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19 Clay Hensley
TOP 20
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Clay Hensley played for three different teams over his six-year MLB career.
BY MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
Coming in at #19 of the
Keizertimes list greatest of
greatest Volcanoes of all time
is Clay Hensley. The 5-foot-
11, 190-pound, right-handed
pitcher played in the Major
Leagues for seven seasons for
three different teams, ending
his career with a 28-34 re-
cord and an ERA of 4.00.
Hensley grew up in Tom-
ball, TX and played his col-
lege ball at Lamar Univer-
sity before being drafted in
the eighth round by the San
Francisco Giants in 2002.
While not a hard thrower,
Hensley often times used in
upper-80s sinker to induce
weak contact against oppos-
ing hitters. Hensley also had
a low-80s slider and looping
70 MPH curveball in his
arsenal — to go along with
his changeup and four-seam
fastball.
Hensley debuted with the
Volcanoes in 2002 and made
his fi rst professional season a
standout one. In 81.2 innings
of work, all of them starts,
Hensley went 7-0 with an
2.53 ERA, striking out 84
and only walking 25 — he
led the team in wins, innings
pitched, strikeouts and com-
plete games.
In 2003, Henley started
the year off in the South
Atlantic League, playing for
the Single-A Hagerstown
Suns. In 15 starts, he went
4-3 with a 3.18 ERA and 74
strikeouts in 68 innings. He
even threw a perfect game
during his tenure with Hag-
erstown, which earned him
the call-up to high-A ball in
San Jose.
But after Hensley’s ERA
ballooned to 5.83 in fi ve ap-
pearances, he was traded to
the San Diego Padres orga-
nization.
After showing some im-
provement in high-A ball
with the Lake Elsinore
Storm to end the 2003 cam-
paign, Hensley spent all of
Volcanoes
players
of all time
the 2004 playing Double-A
with the Mobile BayBears
of the Southern League, go-
ing 11-10 over 27 starts, a
4.30 ERA, a 1.352 WHIP,
and 125 K’s in 159 innings
pitched.
He returned to the Pa-
cifi c Northwest in 2005,
playing for the Portland Bea-
vers in the Triple-A Pacifi c
Coast League. After having
an ERA under three in 14
starts, Hensley received his
call-up to the Padres on July
20, 2005.
Hensley transitioned to
a vital middle-relief role for
the Padres after coming up as
a starter. In his 24 games with
San Diego, Hensley made
heads turn by recording a
1.70 ERA and 28 K’s in 47.2
innings of work, helping
San Diego to the National
League West Division title
— the Padres manager at the
time was Bruce Bochy, who,
ironically, coached a multi-
tude of other Volcanoes play-
ers in his tenure as manager
of the Giants from 2007-19
and won three World Series
rings with San Francisco.
In 2006, Hensley went
from a middle reliever to the
#2 starter in the Padres rota-
tion next to Jake Peavy, who
went onto win the Cy Young
award the next season.
Hensley made 29 starts
on the year and went 11-12
with a 3.71 ERA and struck
out 122 as the Padres won
their second straight NL
West crown.
Hensley made fi ve total
appearances in the 2005 and
Please see #19, Page A8
Bryan
Reynolds
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BY MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
Bryan
Reynolds,
a
switch-hitting outfi elder for
the Pittsburgh Pirates, comes
in at #18 on the Keizertimes
list of the 20 greatest Volca-
noes players of all time.
Reynolds grew up in
Brentwood, Tenn. and be-
came a star baseball player
when he was in high school.
He ended up attending Van-
derbilt University, where,
even as a freshman, he proved
to be one of the top players in
the country.
Reynolds led the Com-
modores in hitting in his fi rst
season at Vanderbilt in 2014
with a .338 batting average,
95 hits, 53 runs scored and 54
RBIs. His outstanding pro-
duction at the plate helped
lead Vanderbilt to the 2014
College World Series title.
Although he had a slight
dip in batting average in his
sophomore campaign, Reyn-
olds still produced at a com-
parable rate to his freshman
season.
After hitting nine homers
in his fi rst two seasons com-
bined, Reynolds went onto
hit 13 bombs his junior year
and also experienced ca-
reer highs in RBIs (56) runs
scored (59), walks (49), on-
base percentage (.461) and
slugging percentage (.603).
Reynolds skipped his se-
nior season after being draft-
ed in the second round by
the San Francisco Giants in
2016. He made his profes-
sional debut for the Volcanoes
later that summer — he was
ranked the fi fth best prospect
in the Giants organization
according to MLBPipeline.
com.
In his 40 games in a Sa-
lem-Keizer uniform, Reyn-
olds proved he was worth
the high draft pick, batting
.312 with fi ve homers and 30
RBIs while slugging .500. He
was promoted to the Augusta
GreenJackets later that season.
Reynolds spent the entire
2017 season in High-A ball
with the San Jose Giants and
continued to make strides in
his development, batting .312
with 10 homers and 63 RBIs.
However, on January 15,
2018, San Francisco traded
Reynolds, along with anoth-
er prospect and cash consid-
erations, to the Pirates for
veteran outfi elder Andrew
McCutchen — a fi ve-time
all-star and former national
League MVP.
Reynolds was ranked the
sixth best prospect in the
Pirates organization at the
start of 2018. He spent the
Please see #18, Page A8
Courtesy GETTY IMAGES/Victor Decolongon
Bryan Reynolds was fourth in Rookie of the Year voting in 2019.