We’ll continue on the “Daniel Murphy and Steve Finley Domination Tour” with career major league hits. The Valley League has not produced a hitter with 3,000 hits, but has 16 dudes with 1,000, so…..
| 2006-2018 | |||
| 1 | Dan Murphy | Luray ’05 | 1421 |
| 2 | Jon Jay | Staunton ’04 | 1030 |
| 3 | Jason Kipnis | Covington ’06-7 | 1008 |
| 4 | Yonder Alonso | Luray ’06 | 814 |
| 5 | Cory Spangenberg | Winchester ’10 | 298 |
| 6 | Tommy La Stella | Haymarket ’09 | 219 |
| 7 | Collin Cowgill | Covington ’05 | 161 |
| 8 | Clint Robinson | Harrisonburg ’05-6 | 133 |
| 9 | Tyler White | Haymarket ’10 | 129 |
| 10 | Eric Campbell | Luray ’06 | 97 |
| 11 | Ryan Schimpf | Luray ’08 | 87 |
| 12 | Joey Butler | New Market ’06 | 75 |
Addition: Tyler White hopped on the list.
Changes: Besides White, none; the top 6 stayed exactly the same, even with all of them still active. Jay and Kipnis each topped 1,000 hits in 2018.
| All-Time | |||
| 1 | Steve Finley | Harrisonburg ’85 | 2548 |
| 2 | Juan Pierre | Harrisonburg ’97 | 2217 |
| 3 | Aubrey Huff | Staunton ’97 | 1699 |
| 4 | Reggie Sanders | Winchester ’87 | 1666 |
| 5 | Mo Vaughn | Harrisonburg ’87 | 1620 |
| 6 | Mike Lowell | Waynesboro ’93 | 1619 |
| 7 | Dan Murphy | Luray ’05 | 1421 |
| 8 | David Eckstein | Harrisonburg ’95-6 | 1414 |
| 9 | Brett Gardner | New Market ’03-04 | 1232 |
| 10 | John Kruk | New Market ’81 | 1170 |
| 11 | Brandon Inge | Waynesboro ’96 | 1166 |
| 12 | Johnny Grubb | Charlottesville | 1153 |
| 13 | Jon Jay | Staunton ’04 | 1030 |
| 14 | Gene Richards | Harrisonburg | 1028 |
| 15 | Darren Lewis | Harrisonburg | 1021 |
| 16 | Jason Kipnis | Covington ’06-7 | 1008 |
| 17 | Tom Brookens | Waynesboro | 950 |
| 18 | John Flaherty | Front Royal | 849 |
| 19 | Yonder Alonso | Luray ’06 | 814 |
| 20 | Denny Walling | Waynesboro ’75 | 799 |
Addition: Yonder Alonso joined the all-time list! (He knocked Chad Tracy out.)
Changes:
- Murphy passed David Eckstein
- Gardner passed Johnny Grubb, Brandon Inge, and John Kruk
- Jay passed Tom Brookens, Darren Lewis, and Gene Richards
- Kipnis passed Brookens
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