Today we’ll take a look at the most minor league home runs in a career:
| 2006-2019 | |||
| 1 | Clint Robinson | Harrisonburg ’05-06 | 159 |
| 2 | Ryan Schimpf | Luray ’08 | 150 |
| 3 | Rudy Flores | Haymarket ’10 | 112 |
| 4 | Ryan McBroom | Haymarket ’10-1 | 102 |
| 5 | Jacob Wilson | Luray ’09 | 100 |
| 6 | Mac Williamson | Harrisonburg ’11 | 97 |
| 7 | Collin Cowgill | Covington ’05 | 94 |
| 8 | Joey Butler | New Market ’06 | 92 |
| 9 | Tyler White | Haymarket ’10 | 87 |
| 10 | Tony Thomas | Harrisonburg ’05 | 84 |
| Ben Guez | Covington ’06 | 84 | |
| 12 | Blake Tekotte | Woodstock ’06 | 83 |
| 13 | Eric Campbell | Luray ’06 | 77 |
| 14 | Rebel Ridling | Covington ’06 | 76 |
| 15 | Jon Griffin | Luray ’10 | 71 |
| 16 | AJ Kirby-Jones | Waynesboro ’09 | 64 |
With the new ball in Triple-A in 2019 (which almost doubled home runs at that level!), this list has been changed quite a bit.
- Eric Campbell joined at 13th
- Ryan McBroom moved from tied for 12th all the way up to 4th
- Jacob Wilson moved from 7th to 5th
- Mac Williamson actually passed one player (Joey Butler), but fell one spot
- Collin Cowgill moved from 11th to 7th
McBroom, Cowgill, and Campbell are all still active. (And Tyler White, too, but he’s mostly a major leaguer now.)
| All-Time | |||
| 1 | Jeff Manto | Front Royal | 243 |
| 2 | Joe Koshansky | Staunton ’02-03 | 186 |
| 3 | Clint Robinson | Harrisonburg ’05-06 | 159 |
| 4 | Ryan Shealy | Harrisonburg ’99 | 158 |
| 5 | Andy Abad | Harrisonburg ’93 | 157 |
| 6 | Ryan Schimpf | Luray ’08 | 150 |
| 7 | Christopher Carter | Waynesboro ’01 | 146 |
| 8 | Alan Cockrell | Staunton | 141 |
| 9 | Erik Kratz | Way,Harr ’00-01 | 134 |
| 10 | Luke Scott | Staunton | 125 |
| 11 | Stephen Smitherman | Winchester ’98-9 | 114 |
| 12 | Rudy Flores | Haymarket ’10 | 112 |
| 13 | Jack Voigt | Staunton | 111 |
| 14 | Darrell Whitmore | Front Royal | 106 |
| 15 | Ryan McBroom | Haymarket ’11-12 | 102 |
| 16 | Steve Decker | Front Royal | 101 |
| 17 | Dan Pasqua | New Market ’81 | 100 |
| Nick Stavinoha | Front Royal ’03 | 100 | |
| Jacob Wilson | Luray ’09 | 100 | |
| 20 | Larry Sheets | Staunton | 99 |
| Luis Lopez | Winchester ’92-3 | 99 |
With Wilson and McBroom joining this list with 100 or more home runs, future hitters will have to hit at least 99 to join (Pat Watkins, with 95, dropped off).
By the way, Erik Kratz is still active up there at 9th.
Next up: RBIs!
Erik Kratz
Clint Robinson
