Our next category in our minor league record book is hits!
First up, the most career hits from 2006-2017…
2006-2017 | |||
1 | Clint Robinson | Harrisonburg ’05-06 | 1123 |
2 | Joey Butler | New Market ’06 | 958 |
3 | Tony Thomas | Harrisonburg ’05 | 814 |
4 | Eric Campbell | Luray ’06 | 762 |
5 | Tyler Kuhn | Luray ’06-07 | 725 |
6 | Ben Guez | Covington ’06 | 722 |
7 | Blake Tekotte | Woodstock ’06 | 707 |
8 | Ryan Schimpf | Luray ’08 | 692 |
9 | Tyler Bortnick | Front Royal ’06 | 684 |
10 | Collin Cowgill | Covington ’05 | 683 |
11 | Brian Bocock | Luray ’04 | 633 |
Rudy Flores | Haymarket ’10 | 633 |
Robinson, Butler, Schimpf, and Flores are still active. If Joey Butler hadn’t gotten hurt in 2017, he probably would have topped 1,000….
Robinson, Butler, Eric Campbell, Blake Tekotte, Ryan Schimpf, Collin Cowgill, and Brian Bocock have all played in the majors.
Here is the “all-time” list…
All-Time | |||
1 | Andy Abad | Harrisonburg ’93 | 1464 |
2 | Alan Cockrell | Staunton | 1322 |
3 | Luis Lopez | Winchester ’92-3 | 1270 |
4 | Jeff Manto | Front Royal | 1253 |
5 | Jim Pankovits | Harrisonburg ’74 | 1156 |
6 | Jon Zuber | Harrisonburg ’91 | 1155 |
7 | Clint Robinson | Harrisonburg ’05-06 | 1123 |
8 | Doug Dascenzo | Front Royal | 1085 |
9 | Andy Barkett | Winchester ’92 | 1075 |
10 | Tommy Murphy | Staunton ’98 | 1060 |
11 | Pat Watkins | Staunton | 977 |
12 | Steve Decker | Front Royal | 975 |
13 | Christopher Carter | Waynesboro ’01 | 969 |
14 | Wes Timmons | Winchester ’98-9 | 966 |
15 | Joey Butler | New Market ’06 | 958 |
16 | Frank Menechino | Harrisonburg ’92 | 957 |
17 | Kevin Reese | Winchester ’98 | 953 |
18 | Jack Voigt | Staunton | 933 |
Emil Brown | Waynesboro ’94 | 933 | |
20 | Danny Godby | Harrisonburg | 898 |
Two players, Clint Robinson and Joey Butler, are on both lists. The next closest active player to the all-time list is Ryan Schimpf, who is over 200 hits away.
