McCABE MAGAZINE MIDSUMMER ISSUE

MIDSUMMER POWER RANKINGS

CINCINNATI, OH (McC.COM) - Listed below you will find first Power Rankings of season 33 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 Ranking	Franchise	Owner	W	L
1	11	Colorado Rockies	axtell	62	33
2	3	Chicago Cubs	rod33	64	31
3	12	Chicago White Sox	kgrffth	60	35
4	4	Philadelphia Phillies	sbank65	59	36
5	5	St. Louis Cardinals	slurie2001	57	38
6	13	Atlanta Braves	franknterry	55	40
7	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	sportbanker	63	32
8	16	Los Angeles Dodgers	Arte	42	53
9	9	Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss	43	52
10	1	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	57	38
		THE NEXT 5
Rank	Last Ranking	Franchise	Owner	W	L
11	18	Richmond Virginians	spintens	41	54
12	NR	Washington D.C. Nationals	Saffron	38	57
13	NR	Baltimore Orioles	kingkai53	51	44
14	19	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	53	42
15	NR	Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23	37	58
		THE BEST OF THE REST
Rank	Last Ranking	Franchise	Owner	W	L
16	NR	New York Mets	gurubaseball	38	57
17	10	Minnesota Twins	optistrat	46	49
18	17	Cleveland Indians	CollegeBoy33	46	49
19	7	Seattle Mariners	mark3313	60	35
20	NR	San Diego Padres	jgarron	32	63
		DROPPING OUT
Rank	Last Ranking	Franchise	Owner	W	L
21	15	Arizona Diamondbacks	Frozenherd	42	53
22	6	Anaheim Angels	captain10a	37	58
26	20	Oakland Athletics	ojinga	62	33
27	14	Rochester Broncos	daddiothree	51	44
29	8	Texas Rangers	goldenbaer88	53	42

McCABE MAGAZINE MID-SEASON AWARDS 

Mid-Season Most Valuable Player

Rico Crespo Texas Rangers Age: 26 B/T: S/R Born: Moca, DO Position(s): CF View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Player	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OPS
Rico Crespo (TEX)	89	121	39	93	19	4	0.335	1.128

Mid-Season Cy Young 

Geovany Tabata Chicago Cubs Age: 24 B/T: S/L Born: Barahona, DO Position(s): P (SP2) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Player	G	GS	CG	SHO	W	L	WHIP	ERA
Geovany Tabata (CH1)	21	21	3	2	12	3	1.02	2.39

Mid-Season Rookie of the Year

Jude Bandy New York Mets Age: 22 B/T: S/R Born: Ft Thomas, KY Position(s): 1B View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Player	G	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	AVG	OPS
Jude Bandy (NY2)	97	57	108	16	23	69	0.296	0.886

Mid-Season Fireman of the Year

Wilbur Turner Milwaukee Brewers Age: 25 B/T: R/R Born: Scales Mound, IL Position(s): P (ClA) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Player	W	L	SV	SVO	BB	SO	WHIP	ERA
Wilbur Turner (MIL)	3	2	8	9	6	17	1.32	2.37

AROUND THE LEAGUE 

League Transactions

6/10/19

After trading Henderson Betemit (P) to the Atlanta Braves for minor leaguers Geraldo Lee (RF) Julio Eusebio      (C) and Yadiel Sosa (SS), the Cardinals promoted 35 year-old Bruce Gonzales (P) from AAA where he made 12 appearances with a 1-3 record, 2 saves, 1.00 WHIP 1.71 ERA. Gonzales on the last year of a 2 year deal making $5.4 million started the year on the major league roster before being demoted on 6/1/19.

The Chicago White Sox placed season 38 Rookie of the Year Rougned Schoop (LF) on the 15-Day disable list with a bulging disk in his neck. Last season Schoop hit 49 HR and 134 RBI. This season he has 26 HR and 80 RBI however, he was in a major HR lump before being placed on the DL. Hitting just 4 round-trippers in his last 91 at bats.

Oakland Athletics decline the Rule 5 Return of SS Paul Ball from the Milwaukee Brewers and later the Cincinnati Reds. Ball was designated for assignment on 4/27/19 and claimed off waivers by the Brewers. Ball an IFA signee in season 32 appeared in 53 games with 41 AB 1 HR 8 RBI and a 268 Batting Average for Milwaukee and offered back to Oakland and subsequently waved. The Reds claimed Ball on 6/10/19 and also offered him back to Oakland. As of 6/11/19 Ball is still on the Reds roster and waiting for an assignment.   

6/9/2019             

Anaheim Angels activated Angelys Guez (P) from DL. He has pitched in 17 games with 16 starts posting a 4-5 record 1.25 Whip 4.15 ERA. This 30 year-old has a long history of major injuries. He has been on the 60-day DL three (3) times and one (1) 15-day stint. During his career he has had 2 elbow surgeries and 1 shoulder surgery.  The Angels placed him on the DL due to elbow inflammation.

The San Francisco Giants waived Harry Almonte (P) 13 games 0-0 record 2.08 Whip and a 9.00 ERA. Arizona Diamondbacks claimed Almonte and assigned him to the Reno Aces (AAA) of the Pacific League.

Cleveland Indians promoted former Big Leaguer Cy Britton (P) to the big club after starting the season in AAA. Britton spent the entire season 39 in the starting rotation on the major league roster going 8-13, 1.44 Whip 5.45 ERA. To his surprise he didn’t make the major league roster out of spring training and was assigned to Columbus the AAA affiliate. In 18 starts for the Clippers Britton posted a 11-1 record 1.17 Whip 2.87 ERA.

6/8/2019

After signing International Free-Agent Ezdra Costilla and giving him a $40,000 bonus the Rochester Broncos released the 18 year-old without playing a single game. The details surrounding the release is still a mystery however, a source close to the situation told Deadspin.com Costilla was released because he refused to wear pants during batting practice and to team meals at the rookie training facility. The actual release happen following a Meet-and Greet with the fans when he removed his pants and under garments while explaining his theory on how to throw a split-finger fastball to a group of senior citizens from the Phoenix Senior Center.    

Colorado Rockies released the following Rookie League pitchers Benny Robinson  (19) Yeico Manzanillo (19) Giancarlo Molina (19) Mason Martin (19) and Deacon Coste (18) following their arrest on charges of trying to pass fake $5 bills at a Jupiter, Florida massage parole in which was being investigated by the Feds for video taping NFL owners without their knowledge or permission.   

Kansas City Royals added Jose Valdes (1B) to the 40-Man Roster after acquiring him in a trade with San Francisco for Bing Hardy (LF) and Abdullah Butcher (P).

6/7/2019

The New York Yankees traded their number 3 rated prospect Naoto Chang (P) to the Cleveland Indians for Andres Mejia (P) and the Indians number 1 rated prospect Ben McCartin (1B).  Mejia was assigned to the major league club while McCartin was assigned to AAA Scranton of the International League. Since joining the Bronx Bombers Mejia has started 18 games with a 7-7 record 1.41 Whip 3.82 ERA. He spent his first 5-years in the Cleveland Indians minor league farm system before finally getting his opportunity to pitcher in the Major Leagues with New York. McCartin was the number 11 overall pick by Cleveland in the season 39 draft. He has been rushed through both organizations and is struggling as a result. Last year he played 2 games in Rookie ball, and was promoted to advance A ball (High A) and played 54 games. This season he started in AA where he played 72 games before being traded to the Yankees. The Yankees promoted him to AAA where he has posted a .241 BA.  The Indianas assigned Naoto Chang to their AA affiliate.

San Diego Padres promoted 23 year-olds Stretch O'Malley (LF) and Alvin Blake (P) to the big club on 6/7/19. Both players are showing the fans the future is bright in San Diego. O’Malley a supplemental 1* round selection has played in 8 games batting .344 in 32 plate appearances. Blake was a late first (29) round pick in season 35. He has 2 starts a 1-1 record 1 complete game 0.94 Whip and a 2.12 ERA. To make room on the roster the Padres released veteran pitcher Gabriel Bonilla. He pitched in 30 games this season with a 2.70 ERA. He was making the league minimum and should get a few calls before seasons end.   

San Francisco Giants acquired Bing Hardy (LF) 28 Abdullah Butcher (P) 25 in a trade with the Royals for Jose Valdes (1B). With the Giants, Hardy is batting .306 in 36 AB and Butcher, a career minor leaguer was promoted to the majors after joining the Giants. He has appeared in 2 games with a 1-0 record and an EYE POPPING 3.00 Whip 27.00 ERA. The front office thinks it’s way too early to make any judgements. 

The New York Mets promoted Virgil Ortiz (P) to the major league roster from Binghamton (AA) where he appeared in 18 games with 17 starts a 0-6 record, 1 save 1.32 Whip and a 3.25 ERA. The Mets acquired the 12 year pro, 3 at the major league level via FA on 5/3/19 after being released by the Florida Marlins.  

League sources have told McCabe Magazine the Yankees are shopping the following players;

Number 2 starter Rafael Nunez (P) 32 years-old started 18 games 4-12 record 1.46 Whip 4.71 ERA

Season 31 Rookie of the Year Rolando Nova (C) 32 years-old average 27.6 HR per 162 games.

Part-time closer/setup-man Lisalverto Jacquez (P) 32 years-old career numbers 284 games 27-17 record 33 saves 1.28 Whip 4.34 ERA Danry Beltran (1B) 27 years-old major league averages 26 HR, 97 RBI 285 BA per 162.

6/6/2019

Career minor leaguer Bono Maxwell (P) 28 was released by the Giants after spending 7 seasons in the San Diego Padres minor league system. Maxwell never made it pass AA. He signed a minor league FA contract with San Francisco on 5/26/19 and released on 6/6/19. The Giants also released minor leaguer Philip Vaughn (P) 26 in 11 games at San Jose (High A) he had 1 start posting a 0-1 record 2.32 Whip 10.02 ERA

White Sox signed FA hold-out Jerrod Perez (3B) 33 to a prorated league minimum contract on 6/6/19. After spending 13 seasons with the White Sox he left via Free-Agency at the end of S39. According to kgrffth owner and director of baseball operations, Perez asking price was in “never, never land.” So they let him walk. With a quarter of the season gone he and his people came back to the bargaining table to make a deal and we put our foot on his throat, made him say in the Pedro Martinez voice “who’s yo DADDY”, and got the deal we wanted $391,000.

Colorado Rockies activated Walt Parker (P) 25 from 60-Day DL. Parker complained about shoulder soreness in the 9^th inning of a 7-4 lost against Richmond. After getting the first two batters to ground out he proceeded to walk the next batter followed by a HBP. He motioned to the dugout and was later placed on the disable list with a sore rotator cuff. In his first game back against the Detroit Tigers he pitched a 7 pitch scoreless 9^th, facing 3 batters and striking out 1.

Texas Rangers signed Ron Chambers (P) 31 to a 2-year contract extension worth $9.2 million. Career numbers 299 games 21-20 record 349 Ks I 351 innings 1.26 Whip 3.33 ERA

Astros activated former 12^th round selection Jarrett Craig (2B) 28 from the 15-Day DL with a bulging disk in his next.

6/5/2019

Atlanta Braves and the New York Mets agreed to the following trade;

Braves acquire Wascar Ramirez (P) 31 season totals 22 games 0-3 record 1.37 Whip 3.97 ERA since joining the Braves he pitched in 3 games 0-0 record 4.2 innings 0.43 Whip 0.00 ERA

Mets got Corey Blair (P) 29 season totals 19 games 4 starts 1-4 record 1.51 Whip 5.33 ERA with New York 4 games 4 starts  0-4 record 1.54 Whip 4.62 ERA      

The Braves gave Ramirez a 1-year contract extension through season 41 worth $3.5 M.

The Giants placed injury plague pitcher Dann Jackson 31 on the 15-Day DL with shoulder inflammation. In season 35 Jackson was placed on the 60-Day DL with a ligament tear in his shoulder, and in season 37 knee surgery landed him on the 60-Day DL. To fill his spot on the roster San Francisco called-up season 37 first round pick (6 overall) Rashun Blair (P). Minor league career numbers 133 games 34 starts 6-17 record 27 saves 35 SVO 1.15 Whip 3.33 ERA. Another rush job, great potential and should be pitching at the AA level at best. To my friends in the Bay area sorry, just trying to spice things up, we need more clicks at McCabeMagazine.com.

THE TEAMS OF THE DECADE

THE DECADE OF THE 30s 

THE DECADE OF DOMINATION
THE SEATTLE MARINERS McCABE MAGAZINE'S TEAM OF THE DECADE 

Daytona Beach, FLA (McC.com) - McCabe Magazines team of the decade is the Seattle Mariners. This team dominated the decade like the San Diego Padres dominated the decade of the 20s. Seattle won 1087 games, 4 National League Pennants, 9 NL West division titles, and 4 Robert E McCabe World Series trophies. Each of the noted team stats is the best in the major leagues during that decade except for division titles. Seattle and the Washington Nationals both finished the decade with 9 titles, the Mariners winning 9 straight, and Washington winning 8. The Nationals consecutive division title streak was broken in season 38 by the Boston Red Sox when they captured title with an 85-77 record.

Seattle has won the National League West division every year since season 31, and has finished the year with the best record in baseball seven (7) times. In season 32 this club set the single season record in wins with 122, and followed that up with a win total of 121 in season 33. Some of the old-timers in our news room claim they haven’t seen a team better than the season 20 San Diego Padres (116-46) which won the World Series and was later named “The Greatest Team of All-Time” in a season 29 issue of McCabe Magazine.  In our decade of the 20s issue The Padres was also named our “Team of the Decade.” However, with all due respect to my fellow colleagues Peter Gammons and Bob Costas, in my opinion regarding Greatest Team of All Time, there’s no question the Seattle Mariners dynasty are in the conversation, with the 32 Mariners bumping the Padres off the Iron Throne and staking claim to the title as “The Greatest Team of All Time” with the 20 Padres falling to 2^nd on my list. Peter said “fine that’s your opinion” but Bob who is still bitter about being removed from the NBC Sunday Night NFL broadcast became incensed! He called me stupid, dumb, and he was sick and tired of being my imaginary friend. After speaking with management Bob was let go and replaced with Buster Olney who helped me with the research for this article. Thanks Buster!   

What a decade for the Mariners, now what’s ahead for the league, who will be our next team of the decade? The 40s have begun,.. Enjoy!  

Listed below you will find our team stats for the decade.  

MAJOR LEAGUE TOTAL WINS FOR THE DECADE

	THE TOP GROUP
Rank	Franchise	Owner	W	L	World Series	Pennant	Division Title	Wildcard
1	Seattle Mariners	mark3314	1087	533	4	4	9	0
2	St. Louis Cardinals	slurie2002	956	664	0	1	3	4
3	Washington D.C. Nationals	Saffron	929	691	3	3	9	0
4	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	928	692	0	0	4	2
5	Houston Astros	bballer2118	898	722	0	2	2	5
6	Richmond Virginians	spintens	897	723	1	2	6	1
7	Colorado Rockies	axtell	887	733	0	0	0	5
8	Pittsburgh Pirates	sportbanker	877	743	0	1	3	2
9	Oakland Athletics	ojinga	876	744	0	1	7	0
	THE NEXT GROUP
Rank	Franchise	Owner	W	L	World Series	Pennant	Division Title	Wildcard
10	Philadelphia Phillies	sbank66	866	754	1	3	4	2
11	New York Mets	gurubaseball	855	765	0	0	3	1
12	Milwaukee Brewers	cpintens	842	778	1	1	4	1
13	Arizona Diamondbacks	Frozenherd	840	780	0	0	0	3
14	Chicago Cubs	rod34	832	788	0	0	5	0
15	Cleveland Indians	CollegeBoy34	824	796	0	0	3	1
16	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	818	802	0	0	4	1
17	Chicago White Sox	kgrffth	806	814	0	1	1	1
18	Florida Marlins	lido9614	796	824	0	0	0	1
19	Anaheim Angels	captain10a	793	827	0	0	2	1
20	Baltimore Orioles	kingkai54	792	828	0	0	0	2

THE DECADE SINGLE SEASON TOTALS

	THE TOP 10
Rank	Franchise	Owner	Season	W	L	World Series	Pennant
1	Seattle Mariners	mark3313	32	122	40	Yes	Yes
2	Seattle Mariners	mark3313	33	121	41	No	No
3	Seattle Mariners	mark3313	36	118	44	No	No
4	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	36	116	46	No	No
5	Seattle Mariners	mark3313	38	115	47	Yes	Yes
6	Seattle Mariners	mark3313	35	114	48	No	No
T	Seattle Mariners	mark3313	39	114	48	No	No
8	Seattle Mariners	mark3313	37	111	51	Yes	Yes
9	St. Louis Cardinals	slurie2001	34	110	52	No	No
10	Philadelphia Phillies	sbank65	36	109	53	No	Yes
T	Philadelphia Phillies	sbank65	39	109	53	Yes	Yes
T	St. Louis Cardinals	slurie2001	31	109	53	No	No
	THE NEXT 10
Rank	Franchise	Owner	Season	W	L	World Series	Pennant
13	Cincinnati Reds	cpintens	32	108	54	No	No
T	Houston Astros	bballer2117	32	108	54	No	Yes
15	Chicago Cubs	rod33	38	106	56	No	No
16	Philadelphia Phillies	sbank65	37	105	57	No	No
T	St. Louis Cardinals	slurie2001	33	105	57	No	No
18	Chicago Cubs	rod33	39	104	58	No	No
19	Houston Astros	bballer2117	31	103	59	No	No
T	Seattle Mariners	mark3313	34	103	59	No	No
T	Washington D.C. Nationals	Saffron	34	103	59	Yes	Yes
22	Oakland Athletics	troutis	30	102	60	No	No
T	Richmond Virginians	spintens	35	102	60	No	No
T	Washington D.C. Nationals	Saffron	32	102	60	No	No
	THE 100 GAME WINNERS
Rank	Franchise	Owner	Season	W	L	World Series	Pennant
25	Atlanta Braves	franknterry	39	101	61	No	No
T	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	35	101	61	No	No
T	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	37	101	61	No	No
28	Atlanta Braves	merott	31	100	62	No	No
T	Colorado Rockies	axtell	38	100	62	No	No
T	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	38	100	62	No	No
T	Philadelphia Phillies	sbank65	38	100	62	No	No
T	Washington D.C. Nationals	Saffron	35	100	62	Yes	Yes

NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE DECADE 

There are four (4) players that made both McCabe Magazine’s All-Decade Teams of the 20s and 30s. 

Those players are; 

PLAYER	DECADE 20		TEAM	DECADE 30		TEAM
Bartolo Hernandez	SS		Washington Nationals	SS		Boston Red Sox
Wilkin Lopez	3B		Boston Red Sox	OF		Boston Red Sox
Charley Reynolds	OF		Cincinnati Reds	2B		Texas Rangers
Pedro Manuel	CIA		San Diego Padres	Bullpen		San Diego Padres

Which teams won their division by the largest margin? Here are the division winners with margin of victory.

Rank	Season	Team	Division	W-L	PCT	Won by
1	39	Chicago Cubs	ML NL North	104-58	0.642	35
2	38	Chicago Cubs	ML NL North	106-56	0.654	31
3	36	Kansas City Royals	ML AL South	116-46	0.716	28
4	33	Seattle Mariners	ML NL West	121-41	0.747	27
T	36	Seattle Mariners	ML NL West	118-44	0.728	27
6	35	Washington D.C. Nationals	ML AL East	100-62	0.617	26
7	39	Seattle Mariners	ML NL West	114-48	0.704	25
8	35	Seattle Mariners	ML NL West	114-48	0.704	24
9	34	Washington D.C. Nationals	ML AL East	103-59	0.636	23
10	32	Cincinnati Reds	ML NL North	108-54	0.667	21
T	36	Philadelphia Phillies	ML NL East	109-53	0.673	21
12	37	Philadelphia Phillies	ML NL East	105-57	0.648	20
13	31	Oakland Athletics	ML AL West	88-74	0.543	19
T	33	Richmond Virginians	ML NL South	92-70	0.568	19
T	39	Philadelphia Phillies	ML NL East	109-53	0.673	19
16	33	Oakland Athletics	ML AL West	95-67	0.586	18
T	31	Atlanta Braves	ML NL South	100-62	0.617	18
18	35	Richmond Virginians	ML NL South	102-60	0.630	17

SINGLE SEASON RECORDS BROKEN DURING THE DECADE

Flip Gibson of the Colorado Rookies broke Bennie Carr’s long standing HIT STREAK of 35 games in season 35 with 36 straight hits. Rusney Rosado of the Anaheim Angeles made a serious run at the record last season, but fell 4 games short when he finished with 32 consecutive hits.

	Hit Streak
Top 5 Players
Rank	Player	Stat	Season	Franchise	Owner
1	Flip Gibson	36	35	Rockies	axtell
2	Bennie Carr	35	10	Rockies	2stepper
3	Placido Ortiz	34	1	Red Sox	pat007ohmss
4	Miguel Furcal	33	20	Broncos	coinguy
5	Rusney Rosado	32	39	Angels	captain10a

 Jose Valdes Seattle Mariners, and Charley Reynolds Cincinnati Reds, both broke the RUNS SCORED record in season 32 with Valdes claiming the top spot with 165, and Reynolds taking second with 156. Hall of Famer Quinton Bryne Mets, holds the third, fourth, and fifth slots on the list.

	Runs
Top 5 Players
Rank	Player	Stat	Season	Franchise	Owner
1	Jose Valdes	165	32	Mariners	mark3313
2	Charley Reynolds	156	32	Reds	cpintens
3	Quinton Bryne	155	20	Mets	basebalguru
4	Quinton Bryne	154	17	Mets	basebalguru
5	Quinton Bryne	152	21	Mets	basebalguru

Also in season 32 Future Hall of Famer Charley Reynolds fell 4 DOUBLES short of breaking the single season record of 59 held by 3 players Pedro Perez Marlins, Quinton Bryne, and Pascual Fuentes Astros.

	Doubles
Top 5 Players
Rank	Player	Stat	Season	Franchise	Owner
1	Pedro Perez	59	13	Marlins	AZNJ70
1	Quinton Bryne	59	17	Mets	basebalguru
1	Pascual Fuentes	59	29	Astros	runnrun
4	Charley Reynolds	55	32	Reds	cpintens
5	Chad Rolls	54	3	Blue Jays	booyaed99

In season 39 Woody Haniger Kansas City Royals, swiped 140 STOLEN BASES which put him 9 shy of the single season record of 149 held by Mack Rocker of the St. Louis Cardinals. The 34 year-old Haniger told McCabe Magazine.com he has his eyes set on both the single season and career stolen base records. The all-time record of 909 was set in season 23 by Omar Paniagua San Diego Padres. Haniger came into the season with 782 and has stolen 52 this year for a total of 834.

	Stolen bases
Top 5 Players
Rank	Player	Stat	Season	Franchise	Owner
1	Mack Rocker	149	3	Cardinals	rklongball
2	Woody Haniger	140	39	Royals	TenaciousTYT
3	Mack Rocker	133	2	Cardinals	rklongball
4	Mack Rocker	127	1	Rockies	quantum76
4	Mack Rocker	127	4	Cardinals	rklongball

Adam Bradford Anaheim Angeles finished season 30 with a 1.72 ERA which is third on the single season ERA list. Season 36 Cy Young award winner Frankie Brooks Seattle Mariners holds the number 4 spot with a 1.73 ERA.

	ERA
Top 5 Players
Rank	Player	Stat	Season	Franchise	Owner
1	Santos Rodriguez	1.51	27	Indians	Fantasy Frea
2	Adam Bradford	1.57	26	Angels	captain10a
3	Adam Bradford	1.72	30	Angels	captain10a
4	Frankie Brooks	1.73	36	Mariners	mark3313
4	Vince Garcia	1.73	25	Angels	captain10a

The single season record of 272 STRIKE OUTS was set in season 30 by Atlanta Braves pitcher Kid Richard. The 40 year-old now playing for the Louisville Bats, the Cincinnati Reds AAA affiliated also holds down the third slot with 254 Ks in season 31, and fourth slot with 253.

	Strikeouts
Top 5 Players
Rank	Player	Stat	Season	Franchise	Owner
1	Kid Richard	272	30	Braves	merott
2	Vince Garcia	255	1	Rangers	madmuldoon
3	Kid Richard	254	31	Braves	merott
4	Kid Richard	253	28	Dodgers	Arte
5	Vince Garcia	251	21	Cubs	mitt0108

In season 30 Al Garces (P) Oakland Athletics tied Kid Richard's season 26 record of 7 SHUTOUTS in a season.  

	Shut out
Top 5 Players
Rank	Player	Stat	Season	Franchise	Owner
1	Kid Richard	7	26	Dodgers	Arte
1	Al Garces	7	30	Athletics	troutis
3	Vince Garcia	6	16	Diamondbacks	yoker70
3	Luther Abercrombie	6	19	Diamondbacks	yoker70
3	Vince Garcia	6	22	Indians	Fantasy Frea