 8
82 Ken Reitz 19 SPT FLOR A STL 127 530 513 51 149 33 1 6 75 1 0 17 38 .290 .313 .394 .707 202
83 Roe Skidmore 24 TAC,SAN PCL,TL AAA-AA CHC 130 518 504 23 127 18 3 17 37 0 0 12 32 .252 .268 .401 .669 202 0 0 2
84 Don Cunnigan 24 DNV MIDW A none 119 429 133 25 5 11 .310 .469 201
85 Steve Garvey 21 SPO PCL AAA LAD 95 421 376 71 120 26 5 15 87 13 0 34 51 .319 .376 .535 .911 201 4 1 6
86 Kenneth Huebner 26 ELM EL AA none 135 544 508 61 156 23 5 4 67 5 0 31 15 .307 .346 .396 .741 201 0 3 2
87 Lee Robinson 24 DYB FLOR A LAD 126 511 450 81 138 18 12 7 86 15 8 61 51 .307 .389 .447 .836 201
88 Floyd Wicker 26 POR PCL AAA MIL 116 471 386 69 127 28 2 14 73 8 2 78 84 .329 .441 .521 .962 201 2 2 3
89 Joe Pactwa 22 MAN EL AA NYY 132 507 368 88 105 16 2 25 74 14 5 128 106 .285 .476 .543 1.020 200 8 1 2
90 Bernie Smith 28 POR PCL AAA MIL 98 452 403 75 133 18 5 13 49 11 11 44 46 .330 .398 .496 .894 200 2 2 1
91 Edward Watts 23 DFW,STK TL,CALL AA-A BAL 130 514 142 18 5 10 .276 .389 200
92 George Hendrick 20 BIR,BUR SOUL,MIDW AA-A OAK 108 397 118 21 3 18 .297 .501 199
93 Rafael Robles 22 SLC PCL AAA SDP 143 622 602 63 157 22 4 4 41 5 11 8 58 .261 .273 .331 .603 199 3 6 3
94 George Theodore 23 VIS CALL A NYM 123 454 140 15 1 14 .308 .438 199
95 Brock Davis 26 TAC PCL AAA CHC 133 557 500 77 166 20 6 0 47 17 5 50 48 .332 .390 .396 .786 198 1 1 5
96 Ossie Blanco 24 MOB,TUC SOUL,PCL AA-AAA CHW 99 388 360 33 121 27 5 13 33 2 0 25 23 .336 .379 .547 .926 197 1 0 2
97 Ron Allen 26 TID,MEM IL,TL AAA-AA NYM 127 441 114 19 0 21 .259 .444 196
98 Fred Frazier 19 KIN CARL A NYY 137 528 151 25 1 6 .286 .371 196
99 Gary Matthews 19 FRE CALL A SFG 117 380 106 11 5 23 .279 .516 196
100 Leon Brown 20 STK CALL A BAL 140 572 154 21 4 4 .269 .341 195

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