Did you know that TWO former Valley Leaguers (both for New Market, as well) are in the top five ALL-TIME for most consecutive games without allowing a home run in the major leagues?

The list:

1. Greg Minton- 178

2. Brad Ziegler– 163 (Played for New Market in 2000)

3. Dale Murray- 142

4. Javier Lopez– 136 (Played in New Market in 1996)

5. Chad Bradford- 127

Thanks to Joe Posnanski for the list in his substack. If you don’t subscribe to his writing, you should.

According to WAR, Ziegler is the 7th best VBL alum to ever pitch in the majors, and Lopez the 15th best.

(Would love to do a list of top MLBers someday, but today is not that day)