Who have been the most valuable pitchers over their major league careers? Take a walk through this memory lane….
| 2006-2017 | |||
| 1 | Will Harris | Staunton ’03 | 5.2 |
| 2 | Chris Devenski | Woodstock ’11 | 4.6 |
| 3 | Chris Perez | Staunton ’04 | 4.4 |
| 4 | Tyler Thornburg | Winchester ’08 | 4.2 |
| 5 | Brandon Beachy | Woodstock ’08 | 3.1 |
| 6 | Chad Kuhl | New Market ’12 | 2.6 |
| 7 | David Carpenter | Covington ’04 | 2.0 |
| 8 | Josh Edgin | Winchester ’07 | 1.7 |
| 9 | Robby Scott | Covington ’10 | 0.8 |
| 10 | Adam Liberatore | Waynesboro ’07-8 | 0.7 |
| Emilio Pagan | Harrisonburg ’10 | 0.7 | |
| 12 | Jack Leathersich | Haymarket ’09 | 0.4 |
| Kyle McGrath | Staunton ’11 | 0.4 |
Pretty interesting list… Staunton has 3 of the spots, Woodstock, Covington and Winchester have 2, and Harrisonburg, Waynesboro, New Market and Haymarket all have 1.
Perez and Beachy are the only pitchers on this list, as well, who are not active. So this might get rearranged rather significantly in 2018, especially as McGrath and Pagan made their MLB debuts in 2017, and were worth quite a bit!
| All-Time | |||
| 1 | Jimmy Key | Winchester ’82 | 49.6 |
| 2 | Rick Honeycutt | Charlottesville ’73 | 22.3 |
| 3 | Roberto Hernandez | Front Royal | 19.0 |
| 4 | Mike Caldwell | Charlottesville ’68 | 18.7 |
| 5 | Brad Ziegler | New Market ’00 | 13.4 |
| 6 | Greg Harris | Front Royal | 13.0 |
| 7 | Mike Adams | Front Royal | 10.3 |
| 8 | Sammy Stewart | Staunton ’74 | 9.6 |
| 9 | Javier Lopez | New Market ’96 | 8.8 |
| 10 | Jon Rauch | Harrisonburg ’98 | 6.5 |
| 11 | Chris Nabholz | Front Royal | 5.6 |
| 12 | Rich Rodriguez | Staunton | 5.3 |
| Greg Hibbard | Staunton | 5.3 | |
| 14 | Will Harris | Staunton ’03 | 5.2 |
| 15 | Bob Patterson | Madison ’81 | 4.8 |
| 16 | Chris Devenski | Woodstock ’11 | 4.6 |
| Chris Perez | Staunton ’04 | 4.4 | |
| 18 | Jeff Tam | Harrisonburg ’92 | 4.3 |
| Jared Burton | New Market ’01 | 4.3 | |
| 20 | Mike Venafro | New Market ’94 | 4.2 |
| Tyler Thornburg | Winchester ’08 | 4.2 |
Four of these guys are active: Ziegler, Harris, Devenski, and Thornburg.
Staunton has 5 spots, Front Royal and New Market each have 4, Winchester, Charlottesville and Harrisonburg have 2, and Madison and Woodstock each have 1.
Next we will turn our attention to the seasonal bests!
