The Most Feared Wiffleball Player Turns 32

Everyone’s worst wiffleball nightmare, Quentin Jensen, turns 32 today. Jensen began scaring opposing players at the age of 23, when MLW was founded. Nobody ever threw the ball harder, and no one could ever hit the ball as far as Quentin.

Tied for second in career home runs, Jensen’s total would have been higher if he could have avoided injuries, and if he wasn’t so busy doing non-wiffleball things, like working.

One of those jobs was as a head security officer at the nearby Times Union Center. This got him a brief television appearance on WWE Raw, and earned him the nickname, “The Mr. WrestleMania of Wiffleball”.

Still, even with limited appearances, it was common to see Quentin’s name at the top of many offensive and pitching categories at the end of each season. He’s also the career leader in doubles, on base percentage, slugging percentage, and batting average — by over .100 points!

Jensen only showed one moment of weakness in his career, when he allowed 6 runs in one inning, including 4 home runs — he only allowed 7 homers in his career. This outing helped prove to the rest of us that Jensen was human.

On any other day, Jensen was the best player on The Sac. In his wiffleball career, he won three league championships, was a two-time Sac Series MVP, and won many other awards, including the Johan Santana Best Pitcher Award twice, the Justin Morneau MVP Award and Torii Hunter Best Fielder Award once, and was a two-time Joe Mauer Batting Champion.

Jensen excelled in the playoffs, when it mattered most. He threw a 14-strikeout perfect game to win the first ever Sac Series, and threw a one-hit shutout the following year.

If we had a Wiffleball Hall of Fame, Quentin would be the first player inducted. And although we feared him from the start, most of us probably fear him more now, nine years later.