Here is, finally, the last record book entry for minor league hitters since the 2006 draft.
Using 1,000 at-bats as the minimum, check out the list of the top averages in the minor leagues:
| 1 | Tommy La Stella | Haymarket ’09 | 0.322 |
| 2 | Clint Robinson | Harrisonburg ’05-06 | 0.302 |
| 3 | Jon Jay | Staunton ’04 | 0.301 |
| 4 | John Raynor | New Market ’04 | 0.297 |
| 5 | Yonder Alonso | Luray ’06 | 0.296 |
| Cory Spangenberg | Winchester ’10 | 0.296 | |
| 7 | Tyler Kuhn | Luray ’06-07 | 0.295 |
| Dan Murphy | Luray ’05 | 0.295 | |
| 9 | Collin Cowgill | Covington ’05 | 0.293 |
| Joey Butler | New Market ’06 | 0.293 |
Know what’s fascinating about this list? Tyler Kuhn is the only player to NOT have played in the major leagues! And Tyler, of course, made it to Triple-A, so it’s not like he was far off.
This list may be closer to a “top prospects from the Valley” compilation than anything I could come up with on my own!