21st Annual HRDT - Final Results!!!

And the 2025 HRDT winner is... Floridian Jack Paternoster (1st - 14 - 262)!!!  Jack won on the strength of the 3rd best "Group ABC" and the 2nd best "Other 1-4" subtotals in our contest (see below). This is only his 2nd HRDT tournament after posting a 2024 Rookie Season of T-42nd - 239. Jack led our contest for the final nine weeks and his HR total of 262 represents the lowest winning total since 2015 (245). He was brought to us by his Dad, Alan, an 8 year veteran of HRDT... I wonder if Alan will collect a referral fee ... Congratulations Jack... your name will be added to our website's Wall of Champions!

Outpacing Jack this update and closing the gap to a narrow margin of just 2 HRs is Texan Rick Rogus (2nd - 16 - 260)!  Rick is a 14 year HRDT veteran who recorded a fantastic 3rd - 256 in his 2011 Rookie Season and had been in the Top 10 again in 2016 (9th - 250).

Placing next is 4-year HRDT'er Mike Banitt (3rd - 15 - 257)!! Mike has been playing with house money after posting a great 2022 Rookie Season of 6th - 265. That means he's been in the $$ two of his four tournaments! That's a very positive trend...

Our next Top finisher has been in & out of our tournament since 2007... playing in his 10th HRDT is Steve White (4th - 13 - 255). Steve also placed in the $$$ last season and four times in ten tries!!

Rounding out our Top 5 is 2nd-year player and another player form the Sunshine State of Florida... Tyler Lyford (5th - 16 - 253). 

Congratulations to every one of our winners and THANK YOU ALL for playing this season! I hope you enjoyed our contest and are planning to return next year. In the meantime, bring on the playoffs and World Series!!! Go Phillies!!

Reds Bruno

HRDT Commissioner

email: hrdt26@yahoo.com