Expanded League Record Book: ERA

We now turn our attention to the pitchers. Here are the 20 top ERA’s turned in by a Valley League pitcher, regular season and playoffs combined, between the years of 1994 and 2019!

1	BJ Benik	Front Royal	2000	0.50
2	Mark Cisar	New Market	1997	0.54
3	Aaron Cressley	New Market	2013	0.62
4	Saul Rivera	New Market	1997	0.69
5	Campbell Scholl	Waynesboro	2016	0.91
6	Erne Valdes	Front Royal	2016	1.04
7	Taylor Cobb	Staunton	2002	1.06
8	Daniel Thorpe	Aldie	2013	1.10
	Richard Winters	Woodstock	2013	1.10
10	Will Brinson	New Market	2000	1.12
11	Drew Rucinski	Luray	2008	1.13
12	Ben Wade	Covington	2005	1.17
13	Billy Brian	Staunton	2000	1.25
14	Robert Gilliam	Luray	2007	1.26
	Lance Baxter	Staunton	2008	1.26
16	Dustin Umberger	Luray	2007	1.29
17	Corey Coles	Covington	2002	1.30
	Carlos Guevara	Covington	2002	1.30
	EJ Shanks	Harrisonburg	2002	1.30
20	Adam Liberatore	Waynesboro	2008	1.36

Notes

• New Market has four entries on this list; Staunton, Luray, and Covington have three; Front Royal and Waynesboro have two, and Aldie, Woodstock, and Harrisonburg have one. Purcellville, Charlottesville, Strasburg, and Winchester have none.
• Four of these guys played in the major leagues- Rivera, Rucinski, Guevara, and Liberatore.
• Ten of them played in the minors- Benik, Cisar, Cressley, Valdes, Brian, Gilliam, Baxter, Umberger, Coles (as a hitter), and Shanks.
• The rest did not play pro ball, except for Thorpe, who pitched in Independent ball.
• The 1997 New Market team has #2 and #4 on this list, but the team “only” went 23-17 in the regular season. The team’s 3.40 ERA was second in the league behind Staunton’s 3.17.
• The 2002 Covington Lumberjacks has two on this list, too- two guys tied at #17. Weirdly, the Jacks’ 3.23 team ERA didn’t even finish in the top half of the league that year… but the team went 30-18, finishing first.
• Next up is wins.