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Some career stats! The list was compiled from the one made about 25 years ago, and some categories have barely changed.

There was no single-season list but I might whip that up later. But three days in, and I still have the urge to play as much Civ 7 as I can before being struck by Monday

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BASE HITS
1st – Pablo Sanchez (HOF) – 4,476 – played 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 – Danny Santillano (HOF) – 3,451
7th – Guillermo Obando (HOF) – 3,304
8th – Sonny Reece (HOF) – 3,294 – still the only guy to hit two Game 7 walkoffs in the same season (for the Thunder)
9th – Antonio Esquivel (HOF) – 3,263
10th – Martin Ortíz (HOF) – 3,220 – half of the Crusaders’ Martin Brothers, who were not actually brothers

The highest-ranking player that was actually a Raccoon is Cosmo Trevino in 13th place with 3,060 hits, just ahead of Yoshi Nomura, 15th with 3,050 hits. The active leader is Victor Corrales with 2,816 hits, sitting in 35th place.

HOME RUNS
1st – Eddie Moreno – 478 – was on the HOF ballot for the first time last year, but was not elected (yet)
2nd – Ron Alston (HOF) – 475 – spent a few seasons with the Raccoons, but went into the Hall as an Arrowhead
3rd – Danny Santillano (HOF) – 457
4th – Raúl Vazquez (HOF) – 416 – was also prominently on the Indians, but made the Hall as Rebel
5th – Ivan Villa – 414 – HOF ballot eligible for the first time this winter
6th – Gil Rockwell (HOF) – 412 – finished his career with the Raccoons, hitting 19 homers in his final season (2022) with the Critters
7th – Dan Morris (HOF) – 408
8th – Shane Sanks (HOF) – 379
9th – Martin Ortíz (HOF) – 377 – still not related to Stanton Martin
10th – Mike Rucker – 376

The active leader is Zach Suggs, 15th with 368 homers. The highest-ranking player with a longer Critters tenure than Ron Alston is t-22nd with 336 homers, Hugo “Tiger” Mendoza.

RUNS BATTED IN
1st – Danny Santillano (HOF) – 1,755
2nd – Will Bailey (HOF) – 1,714
3rd – Eddie Moreno – 1,704
4th – Pablo Sanchez – 1,688
5th – Martin Ortíz (HOF) – 1,670 – Stanton Martin called, they’re really not related
6th – Ron Alston (HOF) – 1,598
7th – Bakile Hiwalani (HOF) – 1,592 – also part of that c.2000 Loggers dynasty that was no dynasty for a lack of hardware
8th – Danny Rivera – 1,585 – also did not get elected on his first HOF ballot last winter
9th – Dan Morris (HOF) – 1,578
10th – Victor Corrales (active) – 1,574

No surprise that there are no other long-term Raccoons anywhere near the top here. We just went over how we’re only CL runs scored champs for the second time ever.

STOLEN BASES
1st – Lorenzo Lavorano – 752 – the goodest boy, and I will totally shove him down the Hall of Fame’s throat one day!
2nd – Pablo Sanchez (HOF) – 721
3rd – Enrique Trevino (HOF) – 708
4th – Guillermo Obando (HOF) – 686
5th – Alberto Ramos (HOF) – 677 – the Raccoons’ goodest boy shortstop prior to the other goodest boy shortstop
6th – Alex Vasquez (active) – 669
7th – Omar Sanchez (active) – 657
8th – Rich de Luna – 570
9th – Danny Ceballos (active) – 534
10th – Chris Navarro – 516 – too recently retired to make the HOF ballot

This is the category with the most upheaval, with only the four Hall of Famers remaining from the top 10 of 25 years ago. Lonzo stormed all the way to the top, while the three active players in the top 10 are all well over 30 and the only one not making disturbing fizzling noises already is Sanchez, who stole 33 bases this year as a 35-year-old shortstop. I know the type.

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 (HOF) – 270
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

This list is literally unchanged except for Jose Lerma picking up one final win compared to back then. Even this franchise’s biggest folly (or at least in the top 3), Dennis Fried, is *still* 16th with 240 wins and Kisho Saito remains t-18th with 238 wins. Very mild movement further down as Nick Brown (225) lost two spots in 25 years down to 26th, one of them to the active wins leader Kodai Koga, who got up to 22nd with 230 wins this year as a 40-year-old. Koga triggered the vesting option in his contract for another go at it at 41, though. Next guy down the line would be the Crusaders’ Ben Seiter with 208 wins. He’ll be 35 in May and he has a 9-year streak going of winning 15+ games.

STRIKEOUTS
1st – Tony Hamlyn (HOF) – 3,952
2nd – Jose Lerma (HOF) – 3,848
3rd – Martin Garcia (HOF) – 3,783
4th – Mike McCaffrey – 3,535 – too recently retired to be on the HOF ballot, and never pitched in the CL so he never really showed up on our radar
5th – 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.
6th – Brad Smith (HOF) – 3,411
7th – Woody Roberts (HOF) – 3,313
8th – Pancho Trevino (HOF) – 3,238
9th – Aaron Anderson (HOF) – 3,225
10th – Carlos Castro (HOF) – 3,198

McCaffrey knocked Brownie (3,166) out of the top 10. The best 11th-round left-hander ever is still 11th all-time. The active leaders are unsurprisingly Kodai Koga (36th, 2,520 K) and Ben Seiter (44th, 2,463 K).

ERA (while trying to filter out pitchers that spent most of their career as closers)
1st – Phil Harrington (HOF) – 2.143
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 – Mike DeWitt (active) – 2.674 – just 952 ABL innings so far, but the Indian has won two ERA titles in his four qualifying seasons, so we’ll give him the benefit of the doubt
6th – Gary Perrone (HOF) – 2.693
7th – Ricardo Montoya (active) – 2.714 – career Warriors starter that just won his third FL ERA title
8th – Kennedy Adkins – 2.715 – too recently retired for HOF consideration so far
9th – Jason Brenize (active) – 2.719 – Titans stud that just took home his second CL ERA title and would be way higher up the list if he hadn’t been rushed to the majors for two-and-a-half years of floggings
10th – David Barel – 2.769

The Raccoons snuck three pitchers on the list, although they pitched a grand total of 97 starts for the Critters (although that includes two ERA titles by Adkins, one wholly owned by Portland and one shared with the Crusaders in a trade for players I don’t want to talk about anymore). Brownie (2.888) and Jonny Toner (2.892) were 8th and 9th on the list back in the day, but are now 14th and 16th, respectively, with another active player, Dallas’ Alex Quevedo squished in between.

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 – Andy Hyden (HOF) – 538
6th – Grant West (HOF) – 522 – Raccoons Hall of Famer #2 on this list, and ONE reason we didn’t regret not picking Andres Ramirez
7th – Jim Durden – 519 – more Indians stars on these lists, and not even in the Hall of Fame
8th – Josh Boles (HOF) – 508 – Raccoons Hall of Famer #3 on this list
9th – Salvadaro Soure (HOF) – 499 – could have been Raccoons Hall of Famer #4 on this list, but was traded as prospect for Ramiro Cavazos. Who?
10th – William Henderson – 498

Yes, there was a time when the Raccoons didn’t change closers more regularly than their underwear. Even more unfathomable: can you believe that Ben Lussier is not only a very regular punchline around this place, but also the leading active player with 446 saves in 21st place?