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Some career stats!

BASE HITS
1st – Pablo Sanchez – 4,476 – retired just a couple of years ago, playing until his age 45 season
2nd – Victorino Sanchez (HOF) – 4,083
3rd – Dale Wales (HOF) – 3,673
4th – Cristo Ramirez (HOF) – 3,625 – part of that was first great Loggers team c.2000 that never won anything thanks to the Titans being even greater
5th – Jeffery Brown (HOF) – 3,582 – with the Capitals during the time we met in three straight World Series, 1991-1993
6th – Sonny Reece (HOF) – 3,294 – still the only guy to hit two Game 7 walkoffs in the same season (for the Thunder)
7th – Guillermo Obando – 3,288 – active, sitting on the Falcons bench at age 42
8th – Antonio Esquivel (HOF) – 3,263
9th – Martin Ortíz (HOF) – 3,220 – half of the Crusaders’ Martin Brothers, who were not actually brothers
10th – Alberto Rodriguez (HOF) – 3,172

Cosmo Trevino is the player with the third-most hits among active players! He sits 27th on the list with 2,852 – only CIN Danny Santillano (3,108), who is 11th overall, is ahead of him in addition to Obando. The highest-ranking player that was actually a Raccoon is Yoshi Nomura, 13th with 3,050 hits, followed by Ron Alston (t-18th, 2,933) and Juan Barrón (21st, 2,937). All three are in the Hall of Fame, but only Yoshi went in with the brown hat.

HOME RUNS
1st – Ron Alston (HOF) – 475 – spent a few seasons with the Raccoons, but went into the Hall as an Arrowhead
2nd – Danny Santillano – 422 – active at age 36, and it looks like only a broken neck can stop him from beating Alston to the throne
3rd – Raúl Vazquez (HOF) – 416 – was also prominently on the Indians, but made the Hall as Rebel
4th – Gil Rockwell (HOF) – 412 – finished his career with the Raccoons, hitting 19 homers in his final season (2022) with the Critters
5th – Dan Morris (HOF) – 408
6th – Shane Sanks – 379 – the disgusting skunk weasel is not yet eligible for the HOF and I won’t vote for him either!!
7th – Martin Ortíz (HOF) – 377 – still not related to Stanton Martin
8th – Mike Rucker – 376 – also an Indian, mostly, and the highest-ranking player on the list that didn’t make the HOF
9th – Will Bailey (HOF) – 375
10th – Stanley Murphy (HOF) – 371 – hit 22 home runs in a year and a half with the Coons, doing what all certified sluggers do with Portland… nothing.

Tied for 16th is Hugo “Tiger” Mendoza, another one of our love-hate-but-mostly-hate relationships with big bat imports. He hit 336 bombs in his career, 144 of those with the Coons, but went into the Hall as a Star. Don’t get me started on R.J. DeWeese (t-24th, 318). There is no other active player even remotely near the 300 mark, with bit player Graciano Salto sitting on 233 home runs, soon to be passed by Dan Schneller (231).

RUNS BATTED IN
1st – Will Bailey (HOF) – 1,714
2nd – Pablo Sanchez – 1,688
3rd – Martin Ortíz (HOF) – 1,670 – Stanton Martin called, they’re really not related
4th – Ron Alston (HOF) – 1,598
5th – Danny Santillano – 1,596 – active and eyeing that top spot, too
6th – Bakile Hiwalani (HOF) – 1,592 – also part of that c.2000 Loggers dynasty that was no dynasty for a lack of hardware
7th – Dan Morris (HOF) – 1,578
8th – Dale Wales (HOF) – 1,557
9th – Dennis Berman (HOF) – 1,551
10th – Jeffery Brown (HOF) – 1,545

There is quite some overlap with the homer list here; Stanley Murphy is 11th with 1,533 RBI, Hugo Mendoza is 28th with 1,327. Santillano aside, the next-highest active player is t-66th Danny Cruz with 1,130 RBI.

STOLEN BASES
1st – Pablo Sanchez – 721
2nd – Enrique Trevino – 694 – Cosmo is still trying to clamber up there
3rd – Guillermo Obando – 685 – old age has rendered him unable to steal any more bases
4th – Alberto Ramos – 676 – his fat *** has rendered him unable to steal any more bases
5th – Oscar Mendoza – 494 – also still active, age 35, but also reduced to bench duties at this point
6th – Moromao Hino – 485 – the top player on the list that actually already was on a Hall of Fame ballot… and didn’t get elected
7th – Diego Rodriguez (HOF) – 460
8th – Martin Ortíz (HOF) – 457 – is this getting old?
9th – Alex Torres – 445
10th – Chance Bossert – 437 – another active player, career Blue Sox, and 34 years old

Cookie Carmona, as mentioned a bit ago, dropped out of the top 10 thanks to Bossert and is now 11th with 482 bases. In 20th place is Alex Majano (361), who was briefly a Raccoon a few years back.

WINS
1st – Tony Hamlyn (HOF) – 308 – with all these great all-time Indians, how do the Titans, Crusaders, Raccoons, and damn Elks (in roughly that order) have all the trophies?
2nd – Martin Garcia (HOF) – 292 – Loggers ace that was just unbeatable on those c.2000 Loggers
3rd – Aaron Anderson (HOF) – 286
4th – Woody Roberts (HOF) – 279
t-5th – Juan Correa (HOF) – 272 – “Mauler” Correa won 11 games with the 1990 Raccoons, his final season in the majors
t-5th – Craig Hansen (HOF) – 272
7th – Jose Lerma – 269 – active, but unemployed, going 9-15 with the 2041 Condors at age 42
8th – Bastyao Caixinha (HOF) – 262 – in the Hall as Pacific despite spending more time with the Falcons
9th – Javier Cruz (HOF) – 256
10th – Brad Smith (HOF) – 254

The franchise’s biggest folly (or at least in the top 3), Dennis Fried, is 16th with 240 wins. Kisho Saito won 238 (t-18th), Nick Brown (225) sits 24th, while Jonny Toner is down in 70th place with 183 wins thanks to a brief if furious career. All of them are in the Hall of Fame, one of them as a Blue Sock. Tops among actives that are actually on a major league roster Phil Harrington with 219 wins (tied with Randy Farley!). The former Wolves ace missed all of ’41 on the DL, and is now the Condors closer.

STRIKEOUTS
1st – Tony Hamlyn (HOF) – 3,952
2nd – Jose Lerma – 3,844
3rd – Martin Garcia (HOF) – 3,783
4th – Rod Taylor (HOF) – 3,473 – Elks ace in the 2000s/2010s, but I never really hate on the great players… only the Ted Del Vecchios.
5th – Brad Smith (HOF) – 3,411
6th – Woody Roberts (HOF) – 3,313
7th – Pancho Trevino (HOF) – 3,238
8th – Aaron Anderson (HOF) – 3,225
9th – Carlos Castro (HOF) – 3,198
10th – Nick Brown (HOF) – 3,166 – BROWNIE!!

Brownie ekes out fellow Hall resident Javier Cruz by two whiffs for 10th place. Depending on how long Phil Harrington will continue to close before retirement, he won’t hold on much longer. Harrington is up to 13th with 3,074 K. In 18th and 19th are Mark Roberts and Matt Huf with 2,859 and 2,848 K respectively. The latter was in the package with which the Raccoons acquired the former as the ace for a team that amounted to rings in 2026 and 2028. Neither are yet eligible for the HOF ballot. 21st is held by Kisho Saito with 2,800 strikeouts exactly, ahead of Kel Yates with 2,773. Kisho is of course in the Hall, but Kel is not. Name-dropped recently but a Raccoons only in passing, “Bam Bam” Movonda is 26th with 2,663. Jonny Toner’s surge was derailed at 2,549 K, good for 31st place.

ERA (while trying to filter out pitchers that spent most of their career as closers)
1st – Phil Harrington – 2.104
2nd – Juan Correa (HOF) – 2.436
3rd – Salah Brunet – 2.488 – was already 33 years old when the ABL started play, but pitched a no-hitter in the brief time he had. Pitched just over the 810 IP required for this list
4th – Tony Hamlyn (HOF) – 2.627
5th – Ralph Hoyles – 2.821 – was also over 30 in the inaugural season, but pitched 1,917 innings anyway, mostly for the Thunder
6th – Curtis Tobitt (HOF) – 2.822 – another Indians great.
7th – Joe Ellis – 2.824 – Falcons starter from the inaugural season that pitched until ’92 and was somehow snuffed by the Secret Ninja Committee for Hall of Fame induction
8th – Nick Brown (HOF) – 2.888 – BROWNIE!!
9th – Jonathan Toner (HOF) – 2.892 – JONNY TONER!!
10th – Matt Sealock – 2.901 – the current ace of the damn Elks, or maybe co-ace with Eric Weitz.

Bob “Butcher” Haines has a career 2.702 ERA, but falls foul of the “most of the career as closers” part, but he DID pitch a no-hitter as a starter.

SAVES
1st – Andres Ramirez (HOF) – 770 – you know, it was him or Daniel Hall for the Raccoons in the first ever draft in 1977, and we took Daniel Hall. Still not regretting it!
2nd – Angel Casas (HOF) – 641 – Raccoons Hall of Famer #1 on this list
3rd – Pedro Alvarado (HOF) – 624
4th – Lawson Steward (HOF) – 593
5th – Grant West (HOF) – 522 – Raccoons Hall of Famer #2 on this list, and ONE reason we didn’t regret not picking Andres Ramirez
6th – Jim Durden – 519 – more Indians stars on these lists, and not even in the Hall of Fame
7th – Salvadaro Soure (HOF) – 499 – could have been Raccoons Hall of Famer #3 on this list, but was traded as prospect for Ramiro Cavazos. Who?
8th – William Henderson – 498
9th – Rick Evans – 496
10th – Robbie Wills (HOF) – 489

Before long there should be Josh Boles (11th, 482) on this list, and he might make the Hall of Fame too, but probably not as a Critter. Also, he is with the damn Elks right now, so I am contractually obligated to root against him as hard as I can. 38th with 355 saves is Dan Nordahl, who was utter frustration as a Raccoon, but became a fringe Hall of Famer with the Warriors.