Let’s move our attention over to the pitchers’ side of things, starting with the best ERAs since the 2004 VBL season:
| 1 | Aaron Cressley | New Market | 2013 | 0.62 |
| 2 | Campbell Scholl | Waynesboro | 2016 | 0.91 |
| 3 | Erne Valdes | Front Royal | 2016 | 1.04 |
| 4 | Daniel Thorpe | Aldie | 2013 | 1.10 |
| Richard Winters | Woodstock | 2013 | 1.10 | |
| 6 | Drew Rucinski | Luray | 2008 | 1.13 |
| 7 | Ben Wade | Covington | 2005 | 1.17 |
| 8 | Robert Gilliam | Luray | 2007 | 1.26 |
| Lance Baxter | Staunton | 2008 | 1.26 | |
| 10 | Dustin Umberger | Luray | 2007 | 1.29 |
Interesting that no pitcher has joined this in the last two years, but 2 of the top 3 came from 2016.
The breakdown:
Major leaguers: Drew Rucinski
Current minor Leaguers: Erne Valdes
Previous minor leaguers: Aaron Cressley, Robert Gilliam, Lance Baxter, Dustin Umberger
Current college players: None
No pro ball: Campbell Scholl, Daniel Thorpe (pitched in Indy Ball in 2014 and 2015), Ricky Winters, Ben Wade
By team:
- Luray- 3
- New Market, Waynesboro, Front Royal, Aldie, Woodstock, Covington, and Staunton- 1
Aaron Cressley was amazing for the Rebels in 2013. In the regular season, he went 4-0, 0.62, with 32 hits, 17 walks, and 37 K’s in 43 innings pitched. He gave up 3 runs, all earned, all season long. Three. And of those 32 hits, 3 were doubles, but he allowed no triples or home runs. Then in the playoffs, he started 2 more games; his stats were like this: 1-1, 0.60, 9 hits, 4 walks, 18 K’s in 15 innings pitched. Two doubles, 0 triples, 0 home runs.
He went on to be drafted in the 26th round of 2014 by the Padres, and pitched in 70 games in three minor league seasons.
