CAREER LEADERS UPDATE

A look at the McCabe League’s best of All-Time

THE HITTERS

New York, NY (McC) – With season 23 underway, we decided to take a quick look at the McCabe League All-Time career leaders at the major league level. The first item that jumped off the page was the fact that the career batting average leader Tony Cortes, average had dipped to .336, down four (4) points from last year. And, at 36 years of age with one more year left on a 4 year deal, we look for this first ballot Hall of Framer to lose his grip on the BA number one position.

We will also like to mention that the league saw its first 3,000 hitter last year, Bronson Whang (3,048 hits). Whang played his entire career with Anaheim Angels. Also, look for our exclusive one on one interview with Whang later this season.

	Career Hits
Rank	Player	Season	Stat
1	Bronson Whang	6-22	3,048
2	Placido Ortiz	1-15	2,923
3	Apollo Stanifer	2-18	2,796
4	Julian Alvarez	5-21	2,727
5	Hulk Kingland	4-19	2,609

THE BANGERS

There was no change at the top (positions 1-4) of the Home Run career list. However, Moose Kennedy (652 HR) replaced Einar Beltran (606 HR) in the spot. Kennedy needs 13 dingers to move pass Denny Johnson (664), and 22 to move pass the third place position holder Jolbert Veras (673). Kennedy is also the RBI King with no visible threats to his number one position.

THE PITCHERS

   

What can we say about Luther Abercrombie, the first pitcher to win 300 games, and the All-Time wins leader with 339? We look for Abercrombie to hold onto this position for some time. Cedrick Hollins, is simply the best of all time at closing out a game. He is listed as the number one saves leader with 551 saves (641 SVO) with a converging rate of 86% and he is also the ERA King (2.58). Hollins is being chase by Vince Garcia (2.62 ERA), Matt Mauer (2.72), Moose Martin (2.80), and Asdrubal Pelaez (2.83). Hollins is 37 years old with one year left on a 2-year deal he signed in the off-season with Cleveland. Garcia is 33 and still very dominant, we feel Garcia will finish his career easily at the top of this category.