1961 Minor League Batting Champions Featuring Top Players' Stats
The 1961 Minor League Batting Champions page from the 1962 Famous Sluggers Yearbook features several standout players from various minor league teams. The highest batting average of the group belongs to Domingo Carrasquel from Great Falls, Montana, who played in the Pioneer League with an impressive average of .361. Teolinda Acosta, representing Columbia, South Carolina, achieved a .342 average in the South Atlantic League. Meredith G. Morhardt from Wenatchee, Washington, hit .339 in the Northwest League. Donald Williams, playing for Reno, Nevada, in the California League, had a .364 average. Richard E. Haines, from Des Moines, Iowa, recorded a .355 average in the Three I League, while Jorge Calvo, representing Guanajuato in the Mexican Center League, batted .368. Lou Brock from St. Cloud, Minnesota, in the Northern League, matched Carrasquel's .361. Braxton Bailey, hailing from Panama City, Florida, in the Alabama-Florida League, achieved a .369 average. Finally, Gates Brown from Durham, North Carolina, in the Carolina League, finished with a .324 average.