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| Congratulations goes out to the first five inductees into the inaugural MVABL Hall of Fame class of 2010! Three Dayton Rangers and two Dayton Astros players received the required 60% of the vote, and two players received votes on all ballots. Dayton Astros slugger Gregg Foster and Dayton Rangers coach Jonmarc Lippincott each were voted in unanimously. Former Astros speedster Pat Barrett joined the club, as did Rangers outfielders Clint Wolf and Jake Kingsolver. A well-deserved honor for all!
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Considered one of the speediest players ever to play in the MVABL, Pat Barrett lit up the basepaths in the early parts of the league’s existence, swiping a league-best 178 bases during his career.
One of those rare athletes with speed, power, and a glove, the Dayton Astros outfielder launched more home runs than he had doubles.
Barrett was a member of three league championships with the Dayton Astros, before retiring in 2003. |
As of the end of 2009,
Career .410 hitter (7th all-time)
240 Hits (6th all-time)
135 RBIs (7th all-time)
22 Triples (2nd all-time)
26 Home Runs (4th all-time)
178 Stolen Bases (most all-time)
48 Runs scored in 1997 (most in a single season)
40 Stolen Bases in 1997 (most in a single season)
Holds top 3 single season stolen base totals
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One of the premier long-ball threats in MVABL history, Gregg “G-Money” Foster has terrorized opposing pitchers with his Eric Davis-like batting stance and his knack for tattooing belt-high fastballs. His 67 career taters are one of the league’s records that might not ever get broken.
The soon-to-be 39-year old Foster was a member of three league championships with the Dayton Astros.
Gregg’s season was cut short in 2008 due to a motorcycle mishap, but bounced back in 2009 with an All-Star season and a team-best six home runs. |
As of the end of 2009,
Career .374 hitter (10th all-time)
288 Hits (2nd all-time)
142 Runs (4th all-time)
229 RBIs (3rd all-time)
87 Doubles (most all-time)
67 Home Runs (most all-time)
161 career extra-base hits (most all-time)
101 Stolen Bases (3rd all-time)
Holds 2 of the top 5 single season HR totals
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Jake Kingsolver graduated from Xenia High School in 1996, and at the time of graduation from Urbana University, he held the all-time HR record at UU.
Kingsolver joined the Dayton Rangers midway through the 1998 season, and played 8 seasons before ‘retiring’ after the 2005 season. As marriage and fatherhood entered his life, Jake returned to the league with a vengeance in 2009 belting a team-high 8 home runs and driving in a career-best 38 runs.
The 31-year old father of two solidified a veteran lineup that brought the Rangers their first league championship in 2009. |
As of the end of 2009,
Career .407 hitter (8th all-time)
165 Hits (10th all-time)
152 Runs (3rd all-time)
143 RBIs (6th all-time)
38 Doubles (8th all-time)
35 Home Runs (2nd all-time)
35 RBIs in 2009 (8th most in a single season)
Holds 2 of the top 5 single season HR totals
2000 All-Star Home Run Derby Champ
All-MVABL First Team in 2009
5-time MVABL All-Star
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Clint Wolf graduated from Xenia High School in 1999. He joined the Miami-Middletown ThunderHawks baseball team in 2003, where he soon captured player of the year honors in the Ohio Regional Campus Conference after a stellar freshman campaign.
Clint joined the Dayton Rangers towards the end of the 2001 season, and has piled up the stats ever since. Clint currently ranks in the top 5 in the league all-time in eight offensive categories (Avg., hits, runs, RBIs, doubles, triples, HR, SB).
Clint was voted by the league’s coaches as the MVABL Most Valuable Player in 2006 and 2007. He has been an All-MVABL First Team selection since the award’s inception in 2006.
In 2009, Wolf set a Rangers team record with his 5th straight 40-hit season. |
As of the end of 2009,
Career .444 hitter (4th all-time)
264 Hits (4th all-time)
211 Runs (2nd all-time)
198 RBIs (4th all-time)
49 Doubles (5th all-time)
34 Triples (most all-time)
28 Home Runs (3rd all-time)
78 Stolen Bases (4th all-time)
2006 and 2007 MVABL Most Valuable Player
All-MVABL First Team (2006-2009)
6-time MVABL All-Star
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Jonmarc Lippincott graduated from Xenia High School in 1994. Lippincott joined the league in 1996 with the Indians, but decided to form his own team, the Dayton Rangers in 1997.
Still playing and coaching today, Jonmarc recorded his 200th coaching victory in 2009 on his way to his team’s first league title.
The league’s all-time leader in hits, runs, and RBIs is a six-time league All-Star, and was named to the All-MVABL First Team in 2008 as a shortstop.
Lippincott scored the Rangers 2000th franchise run against the Astros in 2005 and then drove in the team’s 2000th run with a single versus the Sox in 2007.
His 60 hits in 1998 still stand as a single-season record in the league. |
As of the end of 2009,
Career .425 hitter (6th all-time)
428 Hits (most all-time)
296 Runs (most all-time)
286 RBIs (most all-time)
78 Doubles (2nd all-time)
22 Home Runs (5th all-time)
35 RBIs in 2009 (8th most in a single season)
60 Hits in 1998 (most in single season)
44 Runs in 1998 (3rd most in a single season)
41 RBIs in 1998 (2nd most in a single season)
All-MVABL First Team in 2008
6-time MVABL All-Star
MVABL Vice-President (2007-08); President (2009-present)
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2010 HALL OF FAME VOTING RESULTS:
(need 60% of the vote to qualify)
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| Player |
Votes |
Percent |
| Gregg Foster | 14 | 100.00 |
| Jonmarc Lippincott | 14 | 100.00 |
| Pat Barrett | 12 | 85.71 |
| Clint Wolf | 10 | 71.43 |
| Jake Kingsolver | 9 | 64.29 |
| Jason Joyce | 8 | 57.14 |
| Tony Walters | 6 | 42.86 |
| Rob Johnson | 6 | 42.86 |
| Shawn Schmitt | 6 | 42.86 |
| Mark Franklin | 5 | 35.71 |
| Jason Griffith | 5 | 35.71 |
| Matt Klaus | 5 | 35.71 |
| Brian Girard | 4 | 28.57 |
| Jacob Robinson | 4 | 28.57 |
| Rob Hoover | 4 | 28.57 |
| Evan Tennery | 3 | 21.43 |
| Steve Louis | 3 | 21.43 |
| John Forman | 2 | 14.29 |
| Jeremy Lippincott | 2 | 14.29 |
| Tom Thygerson | 2 | 14.29 |
| Chaz DeShayes | 1 | 7.14 |
| Chris Musick | 1 | 7.14 |
| Jason Errett | 1 | 7.14 |
| Mike Leach | 1 | 7.14 |
| Joe Staten | 1 | 7.14 |
| Eric Jameson | 1 | 7.14 |
| Toby Stewart | 1 | 7.14 |
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