If someone wants the answer to the topic question, all they have to do is to go through the suspended members thread and do a count. It is only 59 pages long with 883 posts.
That thread is incapable of giving an accurate answer as the majority of General Gonad's suspensions predate the thread. General Gonad probably had the record numbers for both suspensions and amount of suspension time served before that thread was started and before you became an active Moderator.
In his suspension heyday, GG was being continually suspended and then reinstated before the full term of his suspension was served, as I already mentioned. His suspensions were numerous, and many were long, although they were often shortened. Why they were shortened is a mystery, although as I said previously, I personally liked GG from my own personal dealings with him and I had no problem with him coming back to MERB. I concluded he was grappling with issues surrounding his hobbying, and that struggle manifested itself in his posting behaviors. GG had the ability to intellectualize his struggle and his issues in a way that most posters did not, and he was a compelling writer, all of which I think scared the Mods. I gave him a pass, even though the Mods at that time did not.
I do not recall anyone being suspended nearly as much during the 1st 5 years of MERB. An accurate history would probably show General Gonad as the leader in most suspension categories such as number of suspensions, frequency of suspension per active membership time on MERB, average length of suspension, and suspension time served.
General Gonad was also at one time setting a record for posts per day on MERB, which was being compiled at an astonishing and unprecedented rate which was even discussed in a thread. The post count was rendered even more amazing because of the time spent serving suspensions while unable to post at all. I think many people thought Fred brought him back early from suspensions because he was good for business, and his posts clearly had enormous entertainment value. I think GG may have even made this argument directly to FZ and persuaded early reinstatements. We will never know, in all likelihood.