Vancouver Mounties Hall of Fame

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Vancouver Mounties Hall of Fame

Post by scottsdale_joe » Tue Jul 03, 2018 9:27 am

Image The Vancouver Mounties Hall of Fame is owned and operated by the Vancouver Mounties Baseball Club, Ltd
It is housed at Northwoods Outpost, the team stadium in downtown Vancouver.
Entrance is Free.
The Museum is open from 10 am to 5 pm every day of the year except Christmas and New Year’s Day.
It is also open at night from one hour before any Mounties home game until one hour after the game is over.
The Hall of Fame includes a gift shop, a restaurant/bar, and a coffee shop.
Reservations for the restaurant are required only when a home game is being played that day or evening.
The restaurant is open from noon to 9 PM every day of the year except Christmas and New Year's Day.
The coffee shop is open during normal hall of fame opening hours.
The restaurant is managed by Vancouver’s The Keg at Dunsmuir.
The coffee shop is a branch of Blenz Coffee.
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These selections are made and controlled by the Brewster Baseball Association, not by the Vancouver Mounties Baseball Club.
Click on any plaque to link to the record page for that player in the BBA record book


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Scott Bucher (elected in 1984)
Scott Bucher was an early inductee into the Hall of Fame. His numbers cause some to wonder why he is in the Hall. It was a different world back in those days. Bucher played in the then Monty Brewster Baseball Association from 1973 until 1984. He was with the Mounties from 1973 until 1981 when he was traded mid-season to the Des Moines Kernals. In 1984 he was traded mid-season to the Valencia Stars. That was his last year in the league. Scott had a lifetime batting average of .286. A noted base stealer, he led the league once with 69 (1978) and had 578 lifetime steals. He had 180 home runs and 819 home runs. Without doubt, 1979 was his best season: 26 home runs, 93 RBIs, and a .311 batting average. He won the Owner’s Choice Hitter Award that season. He was an All Star three times: 1975, 1979, and 1981. He was an excellent outfielder, playing most of his career in center field where he picked up two Slick Fielder awards: 1974 and 1975.

Jason Egan (elected in 2020 – 79.2% of votes cast)
The Deacon was unarguably the best reliever in MBBA history. He pitched his entire major league career in a Mounties uniform, debuting in 1997 and appearing for the last time in 2017. It seemed he almost always won the then named Gunga Oogolagunga Award for fireman of the year. Unusually for a closer or reliever, he also won the Steve Nebraska Golden Arm Award for pitcher of the year in 2009. He was on the All Star Team fifteen times. Jason’s 753 lifetimes saves is 168 more than fellow hall of famer Brendan Meyer. His best was 52 in 2005 and he topped 40 saves ten times. He struck out 1,496 in 1,417 innings, and he walked only 431. His lifetime WHIP was 1.14. His most amazing streak may be the 1999 and 2000 playoffs when the Mounties won their two championship banners. In those two playoff years he combined for 14 saves in 14 attempts and never allowed a run, earned or unearned.

Robbie Sargent (elected in 2018 – 90.9% of votes cast)
Known as Silent Bob, he went about his business without fanfare playing for the Mounties for his entire major league career from 1998 to 2016. He is second in lifetime wins in league history with 291 (second only to Steve Nebraska). Save from his mid-year callup as a rookie in 1998, Robbie started more than 30 games every year but 2008 and 2014 when injuries cut short his seasons. He was an eight time all star, two-time best fielder, and two-time winner of the Steve Nebraska Golden Arm Award for pitcher of the year. Robbie’s best season was probably 2005 when he posted an amazing 25-3 record with an ERA 2.21, earning a career high WAR of 9.2. He won 20 or more games six times. He led the league in innings pitched five times. While he never led the league in strikeouts, he usually posted well over 200 Ks and amassed 3,405 over his career (versus just 1,065 walks). He had a lifetime WAR of 98.2

Douglas Newhouse (elected in 2018 – 95.5% of votes cast)
Doug, known as Chow to his teammates, played his entire career with Vancouver. He was a rookie in 1996 at age 22 and played until he retired after the 2015 season at age 41. In that last year he still appeared in 143 games. A second baseman by trade, he shifted his tack to first base later in his career. While known for his fielding at second, his fielding improved year by year at first base and he was the Yogi Zimmer Diamond Glove in 2011. Doug was an eleven time all star and one time Sawyer Silk Silver Slugger hitter of the year (2001). 2001 was definitely Doug’s career defining season. He hit a lifetime high of .336 with 36 home runs and 115 runs batted in, all career highs. He led the league in bases on balls nine times and a career total of 2,050 walks. And early in his career he was perennially in the running for stolen base leadership. He led the league six times and ended up with 916. His best year for steals was 1999 when he had 92 (and was caught only 17 times). With over 12,000 plate appearances and 10,000 at bats, he had a lifetime average of .281, 447 home runs, and 1,444 RBIs.
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The Vancouver Mounties also have their own Hall of Fame.
Players are nominated and elected by a committee made up of Vancouver Mounties executives and local media representatives.
There are also occasional fan votes.
Here are the inductees by position:
Click on any plaque to link to the record page for that player in the BBA record book


First Base
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Second Base
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Third Base
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Shortstop
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Outfield
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Catcher
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Starting Pitcher
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Relief Pitcher
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Closer
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The Vancouver Mounties Hall of Fame is sponsored by:
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