Let’s take a look at plate discipline at the game’s highest level:
2006-2019 | |||
1 | Jason Kipnis | Covington ’06-7 | 449 |
2 | Yonder Alonso | Luray ’06 | 366 |
3 | Dan Murphy | Luray ’04-5 | 357 |
4 | Jon Jay | Staunton ’04 | 282 |
5 | Tommy La Stella | Haymarket ’09 | 116 |
6 | Cory Spangenberg | Winchester ’10 | 99 |
7 | Tyler White | Haymarket ’10 | 87 |
8 | Ryan Schimpf | Luray ’08 | 71 |
9 | Collin Cowgill | Covington ’05 | 58 |
Clint Robinson | Harrisonburg ’05-6 | 58 | |
11 | Eric Campbell | Luray ’06 | 53 |
Tyler White joined this list up at 7th, but other than that, the list stayed the same.
All-Time | |||
1 | Steve Finley | Harrisonburg ’85 | 844 |
2 | Mo Vaughn | Harrisonburg ’87 | 725 |
3 | Reggie Sanders | Winchester ’87 | 674 |
4 | John Kruk | New Market ’81 | 649 |
5 | Brett Gardner | New Market ’03-04 | 613 |
6 | Aubrey Huff | Staunton ’97 | 571 |
7 | Johnny Grubb | Charlottesville | 566 |
8 | Mike Lowell | Waynesboro ’93 | 548 |
9 | Juan Pierre | Harrisonburg ’97 | 464 |
10 | Jason Kipnis | Covington ’06-7 | 449 |
11 | Brandon Inge | Waynesboro ’96 | 443 |
12 | Chris Hoiles | Harrisonburg | 435 |
13 | Darren Lewis | Harrisonburg | 403 |
14 | David Eckstein | Harrisonburg ’95-6 | 376 |
15 | Yonder Alonso | Luray ’06 | 366 |
16 | Dan Murphy | Luray ’05 | 357 |
17 | Gene Richards | Harrisonburg | 356 |
18 | Dan Pasqua | New Market ’81 | 335 |
19 | Luke Scott | Staunton | 334 |
20 | Bruce Benedict | Waynesboro ’75 | 328 |
Brett Gardner moved from 7th to 5th, passing Johnny Grubb and Aubrey Huff. Jason Kipnis passed Chris Hoiles and Brandon Inge, and both Dan Murphy and Yonder Alonso passed Bruce Benedict, Luke Scott, Dan Pasqua, and Gene Richards. Nothing like moving from 19th and 20th to 15th and 16th!