SEASON 18 WORLD SERIES

PADRES AND ORIOLES FOR THE ROBERT E MCCABE BIG LEAGUE CHAMPION

The History

SAN DIEGO (McC) And then there were two. The Baltimore Orioles (92-70) face off against the San Diego Padres (102-60) in the season 18 World Series. The Orioles are a first time participant in the fall classic while the Padres appear for the fourth time, winning all the marbles in season 13.

The Matchup 

The Padres have been installed as heavy favorites by the Las Vegas Hilton. Baltimore has won their division only once in their history (season 17) while San Diego has dominated the powerful and highly competitive National League West, winning the division thirteen (13) times and finishing second five (5). The question is can George Brantley (3B), Frankie Coy (RF), and Craig Chamberlain (RF) snap out of the their postseason slumps and get some knocks against the best postseason (18) pitching staff statically. The well balance staff is led by 25 year-old Asdrubal Pelaez (SP) and 27 year-old Chris Breen (SP). Going into the World Series San Diego has a team postseason ERA of 2.22 which leads all postseason staffs. Baltimore has a team OPS of .768 which is where we feel the Orioles can make this a series. The first two games will be in pitcher friendly San Diego and our money is on the Padres heading back to Baltimore up 2-0. The Orioles will win 2 of the 3 games scheduled in the crabcake state and go back to San Diego down 2 games to 3.

The Prediction 

San Diego will win the series 4-2 with Breen winning the McCabe Postseason MVP. We just don’t see the bats for Baltimore overcoming the Padres potent pitching staff. However, for those of you who read our magazine know that our preseason World Series perdition had the Toronto Blue Jays beating the New York Mets in 6. Good luck to both teams it has been another great season. Thanks to all.   

Postseason Team ERA

Rank	Franchise	Owner	W	L	SV	IP	WHIP	ERA
1	San Diego Padres	jgarron	7	2	4	81	0.99	2.22
2	San Francisco Giants	wylie715	2	3	1	43	1.00	2.93
3	Seattle Mariners	toothdoc7	3	4	2	61	1.44	3.25
4	Cleveland Indians	chisox378	1	3	0	34	1.44	3.44
5	Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	10	5	5	131	1.26	3.92
6	New York Mets	basebalguru	2	3	2	46.1	1.47	4.08
7	Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker70	8	8	5	141.2	1.25	4.38
8	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	8	8	5	141.2	1.43	5.15
9	Houston Astros	ajaxx88	2	3	1	43	1.56	5.44
10	Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss	2	3	1	45	1.53	5.8
11	Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23	2	3	1	43	1.67	5.86
12	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	1	3	0	34	1.65	6.35

Postseason Team OPS

Rank	Franchise	Owner	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS
1	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	81	30	79	13	0.283	0.850
2	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	24	6	23	5	0.275	0.819
3	Houston Astros	ajaxx88	22	9	22	1	0.247	0.777
4	Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	77	20	75	21	0.260	0.768
5	San Diego Padres	jgarron	44	11	44	15	0.251	0.745
6	Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss	28	5	26	7	0.260	0.744
7	Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23	24	4	23	5	0.259	0.726
8	Cleveland Indians	chisox378	11	5	9	3	0.248	0.723
9	Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker70	74	17	72	8	0.258	0.714
10	Seattle Mariners	toothdoc7	19	4	16	1	0.224	0.637
11	New York Mets	basebalguru	20	5	18	7	0.243	0.634
12	San Francisco Giants	wylie715	17	6	16	1	0.184	0.596

     

MINOR LEAGUE WRAP UP

THE CHAMPIONS DOWN ON THE FARM

Listed below you will find the Robert E. McCabe Minor League Post-Season MVPs and Minor League Champions at each level.

AAA Champion	Owner	W-L
Brewers	brentcnb *	84-60
AAA Runner-up	Owner	W-L
Rockies	axtell	87-57

AAA Post-Season MVP

William Witasick Milwaukee Brewers Age: 26 B/T: S/R Born: Willis, TX Position(s): LF/1B/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	AVG	OPS
17	63	12	23	8	4	11	0.365	1.094

AA Champion	Owner	W-L
Yankees	ARomano *	94-50
AA Runner-up	Owner	W-L
Indians	chisox378 *	95-49

AA Post-Season MVP

Kirkman Davidson New York Yankees Age: 23 B/T: R/R Born: Laredo, TX Position(s): C/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	AVG	OPS
17	72	9	25	5	1	12	0.347	0.856

High A Champion	Owner	W-L
Tigers	patrickkm	102-42
High A Runner-up	Owner	W-L
Yankees	ARomano *	93-51

High A Post-Season MVP

Vic Gonzalez Detroit Tigers Age: 27 B/T: R/R Born: Navojoa, MX Position(s): P (SuA) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

G	GS	W	L	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	ERA
8	0	3	0	0	2	12	0.70	0.00

Low A Champion	Owner	W-L
White Sox	kgrffth *	100-44
Low A Runner-up	Owner	W-L
Rockies	axtell	104-40

Low A Post-Season MVP

Walter Papelbon Chicago White Sox Age: 18 B/T: L/L Born: Chester, NJ Position(s): P (SP2) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

G	GS	W	L	BB	SO	WHIP	ERA
6	6	3	0	8	42	0.89	0.50

Rookie Champion	Owner	W-L
Tigers	patrickkm	63-13
Rookie Runner-up	Owner	W-L
Angels	captain10a *	56-20

Rookie Post-Season MVP

Willis Beckett Detroit Tigers Age: 18 B/T: R/R Born: Dallas, NC Position(s): 2B/CIF/OF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	AVG	OPS
16	70	16	23	6	5	22	0.329	1.012

Stat of the Day

Top 10 Post-Season Team OPS

Rank	Franchise	Owner	Level	R	HR	RBI	SB	OPS
1	Detroit Tigers	patrickkm	Rookie	106	23	104	10	0.898
2	Anaheim Angels	captain10a	AA	85	17	81	11	0.877
3	Washington D.C. Nationals	dffranchise	AAA	31	8	29	1	0.861
4	Milwaukee Brewers	brentcnb	AAA	115	26	111	18	0.856
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	nbaker10	High A	54	12	51	4	0.847
6	New York Yankees	ARomano	AAA	39	8	38	6	0.843
7	Cleveland Indians	chisox378	High A	63	15	61	12	0.835
8	Chicago White Sox	kgrffth	Low A	134	26	125	19	0.834
9	Cleveland Indians	chisox378	AA	123	34	121	28	0.814
10	Los Angeles Dodgers	Arte	AAA	100	20	92	17	0.810
10T	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	Rookie	50	16	49	1	0.810

Top 10 Post-Season Team ERA

Rank	Franchise	Owner	Level	W	L	SV	WHIP	ERA
1	Philadelphia Phillies	gary28mohr	Low A	5	4	2	1.01	1.87
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	nbaker10	Low A	1	3	0	0.99	2.01
3	Atlanta Braves	bigsammich	AA	2	3	2	1.09	2.49
4	Cincinnati Reds	ctman	AAA	1	3	1	1.17	2.83
5	Chicago White Sox	kgrffth	Low A	14	6	6	1.25	2.99
6	Cleveland Indians	chisox378	Low A	9	6	3	1.26	3.33
7	Milwaukee Brewers	brentcnb	AAA	14	3	8	1.45	3.34
8	Pittsburgh Pirates	nbaker10	AAA	3	4	1	1.30	3.39
9	Detroit Tigers	patrickkm	High A	11	4	4	1.37	3.41
10	Cleveland Indians	chisox378	AAA	1	3	1	1.21	3.44

SEASON 18 OWNER of the YEAR

OWNER/ORGANIZATION of SEASON 18 

Listed below you will find the McCabe Magazine Owner/Organization of the Year Winner and our Owner Power Rankings. The owner with the highest winning percentage at every level at the end of the regular season and for the first time we awarded bonus points for winning the division and for making the playoffs (wildcard). The Owner with the most points will receive the McCabe Magazine Owner of the Year Award. We here at McCabe Magazine feel that a good owner should maintain a solid farm system and a winning major league ball team. His big club should be in position to win the division and one or more of the lower level squads should be in position to capture a minor league World Series title. The Owner of the Year should field competitive teams at every level.

Bonus Points and Winning Percentages 

The Power Rankings are a combine total of each teams (RL, Low A, High A, AA, AAA, ML) winning percentage. Each team will receive one point for each win and BONUS POINTS as followed: ML Division Winner 100 points, Wildcard 75, AAA Division Winner 50 points, AAA Wildcard 45, AA Division Winner 40, AA Wildcard 35, High A Division Winner 30, High A Wildcard 25, Low A Division Winner 20, Low A Wildcard 15. Rookie Division Winner 10, and Rookie Wildcard 5.    

OWNER POWER RANKINGS

Season 18 Robert E. McCabe Owner of the Year is chisox378 of the Cleveland Indians. The Cleveland Indians have a total of 527 organizational wins and 230 playoff bonus points.

	Top 10
Rank	Owner	Team	Wins	Bonus	Total
1	chisox378 *	Cleveland Indians	527	230	757
2	TenaciousTYT *	Kansas City Royals	503	245	748
3	patrickkm	Detroit Tigers	555	145	700
4	axtell	Colorado Rockies	524	140	664
5	ARomano *	New York Yankees	508	150	658
6	brentcnb *	Milwaukee Brewers	507	140	647
7	dimestoregin	Toronto Blue Jays	480	150	630
8	sylemark	Richmond Virginians	475	115	590
9	nbaker10 *	Pittsburgh Pirates	446	130	576
10	captain10a *	Anaheim Angels	472	100	572
	Next 5
Rank	Owner	Team	Wins	Bonus	Total
11	gary28mohr	Philadelphia Phillies	472	60	532
12	rsskfs24	Tampa Bay Rays	420	100	520
13	dffranchise	Washington D.C. Nationals	432	80	512
14	421werd	St. Louis Cardinals	412	75	487
15	bigsammich	Atlanta Braves	416	70	486
	The Rest
Rank	Owner	Team	Wins	Bonus	Total
16	bourboncask	Baltimore Orioles	404	75	479
17	basebalguru	New York Mets	377	100	477
18	wylie715 *	San Francisco Giants	364	100	464
19	jgarron *	San Diego Padres	361	100	461
20	Arte *	Los Angeles Dodgers	385	55	440
21	kgrffth *	Chicago White Sox	411	20	431
22	yoker70 *	Arizona Diamondbacks	337	85	422
23	toothdoc7 *	Seattle Mariners	347	75	422
24	cboewiz	Texas Rangers	380	35	415
25	ctman *	Cincinnati Reds	364	50	414
26	pbsilver11 *	Minnesota Twins	397		397
27	optistrat *	Chicago Cubs	367		367
28	pat007ohmss *	Boston Red Sox	249	100	349
29	ajaxx88 *	Houston Astros	268	75	343
29	jefepwnzer	Oakland Athletics	343		343
31	lido9614	Florida Marlins	262		262
32	coinguy	Rochester Broncos	259		259

SEASON 18 FINAL POWER RANKINGS

MAJOR LEAGUE POWER RANKINGS

The power rankings are an average of the following team statistics; Winning percentage, OPS, ERA and Fielding Percentage.

		Top 10
Rank	LW	Team	Owner	W-L	Pct.
1	2	Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker70 *	93-69	0.574
2	1	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	91-71	0.562
3	3T	Seattle Mariners	toothdoc7 *	97-65	0.599
4	7T	Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	92-70	0.568
4T	6	San Diego Padres	jgarron *	102-60	0.630
6	3T	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT *	99-63	0.611
7	7T	New York Mets	basebalguru	88-74	0.543
8	9	Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss *	94-68	0.580
9	11	San Francisco Giants	wylie715 *	83-79	0.512
10	13T	Colorado Rockies	axtell	89-73	0.549
		Next 5
Rank	LW	Team	Owner	W-L	Pct.
11	4	Detroit Tigers	patrickkm	84-78	0.519
11	NR	Houston Astros	ajaxx88 *	90-72	0.556
12	10	Milwaukee Brewers	brentcnb *	88-74	0.543
14	15	Cleveland Indians	chisox378 *	87-75	0.537
14T	12	Richmond Virginians	sylemark	77-85	0.475
14T	13T	Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23	90-72	0.556
14T	20	Minnesota Twins	pbsilver11 *	82-80	0.506
		The Rest
Rank	LW	Team	Owner	W-L	Pct.
18	17T	Atlanta Braves	bigsammich	74-88	0.457
19	NR	New York Yankees	ARomano *	78-84	0.481
20	17T	Oakland Athletics	jefepwnzer	79-83	0.488
21	15	Texas Rangers	cboewiz	76-86	0.469
22	NR	Los Angeles Dodgers	Arte	73-89	0.451
23	NR	Pittsburgh Pirates	nbaker10 *	76-86	0.469
24	NR	Chicago Cubs	optistrat	68-94	0.420
25	16	St. Louis Cardinals	421werd	70-92	0.432
26	NR	Philadelphia Phillies	gary28mohr	80-82	0.494
27	NR	Chicago White Sox	kgrffth *	70-92	0.432
28	NR	Rochester Broncos	coinguy	75-87	0.463
29	NR	Washington D.C. Nationals	dffranchise	64-98	0.395
30	NR	Anaheim Angels	captain10a *	70-92	0.432
31	NR	Cincinnati Reds	ctman *	68-94	0.420
32	NR	Florida Marlins	lido9613	45-117	0.278

Stat of the Day

Robert E. McCabe Season 18 OPS Champion

Tony Cortes Kansas City Royals Age: 31 B/T: R/R Born: Barahona, DO Position(s): LF/CIF/2B/OF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Rank	Player	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS
1	Tony Cortes (KC)	40	4	28	105	45	0.371	1.176
2	Mario Obermueller (ARI)	28	2	45	143	0	0.357	1.135
3	Philip Priest (COL)	18	7	60	151	31	0.335	1.117
4	Homer Henry (NY2)	21	4	52	106	33	0.324	1.061
5	Don Bagley (DET)	38	2	32	129	2	0.369	1.027
6	Mark Pence (ARI)	25	13	26	65	20	0.318	1.023
7	Harry McNichol (HOU)	31	1	40	135	13	0.343	1.014
8	Luis Mesa (BOS)	30	8	48	131	12	0.305	1.007
9	Jose Colon (LA)	22	0	47	137	2	0.306	0.970
10	Hersh Mays (SF)	15	1	43	104	0	0.284	0.962

Robert E. McCabe Season 18 WHIP Champion

Juan Azocar New York Yankees Age: 25 B/T: L/L Born: Santo Domingo, CU Position(s): P (SuA) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Rank	Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	WHIP	ERA
1	Juan Azocar (NY1)	98	0	6	0	2	0.92	1.78
2	Vince Garcia (ARI)	38	38	25	8	0	0.96	2.60
3	Pedro Figureoa (MIL)	33	33	16	3	0	1.03	2.79
4	Onan Suh (TB)	29	29	13	11	0	1.08	3.31
5	Benito Arroyo (HOU)	34	34	17	6	0	1.08	2.78
6	Luther Abercrombie (CLE)	35	34	11	9	0	1.12	2.92
7	Lonny Christenson (SEA)	33	33	19	8	0	1.13	2.76
8	Anthony Thompson (ATL)	34	34	12	8	0	1.14	2.45
9	Asdrubal Pelaez (SD)	32	32	14	2	0	1.15	2.43
10	Julio Ramirez (RIC)	31	31	14	7	0	1.16	3.00

Robert E. McCabe Magazine Season 18 Power Rankings

Major League Power Rankings

The power rankings are an average of the following team statistics; Winning percentage, OPS, ERA and Fielding Percentage.

		Top 10
Rank	Last Week	Team	Owner	W-L	Pct.
1	3	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	71-49	0.592
2	5	Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker70	67-53	0.558
3T	8	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	80-40	0.667
3T	1T	Seattle Mariners	toothdoc7 *	70-50	0.583
4	1T	Detroit Tigers	patrickkm	71-49	0.592
6	7	San Diego Padres	jgarron *	76-44	0.633
7T	4	Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	67-53	0.558
7T	11	New York Mets	basebalguru	68-52	0.567
9	6	Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss *	68-52	0.567
10	9T	Milwaukee Brewers	brentcnb *	65-55	0.542
		Next 5
Rank	Last Week	Team	Owner	W-L	Pct.
11	13	San Francisco Giants	wylie715	62-58	0.517
12	12	Richmond Virginians	sylemark	63-57	0.525
13T	16	Colorado Rockies	axtell	65-55	0.542
13T	9T	Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23	67-53	0.558
15	14	Cleveland Indians	chisox378	64-56	0.533
		Best of the Rest
Rank	Last Week	Team	Owner	W-L	Pct.
16	NR	St. Louis Cardinals	421werd	61-59	0.508
17T	NR	Atlanta Braves	bigsammich	53-67	0.442
17T	17T	Oakland Athletics	jefepwnzer	60-60	0.500
19	15	Texas Rangers	cboewiz	59-61	0.492
20	20	Minnesota Twins	pbsilver11	58-62	0.483

Stat of the Day

Top 20 1-Run Teams 

Rank	Team	Owner	W-L	Pct.	1-Run Game	Pct.
1	San Diego Padres	jgarron *	76-44	.633	24-9	0.727
2	Richmond Virginians	sylemark	63-57	.525	21-8	0.724
3	Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss *	68-52	.567	18-10	0.643
4	Anaheim Angels	captain10a	52-68	.433	19-11	0.633
5	New York Mets	basebalguru	68-52	.567	16-10	0.615
6	Colorado Rockies	axtell	65-55	.542	14-9	0.609
7	Seattle Mariners	toothdoc7 *	70-50	.583	23-16	0.590
8	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	80-40	.667	16-12	0.571
8	Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	67-53	.558	16-12	0.571
10	Detroit Tigers	patrickkm	71-49	.592	14-11	0.560
11	St. Louis Cardinals	421werd	61-59	.508	21-17	0.553
12	Chicago White Sox	kgrffth *	49-71	.408	19-17	0.528
13	San Francisco Giants	wylie715	62-58	.517	19-18	0.514
14	Houston Astros	ajaxx88 *	56-64	.467	15-15	0.500
14	Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker70	67-53	.558	12-12	0.500
16	Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23	67-53	.558	15-16	0.484
17	Minnesota Twins	pbsilver11	58-62	.483	14-15	0.483
18	Oakland Athletics	jefepwnzer	60-60	.500	16-18	0.471
19	Philadelphia Phillies	gary28mohr	57-63	.475	16-18	0.471
20	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	71-49	.592	15-17	0.469

Top 20 Extra Inning Teams

Rank	Team	Owner	W-L	Pct.	Extra Innings	Pct.
1	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	71-49	.592	7-1	0.875
2	San Diego Padres	jgarron *	76-44	.633	8-2	0.800
3	New York Mets	basebalguru	68-52	.567	3-1	0.750
4	Minnesota Twins	pbsilver11	58-62	.483	5-2	0.714
4	Houston Astros	ajaxx88 *	56-64	.467	5-2	0.714
6	Cleveland Indians	chisox378	64-56	.533	7-3	0.700
6	Colorado Rockies	axtell	65-55	.542	7-3	0.700
8	Texas Rangers	cboewiz	59-61	.492	6-3	0.667
9	Seattle Mariners	toothdoc7 *	70-50	.583	9-5	0.643
10	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	80-40	.667	6-4	0.600
10	Milwaukee Brewers	brentcnb *	65-55	.542	6-4	0.600
12	Detroit Tigers	patrickkm	71-49	.592	7-5	0.583
12	Oakland Athletics	jefepwnzer	60-60	.500	7-6	0.538
14	Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23	67-53	.558	3-3	0.500
14	Anaheim Angels	captain10a	52-68	.433	5-5	0.500
14	Richmond Virginians	sylemark	63-57	.525	4-4	0.500
14	Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss *	68-52	.567	5-5	0.500
14	Chicago Cubs	optistrat	45-75	.375	3-3	0.500
19	San Francisco Giants	wylie715	62-58	.517	7-8	0.467
20	St. Louis Cardinals	421werd	61-59	.508	5-6	0.455