Our next category of our major league record book is career home runs.
Let’s take a look:
2006-2017 | |||
1 | Dan Murphy | Luray ’05 | 110 |
2 | Jason Kipnis | Covington ’06-7 | 88 |
3 | Yonder Alonso | Luray ’06 | 67 |
4 | Ryan Schimpf | Luray ’08 | 34 |
5 | Jon Jay | Staunton ’04 | 33 |
6 | Cory Spangenberg | Winchester ’10 | 20 |
7 | Clint Robinson | Harrisonburg ’05-6 | 15 |
8 | Collin Cowgill | Covington ’05 | 12 |
9 | Tyler White | Haymarket ’10 | 11 |
10 | Tommy La Stella | Haymarket ’09 | 9 |
Mac Williamson | Harrisonburg ’11 | 9 | |
12 | Joey Butler | New Market ’06 | 8 |
13 | Eric Campbell | Luray ’06 | 7 |
There’s Dan Murphy heading up the recent list once again. Jason Kipnis is closing, though, and Yonder Alonso hit 28 in 2017… putting himself in the mix in the future.
History?
All-Time | |||
1 | Mo Vaughn | Harrisonburg ’87 | 328 |
2 | Reggie Sanders | Winchester ’87 | 305 |
3 | Steve Finley | Harrisonburg ’85 | 304 |
4 | Aubrey Huff | Staunton ’97 | 242 |
5 | Mike Lowell | Waynesboro ’93 | 223 |
6 | Brandon Inge | Waynesboro ’96 | 152 |
7 | Chris Hoiles | Harrisonburg | 151 |
8 | Luke Scott | Staunton | 135 |
9 | Dan Pasqua | New Market ’81 | 117 |
10 | Dan Murphy | Luray ’05 | 110 |
11 | John Kruk | New Market ’81 | 100 |
12 | Johnny Grubb | Charlottesville | 99 |
13 | Jason Kipnis | Covington ’06-7 | 88 |
14 | Kevin Kouzmanoff | Winchester ’02 | 87 |
15 | Chad Tracy | Staunton ’99 | 86 |
16 | Brett Gardner | New Market ’03-04 | 84 |
17 | John Flaherty | Front Royal | 80 |
18 | Tom Brookens | Waynesboro | 71 |
19 | Yonder Alonso | Luray ’06 | 67 |
20 | Gaby Sanchez | Staunton ’03 | 61 |
21 | Emil Brown | Waynesboro ’94 | 59 |
Jason Michaels | Staunton ’95 | 59 |
Three former VBLers have hit 300+ home runs in the major leagues, and 11 have hit more than 100.