Robert E. McCabe Magazine

The "Robert E. McCabe League" was established in memory of my Dad, who died in 1986, at the age of 59. He was a very special guy, and my best man at my wedding. He served in World War II, and was a Milwaukee Braves fan, with Warren Spahn his favorite player. I met Warren and had him autograph a ball for my Dad. My Dad once told me "Joe Dimaggio was so graceful, I would have bought a ticket just to watch him run out to center field" From our commissioner; Patrick (pat007ohmss) League Founder

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Power Rankings and Season 34 All-Pro Team

McCABE MAGAZINE POWER RANKINGS and ALL-PRO TEAM

MAJOR LEAGUE POWER RANKINGS

Denver, CO (McC.COM) - Listed below you will find the final regular season Power Rankings of season 34 and the McCabe Magazine's All-Pro Team. The Power Rankings are a statistical combination of the following team stats; Wins, Runs scored, OPS, WHIP, ERA, and Fielding Percentage.

		TOP 10

Rank	Last Ranking	Franchise	Owner	W	L
1	3	Washington D.C. Nationals	Saffron	94	54
2	1	St. Louis Cardinals	slurie2001	100	48
3	2	Seattle Mariners	mark3313	95	53
4	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	sportbanker	91	57
5	4	Milwaukee Brewers	cpintens	90	58
6	5	Houston Astros	bballer2117	82	66
7	16	Philadelphia Phillies	sbank65	83	65
8	8	Colorado Rockies	axtell	81	67
9	7	San Diego Padres	jgarron	86	62
10	10	New York Mets	basebalguru	82	66

		THE NEXT 5

Rank	Last Ranking	Franchise	Owner	W	L
11	12	Baltimore Orioles	kingkai53	77	71
12	17	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	81	67
13	9	Richmond Virginians	spintens	81	67
14	13	Cleveland Indians	bbwinksdaddy	81	67
15	18	Oakland Athletics	ojinga	81	67

		THE BEST of the REST

Rank	Last Ranking	Franchise	Owner	W	L
16	6	Chicago White Sox	kgrffth	78	70
17	14	Arizona Diamondbacks	AmCan	79	69
18	19	Florida Marlins	lido9613	67	81
19	NR	Anaheim Angels	captain10a	65	83
20	15	Chicago Cubs	rod33	66	82

SEASON 34 ALL-PRO SQUAD

and POSTSEASON AWARDS

Seattle, WA (McC.COM) - With the season complete it's time for our panel of experts to unveil the Robert E. McCabe Magazines Season 34 All-Pro Team and Postseason Awards.

McCabe Magazines Season 34 Most Valuable Player

Shawon Mathews
Philadelphia
Phillies
Age: 26	B/T: R/R
Born: Lodi, WI
Position(s): 1B
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52 Home Runs (3rd in MLB) 153 RBI (1st MLB) 352 BA (1st MLB) The folks at CNN are calling the batting Champion race over with 14 games undecided.

McCabe Magazines Season 34 Most Cy Young Award

Adam Bradford
St. Louis
Cardinals
Age: 34	B/T: R/R
Born: Fairview, MT
Position(s): P (SP1)
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17-4 Wins 2.04 ERA (1st MLB) 1.05 WHIP (1st MLB) Bradford is a 4 time American League Cy Young award winner, this year he'll win his 5th.

McCabe Magazines Season 34 Rookie of the Year Award

Leury Santiago
Chicago
White Sox
Age: 22	B/T: R/R
Born: Soro, VE
Position(s): DH/C
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38 Home Runs (2nd among Rookies) 105 RBI (1st among Rookies) 990 OPS (1st among Rookies) 301 BA (3rd Rookies)

McCabe Magazines Season 34 Fireman of the Year Award

Frank Skrmetta
New York
Mets
Age: 29	B/T: R/R
Born: Falls Village, CT
Position(s): P (ClA)
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45 Saves (1st among Top Save Leaders) 48 SVO 160 OAV ( 1st Save Leaders) 0,78 WHIP (1st Save Leaders) 2.14 (4th Save Leaders)

McCABE MAGAZINE ALL-PRO TEAM

CATCHER (C)

Juan Beltre
Philadelphia
Phillies
Age: 22	B/T: R/R
Born: San Francisco De Macoris, DO
Position(s): C
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148 GAMES 36 HR 92 RBI 280 BA 928 OPS

FIRST-BASEMEN (1B)

Shawon Mathews
Philadelphia
Phillies
Age: 26	B/T: R/R
Born: Lodi, WI
Position(s): 1B
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SECOND-BASEMEN (2B)

Wilkin Lopez
Milwaukee
Brewers
Age: 30	B/T: R/R
Born: River Fall, WI
Position(s): 2B/IF/OF/DH
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30 HR 82 RBI 270 BA Traded to the Brewers played 44 games with Milwaukee 104 with Kansas City

THIRD-BASEMEN (3B)

Bartolo Hernandez
Washington D.C.
Nationals
Age: 29	B/T: L/R
Born: Bani, DO
Position(s): 3B/IF/OF/DH
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44 HR 128 RBI 320 BA 1.019 OPS

SHORT-STOP (SS)

Harry Astacio
Milwaukee
Brewers
Age: 28	B/T: R/R
Born: San Isidro, DO
Position(s): SS/IF/OF/DH
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30 HR 82 RBI 270 BA Traded to the Brewers played 127 games with Milwaukee 20 with Texas

OUTFIELDERS

Ignacio Valentin
Colorado
Rockies
Age: 27	B/T: S/R
Born: Jarabacoa, DO
Position(s): LF/1B/RF/DH
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63 HR 146 RBI 325 BA 1.115 OPS

Pascual Fuentes
Houston
Astros
Age: 31	B/T: S/L
Born: Eureka, MT
Position(s): LF/1B/RF
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33 HR 108 RBI 324 BA 981 OPS

Luke Hudson
Richmond
Virginians
Age: 27	B/T: L/L
Born: Ellicott, CO
Position(s): LF/1B/RF/DH
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33 HR 103 RBI 307 BA 969 OPS

STARTING PITCHER

Adam Bradford
St. Louis
Cardinals
Age: 34	B/T: R/R
Born: Fairview, MT
Position(s): P (SP1)
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MIDDLE RELIEF

Jose Gabriel
Seattle
Mariners
Age: 25	B/T: R/R
Born: Boca De Soco, DO
Position(s): P (SuA)
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87 GAMES 1.21 WHIP 2.88 ERA

CLOSER

Frank Skrmetta
New York
Mets
Age: 29	B/T: R/R
Born: Falls Village, CT
Position(s): P (ClA)
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ODDS TO WIN THE SEASON 34 WORLD SERIES

Las Vegas, NV (McC.COM) - As you all know we spend a lot of our free time with he folks at Westgate Casino and Sportsbook. Westgate is the largest sportsbook in the world and the biggest with the best handicapping staff in the desert. Today we ran into one of our former colleagues longtime ESPN and CBS broadcaster Brent Musburger, now working here as a handicapper and radio personality on a show called "Stats and Info" on XM channel 204 Sirius 215 and SXM app Ch 961. Brent tells us the super book likes St Louis to win it all with Seattle winning the National League pennant.

Brent points out the Cardinals are ranked number one (1) in wins with 100, 1 in ERA, 2 in WHIP, 4 in OPS, 6 in runs scored, and the best pitcher in baseball Adam Bradford (17-4). "Its a layup, a no doubter,.. I'm going hard on St. Louis." I took his advice a laid a 50 spot on the Cardinals. Before we left Brent asked to borrow 100 bucks and he also asked me about joining McCabe Magazine as a columnist writing a handicapping series, creating betting articles and commentary and opinions. I was delighted and offered him the job on the spot, however he declined the position after learning of the pay, telling us "I have a better offer at Pizza Hut delivering pies." With that I thanked him for his time and headed to the crap table.

WESTGATE SPORTSBOOK MLB ODDS to WIN the WORLD SERIES

Rank	Franchise	Owner	W	L	ODDS
1	St. Louis Cardinals	slurie2001	100	48	1-1
2	Seattle Mariners	mark3313	95	53	2-1
3	Washington D.C. Nationals	Saffron	94	54	3-1
4	Houston Astros	bballer2117	82	66	4-1
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	sportbanker	91	57	5-1
6	Milwaukee Brewers	cpintens	90	58	7-1
7	Philadelphia Phillies	sbank65	83	65	8-1
8	San Diego Padres	jgarron	86	62	9-1
9	New York Mets	basebalguru	82	66	10-1
10	Colorado Rockies	axtell	81	67	12-1
11	Richmond Virginians	spintens	81	67	21-1
12	Oakland Athletics	ojinga	81	67	22-1
13	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	81	67	28-1
14	Baltimore Orioles	kingkai53	77	71	30-1
15	Arizona Diamondbacks	AmCan	79	69	900-1
16	Chicago White Sox	kgrffth	78	70	975-1
17	Cleveland Indians	bbwinksdaddy	81	67	1000-1

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

POWER RANKINGS ISSUE FOUR

McCABE MAGAZINE POWER RANKINGS

MAJOR LEAGUE POWER RANKINGS

Denver, CO (McC.COM) - Listed below you will find first Power Rankings of season 34 and the McCabe Magazine's Stat of the Day. The Power Rankings are a statistical combination of the following team stats; Wins, Runs scored, OPS, WHIP, ERA, and Fielding Percentage.

		TOP 10

Rank	Last Week	Franchise	Owner	W	L
1	3	St. Louis Cardinals	slurie2001	57	29
2	6	Seattle Mariners	mark3313	55	31
3	2	Washington D.C. Nationals	Saffron	55	31
4	1	Milwaukee Brewers	cpintens	55	31
5	9	Houston Astros	bballer2117	52	34
6	10	Chicago White Sox	kgrffth	50	36
7	14	San Diego Padres	jgarron	51	35
8	4	Colorado Rockies	axtell	49	37
9	15	Richmond Virginians	spintens	46	40
10	8	New York Mets	basebalguru	48	38

		THE NEXT 5

Rank	Last Week	Franchise	Owner	W	L
11	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	sportbanker	47	39
12	19	Baltimore Orioles	kingkai53	45	41
13	13	Cleveland Indians	bbwinksdaddy	48	38
14	17	Arizona Diamondbacks	AmCan	47	39
15	11	Chicago Cubs	rod33	41	45

		BEST OF THE REST

Rank	Last Week	Franchise	Owner	W	L
16	16	Philadelphia Phillies	sbank65	44	42
17	7	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	47	39
18	12	Oakland Athletics	ojinga	45	41
19	NR	Florida Marlins	lido9613	41	45
20	NR	Minnesota Twins	optistrat	42	44

McCABE MAGAZINE MIDSUMMER AWARDS

With the All-Star break only days away, McCabe Magazine and the Beat Writers from every major league city, along with the fans voting contest, sponsored by King Pepper the maker of the Baseball Bat Pepper Grinder, we have selected the winners of the McCabe Magazine Midsummer Awards.

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McCabe Magazine Midsummer MVP

Bobby Ray Bragg
Richmond
Virginians
Age: 28	B/T: R/R
Born: Clarksdale, MS
Position(s): 1B/COF/DH
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39 HR 92 RBI 336 BA 1.102 OPS

McCabe Magazine Midsummer Cy Young

Adam Bradford
St. Louis
Cardinals
Age: 34	B/T: R/R
Born: Fairview, MT
Position(s): P (SP1)
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13-2 Wins 1.13 Whip 2.06 ERA

McCabe Magazine Midsummer Fireman

Frank Skrmetta
New York
Mets
Age: 29	B/T: R/R
Born: Falls Village, CT
Position(s): P (ClA)
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30 Games 29 Saves in 30 Save opportunities 153 OAV 0.66 Whip 1.57 ERA

McCabe Magazine Midsummer Setup Man of the Year

Max Douglass
Seattle
Mariners
Age: 29	B/T: R/R
Born: Keene, TX
Position(s): P (SuA)
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57 Games 6-3 Wins 226 OAV 0.99 Whip 3.20 ERA

McCabe Magazine Midsummer Rookie of the Year

Leury Santiago
Chicago
White Sox
Age: 22	B/T: R/R
Born: Soro, VE
Position(s): DH/C
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30 HR 328 BA 75 RBI 1.085 OPS

Thursday, October 26, 2017

POWER RANKINGS ISSUE THREE

McCABE MAGAZINE POWER RANKINGS

MAJOR LEAGUE POWER RANKINGS

CINCINNATI, OH (McC.COM) - Listed below you will find first Power Rankings of season 34 and the McCabe Magazine's Stat of the Day. The Power Rankings are a statistical combination of the following team stats; Wins, Runs scored, OPS, WHIP, ERA, and Fielding Percentage.

	McCabe Magazine Power Rankings

	Top 10

Rank	Franchise	Owner	Wins	Lost
1	Milwaukee Brewers	cpintens	25	9
2	Washington D.C. Nationals	Saffron	25	9
3	St. Louis Cardinals	slurie2001	25	9
4	Colorado Rockies	axtell	24	10
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	sportbanker	24	10
6	Seattle Mariners	mark3313	20	14
7	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	21	13
8	New York Mets	basebalguru	22	12
9	Houston Astros	bballer2117	19	15
10	Chicago White Sox	kgrffth	17	17

	The Next 5

Rank	Franchise	Owner	Wins	Lost
11	Chicago Cubs	rod33	17	17
12	Oakland Athletics	ojinga	21	13
13	Cleveland Indians	bbwinksdaddy	19	15
14	San Diego Padres	jgarron	18	16
15	Richmond Virginians	spintens	17	17

	The Best of the Rest

Rank	Franchise	Owner	Wins	Lost
16	Philadelphia Phillies	sbank65	16	18
17	Arizona Diamondbacks	AmCan	16	18
18	Detroit Tigers	mrmich1	15	19
19	Baltimore Orioles	kingkai53	18	16
20	Texas Rangers	goldenbaer88	16	18

STAT of the DAY

Rookie Leaders OPS

Leury Santiago
Chicago
White Sox
Age: 22	B/T: R/R
Born: Soro, VE
Position(s): DH/C
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Rank

Player

RBI

AVG

OPS

Leury Santiago (CH2)

0.326

1.136

Dane Escobar (MIL)

0.291

1.011

Donne Gonzales (CLE)

0.336

0.967

Seth Stockton (KC)

0.296

0.900

Stevie Young (WAS)

0.271

0.890

Mike Lerud (MIL)

0.267

0.810

Don Rusin (CH2)

0.276

0.761

Manuel Salas (SF)

0.263

0.706

Derrin Wulf (DET)

0.296

0.700

Kolten Santana (BAL)

0.244

0.681

*Rookie Leaders WHIP

Wladimir Martin
Oakland
Athletics
Age: 22	B/T: R/R
Born: Richmond, IN
Position(s): P (LRA)
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Rank

Player

WHIP

ERA

Wladimir Martin (OAK)

15.0

0.80

1.80

Hank Yount (MIN)

10.2

0.84

3.38

Ignacio Liriano (MIN)

16.1

0.98

1.65

Walt Brenly (RIC)

18.2

1.13

1.45

Oswaldo Prieto (MIL)

15.0

1.20

1.80

Brendan Matthews (FLA)

47.0

1.23

3.26

Whitey Corino (PHI)

48.0

1.23

3.00

Esteban Wilfredo (CH2)

31.1

1.28

4.60

Hideo Wang (OAK)

23.1

1.29

1.93

Rubi Quinones (CIN)

12.1

1.30

2.92

* Rookie WHIP we used minimal 7 Games played

Career Leaders

	* Denotes Active Player

Top 5 Players	Career Batting Average
Rank	Player	Stat	Season
1	Placido Ortiz	0.335	1-15
2	Don Bagley	0.333	13-23
3	Tony Cortes	0.332	6-24
4	John Burke	0.325	14-30
5	Wilkin Lopez	0.321	25-42

Top 5 Players	Career Home Runs
Rank	Player	Stat	Season
1	Alexei DaSilva	737	17-34
2	*Louie Rosa	732	28-45
3	Jose Colon	703	16-35
4	*Ignacio Valentin	702	30-45
5	Hulk Kingland	687	4-19

Top 5 Players	Career Runs Batted In
Rank	Player	Stat	Season
1	*Louie Rosa	2,047	28-45
2	Alexei DaSilva	1,960	17-34
3	Moose Kennedy	1,947	7-24
4	Wilkin Lopez	1,944	25-41
5	Bartolo Hernandez	1,909	27-42

Top 5 Players	Career Hits
Rank	Player	Stat	Season
1	Charley Reynolds	3,214	23-43
2	Alexei DaSilva	3,202	17-34
3	Jose Colon	3,054	16-35
4	Bronson Whang	3,048	6-22
5	Wilkin Lopez	3,002	25-42

Top 5 Players	Career Wins
Rank	Player	Stat	Season
1	Vince Garcia	377	11-31
2	Luther Abercrombie	355	1-23
3	Lastings O'Brien	303	10-39
4	Asdrubal Pelaez	300	13-31
5	Kid Richard	288	20-40

Top 5 Players	Career ERA
Rank	Player	Stat	Season
1	Pedro Manuel	2.50	20-35
2	Vince Garcia	2.66	11-31
3	Cedrick Hollins	2.75	18-35
4	Adam Bradford	2.85	22-39
5	Yamid Zapata	2.85	18-35

Top 5 Players	Career Strike Outs
Rank	Player	Stat	Season
1	Luther Abercrombie	4,449	1-23
2	Kid Richard	3,891	20-40
3	Vince Garcia	3,740	11-31
4	Onan Park	3,645	4-24
5	Julio Ramirez	3,360	2-21

Top 5 Players	Career Saves
Rank	Player	Stat	Season
1	Pedro Manuel	693	20-36
2	Ronald Kipnis	647	17-34
3	Glen Watkins	620	13-30
4	Cedrick Hollins	552	8-24
5	Skeeter Brown	525	1-14

Pittsburgh Pirates 111-51 sportbanker

Season 44 Pittsburgh Pirates over the New York Yankees 4-2

Season 43 San Diego Padres over the Milwaukee Brewers 4-1

Season 42 Toronto Blue Jays over the Chicago Cubs 4-3

Season 41 Chicago Cubs over the Texas Rangers 4-3

Season 40 Atlanta Braves over the Oakland Athletics 4-1

Season 39 Philadelphia Phillies over the Minnesota Twins 4-0

Season 38 Seattle Mariners over the Chicago White Sox 4-3

Season 37 Seattle Mariners over the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2

Season 36 Milwaukee Brewers over the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3

Season 35 Washington Nationals over the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3

Season 34 Washington Nationals over the Richmond Virginians 4-2

Season 33 Washington Nationals over the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1

Season 32 Seattle Mariners over the Houston Astros 4-2

Season 31 Seattle Mariners over the Oakland Athletics 4-2

Season 30 Richmond Virginians over the Houston Astros 4-3

Season 29 Washington Nationals over the San Diego Padres 4-3

Season 28 Toronto Blue Jays over the Florida Marlins 4-1

Season 27 San Diego Padres over the Washington DC Nationals 4-0

Season 26 Houston Astros over the San Diego Padres 4-2

Season 25 San Diego Padres over the Anaheim Angels 4-0

Season 24 Detroit Tigers over

the Kansas City 4-1

Season 23 Anaheim Angels over the New York Mets 4-0

Season 22 San Diego Padres over the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3

Season 21 New York Mets over the Baltimore Orioles 4-3

Season 20 San Diego Padres over the New York Yankees 4-3

Season 19 Kansas City Royals over San Diego Padres 4-3

Season 18 San Diego Padres over Baltimore Orioles 4-3

Season 17 Detroit Tigers over Kansas City Royals 4-2

Season 16 Arizona Diamonbacks over Kansas City Royals 4-3

Season 15 Oakland Athletics over Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3

Season 14 St. Louis Cardinals over San Diego Padres 4-1

Season 13 San Diego Padres over Oakland Athletics 4-2

Season 12 Richmond Virginians over Minnesota Twins 4-1

Season 11 Boston Red Sox over Florida Marlins 4-1

Season 10 Anaheim Angels over Cleveland Indians 4-1

Season 9 New York Yankees over Chicago Cubs 4-1

Season 8 Pittsburgh Pirates over St. Louis Cardinals 4-2

Season 7 Florida Marlins over St. Louis Cardinals 4-0

Season 6 Florida Marlins over New York Yankees 4-3

Season 5 Florida Marlins over San Francisco Giants 4-1

Season 4 Boston Red Sox over San Diego Padres 4-2

Season 3 Boston Red Sox over Arizona Diamondbacks 4-2

Season 2 Philadelphia Phillies over St. Louis Cardinals 4-2

Season 1 Texas Rangers over
Cincinnati Reds 4-0

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Power Rankings and Season 34 All-Pro Team

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

POWER RANKINGS ISSUE FOUR

Thursday, October 26, 2017

POWER RANKINGS ISSUE THREE

McCABE MAGAZINE POWER RANKINGS

MAJOR LEAGUE POWER RANKINGS CINCINNATI, OH (McC.COM) - Listed below you will find first Power Rankings of season 34 and the McCabe Magazine's Stat of the Day. The Power Rankings are a statistical combination of the following team stats; Wins, Runs scored, OPS, WHIP, ERA, and Fielding Percentage.

STAT of the DAY

MAJOR LEAGUE POWER RANKINGS

CINCINNATI, OH (McC.COM) - Listed below you will find first Power Rankings of season 34 and the McCabe Magazine's Stat of the Day. The Power Rankings are a statistical combination of the following team stats; Wins, Runs scored, OPS, WHIP, ERA, and Fielding Percentage.