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.
