McCabe Magazine Major League Notebook

Inter-League Play Winners and Losers  

Chicago, Ill (McC) – Interleague play has concluded with the National league winning the newly inaugural “toohdoc7” award. This award was establish to recognize “toohdoc7” a longtime owner of the Seattle Mariners in the McCabe League. Toohdoc7 has been an active member since season 4, and hasn’t checked into the site since August 4, 2014 which was about 40 games into season 23. We miss you, and pray all is well.

Interleague Play. The National League 106 wins – American 86 wins.

Team	Owner	W	L		Team	Owner	W	L
Los Angeles Dodgers	Arte	9	3		Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23	8	4
Milwaukee Brewers	brentcnb	9	3		Arizona D-backs	yoker70	7	5
Chicago White Sox	kgrffth	8	4		Philadelphia Phillies	egw18	7	5
San Francisco Giants	wylie715	8	4		Richmond Virginians	spintens	7	5
St. Louis Cardinals	421werd	8	4		Rochester Broncos	coinguy	7	5
Anaheim Angels	captain10a	7	5		San Diego Padres	jgarron	7	5
New York Yankees	ARomano	7	5		Detroit Tigers	patrickkm	6	6
Texas Rangers	goldenbaer88	7	5		Florida Marlins	lido9613	6	6
Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	7	5		New York Mets	basebalguru	6	6
Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss	6	6		Chicago Cubs	mitt0108	5	7
Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	6	6		Atlanta Braves	bigsammich	4	8
Oakland Athletics	jefepwnzer	6	6		Cincinnati Reds	cpintens	4	8
Wash D.C. National	Saffron	6	6		Colorado Rockies	axtell	4	8
Minnesota Twins	optistrat	5	7		Pittsburgh Pirates	nbaker10	4	8
Houston Astros	ajaxx88	4	8		Cleveland Indians	Fantasy Frk	3	9
Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	3	9		Seattle Mariners	mark3313	1	11
	Total Wins	106				Total Wins	86

A Look at The Chase

With the season at the halfway point we here at McCabe Magazine wanted to take a look the division races.    

Division Leaders

ML AL North (Season 23)
Team	Owner	W-L	PCT	GB
Chicago White Sox	kgrffth *	57-34	0.626	-
Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	50-41	0.549	7
Milwaukee Brewers	brentcnb *	50-41	0.549	7

Notes: The White Sox lead the AL North by 7 games over 10 time division winner Toronto Blue Blues and the Milwaukee Brewers.  The Blues Jays are the defending AL North champions, and winners of the division the last 5 years, and 7 of the last 9. I hear footsteps.

ML AL East (Season 23)
Team	Owner	W-L	PCT	GB
Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	47-44	0.516	-
Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss *	45-46	0.495	2
New York Yankees	ARomano *	44-47	0.484	3

Notes: Baltimore is McCabe Magazine’s choice to win this division. However, it won’t be easy. Despite losing records to date, experience owners’ pat007ohmss and ARomano are hot on the trail. We look for this division to go down to the wire.

ML AL South (Season 23)
Team	Owner	W-L	PCT	GB
Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	51-40	0.56	-
Texas Rangers	goldenbaer88	47-44	0.516	4

Notes: The surprise team of the American League is the Texas Rangers which was our choice to finish last in the division with a 70-92 record. They trail the Kansas City Royals, the winners of the division the last 7 years.  

ML AL West (Season 23)
Team	Owner	W-L	PCT	GB
Los Angeles Dodgers	Arte	58-33	0.637	-
Anaheim Angels	captain10a	51-40	0.56	7

Notes: This is a two team race with the Dodgers pulling away at the halfway point. The Dodgers have only won the division twice in their history, seasons 19 and 20. We have both Anaheim and LA making the playoffs.

ML NL North (Season 23)
Team	Owner	W-L	PCT	GB
Chicago Cubs	mitt0108	57-34	0.626	-
Detroit Tigers	patrickkm	50-41	0.549	7

 

Notes: Owner mitt0108 took over the Cubs in season 21, pulled off some amazing trades, and I MEAN AMAZING, and has won the division the last two years. This division was once ruled by former Owner of the Year award patrickkm and the Detroit Tigers, only 2 losing seasons in his 10 year career.

ML NL East (Season 23)
Team	Owner	W-L	PCT	GB
New York Mets	basebalguru	54-37	0.593	-

Notes: What else can we say about 6 time division winner and former World Series champion basebalguru and the New York Mets? They lead the division by 9 games at the break. The fat lady is warming up.

ML NL South (Season 23)
Team	Owner	W-L	PCT	GB
Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23	57-34	0.626	-

Notes: Another surprise to our staff is the performance of the Tampa Bay Rays (9 game lead). All though we had the Rays finishing behind Atlanta and Florida with a record of 86-76, we did feel they had enough to make a run at the division title.

ML NL West (Season 23)
Team	Owner	W-L	PCT	GB
San Diego Padres	jgarron	56-35	0.615	-
Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker70 *	52-39	0.571	4

Notes: The San Diego Padres and owner jgarron have won the NL West division 16 time in 23 years. They are the best team, in the best division. However, yoker70 and the defending division champions Arizona Diamondbacks are doing their best to change the perception. They trail the Padres by 4 games.   

           

THE McCABE LEAGUE ALL-TIME HIT KING BRONSON WHANG

BRONSON WHANG with 3,048 HITS is THE BEST of ALL-TIME

The Hit King Debate

Chicago, ILL (McC) – Bronson Whang, with 3,048 major league career hits, McCabe Magazine has here by proclaim him the “McCABE LEAGUE HIT KING.” He is not only our Hit KING, but the best hitter all-time. That last statement, (best of all-time) has caused a major disturbance within McCabe Magazine’s editor’s office. I was attacked by a number of our columnist who point to the fact that Whang has one All-Star appearance and one World Series Ring. They also debated the careers of Hall of Famers Hulk Kingland (Home Run King 678), Placido Ortiz (8-time all-star, 3 time MVP, .335 career BA), Apollo Stanifer (5-time all-star, 2796 hits), Julian Alvarez (677 HR), Rick Ward (8-time all-star) and Denny Johnson (664 HR, .312 career BA). I also received a number of complaints from a small group of misinformed writes, who contemplate a pitcher can be titled “best of all-time,” that assembly of writers threw out the following list of hurlers, Luther Abercrombie (all-time wins king 339, all-time strikeout king 4,333), Cedrick Hollins (HOF, all-time saves 551 and 2.58 ERA king), Skeeter Brown (HOF, 525 saves), and Vince Garcia (complete game king 133, shutout king 43). That said, I reminded them of the statement “best hitter of all-time.”  

After a 10 hour conversation regarding my suggested headline, as senior editor I tabled the discussion and moved forward with my initial proclamation, Tony Cortes (8-time MVP, .336 career BA ), is the “Best of All-Time” oops! I meant to say Bronson Whang is the “Best Hitter of All-Time.”

The Career and Stats    

Let’s take a look at the career of Whang. I can’t believe in this day and time that Whang has played his entire 20-year career (17 ML), with the same organization, the Anaheim Angels, and the same owner captain10a. Whang signed a $6.5 million bonus in season 3 as an international free agent out of Kyoto, Japan and was assigned to the Angels Low-A club where he met his lifelong friend and teammate Midre Cruz (2154 Hits, 406 HR, 1298 RBI). He was also an IFA signee assigned to the Angels Low-A club (93-51) in season 3 and won a Major League World Series Ring with the Angels and Whang in season 10. Cruz spent his 18 year career, 13 in the majors, with 4 different organizations, 12 with the Angels, 2 with the San Francisco Giants, 2 with the Kansas City Royals, and 1 with the Rochester Broncos. Whang spent his first 2 and 1/2 pro-years in the minors where he batted .325 and collect 377 hits, and was quickly promoted during season 5 to the major league club. That year in played in 100 games accumulating 107 hits, and 25 home runs. His breakout year was in season 7 when he hit 49 HR with 129 RBIs. From season 8 to season 21 he average the following; 176 Hits, 35 Home Runs, 104 RBIs and 159 games played. Whang is presently a 38 year-old unsigned free agent hoping to catch on with a club looking for help at the designated hitter position and spot starter at first-base. Cruz and Whang have kept in touch over the years and spend their winters waiting by the phone, fly fishing in South American, and hunting Sasquatch in the Great Northwest.   

I must be honest at this point, after reviewing all the great players in our league, naming anyone the best of all-time is quite a stretch, but one thing is for sure, Bronson Whang is the ALL-TIME HIT KING! 

McCABE MAGAZINE SEASON 23 POWER RANKINGS

Season 23 Power Rankings

The power rankings are an average of the following team statistics; Wins, OPS, Runs Scored, ERA, Runs Allowed, and Fielding Percentage. 

	Top 10
Rank	Team	Owner	Wins	Lost
1	New York Mets	basebalguru	24	15
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	Arte	28	11
3	San Diego Padres	jgarron	28	11
4	Chicago Cubs	mitt0108	22	17
5	Anaheim Angels	captain10a	23	16
6	Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23	27	12
7	Detroit Tigers	patrickkm	24	15
8	Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	25	14
9	Florida Marlins	lido9613	23	16
10	Chicago White Sox	kgrffth	23	16
	The Next 5
Rank	Team	Owner	Wins	Lost
11	Atlanta Braves	bigsammich	20	19
12	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	19	20
13	New York Yankees	ARomano	20	19
14	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	21	18
15	Rochester Broncos	coinguy	16	23
	The Best of the Rest
Rank	Team	Owner	Wins	Lost
16	Colorado Rockies	axtell	21	18
17	Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker70	20	19
18	Washington D.C. Nationals	Saffron	16	23
19	Milwaukee Brewers	brentcnb	20	19
20	Oakland Athletics	jefepwnzer	14	25
21	Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss	21	18
22	Texas Rangers	goldenbaer88	20	19
23	Pittsburgh Pirates	nbaker10	21	18
24	Minnesota Twins	optistrat	18	21
25	Philadelphia Phillies	egw18	19	20

Stat of the Day

	Top 10 1-Run Games
Rank	Team	Owner	1-Run	Pct.	W-L
1	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	8-2	0.800	21-18
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	nbaker10	8-2	0.800	21-18
3	San Diego Padres	jgarron	7-2	0.778	28-11
4	Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23	9-3	0.750	27-12
5	Milwaukee Brewers	brentcnb *	5-2	0.714	20-19
6	Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	8-4	0.667	25-14
6	Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss *	6-3	0.667	21-18
6	Los Angeles Dodgers	Arte	8-4	0.667	28-11
6	Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker70 *	6-3	0.667	20-19
6	Detroit Tigers	patrickkm	9-5	0.643	24-15
	The Next 5
Rank	Team	Owner	1-Run	Pct.	W-L
11	Texas Rangers	goldenbaer88	7-5	0.583	20-19
12	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	4-3	0.571	19-20
13	Minnesota Twins	optistrat	5-4	0.556	18-21
14	Florida Marlins	lido9613	7-6	0.538	23-16
15	Cincinnati Reds	cpintens	8-7	0.533	17-22
	The Best of the Rest
Rank	Team	Owner	1-Run	Pct.	W-L
16	Chicago White Sox	kgrffth *	4-4	0.500	23-16
17	Chicago Cubs	mitt0108	6-6	0.500	22-17
17	Atlanta Braves	bigsammich	7-7	0.500	20-19
20	Rochester Broncos	coinguy	5-6	0.455	16-23
21	Anaheim Angels	captain10a	9-11	0.450	23-16
22	New York Yankees	ARomano *	5-7	0.417	20-19
22	Oakland Athletics	jefepwnzer	5-7	0.417	14-25
24	Colorado Rockies	axtell	4-6	0.400	21-18
25	San Francisco Giants	wylie715	4-7	0.364	14-25
25	Seattle Mariners	toothdoc7	2-4	0.333	6-33
25	St. Louis Cardinals	421werd	4-8	0.333	17-22
25	Houston Astros	ajaxx88	3-6	0.333	13-26
25	New York Mets	basebalguru	4-8	0.333	24-15
29	Cleveland Indians	Fantasy Frea	3-7	0.300	13-26
29	Philadelphia Phillies	egw18	3-7	0.300	19-20
31	Washington D.C. Nationals	Saffron	1-9	0.100	16-23
32	Richmond Virginians	spintens	0-9	0.000	11-28

SEASON 22 OWNER/ORGANIZATION of the YEAR AWARD

OWNER/ORGANIZATION of SEASON 22 

Listed below you will find the McCabe Magazine Owner/Organization of the Year Winner and our Owner Power Rankings. The owner with the most wins at every level at the end of the regular season and 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 league 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 Total Wins 

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 30, AA Division Winner 40, AA Wildcard 20, High A Division Winner 30, High A Wildcard 15, Low A Division Winner 20, Low A Wildcard 10. Rookie Division Winner 10, and Rookie Wildcard 5.

Note: Tiebreaker total wins.     

OWNER POWER RANKINGS

Season 21 Robert E. McCabe Owner of the Year is captain10a of the Anaheim Angels. The Angels have a total of 522 organizational wins and 220 playoff bonus points.

Franchise	Owner	G	W	L	Bonus Pts
Anaheim Angels	captain10a	ML	95	67	100
Anaheim Angels	captain10a	AAA	86	58	30
Anaheim Angels	captain10a	AA	103	41	40
Anaheim Angels	captain10a	High A	90	54	30
Anaheim Angels	captain10a	Low A	94	50	10
Anaheim Angels	captain10a	Rookie	54	22	10
			522	292	220
				Total	742

The Top 10
Team	Owner		Total Pts
Anaheim Angels	captain10a		742
Milwaukee Brewers	brentcnb		731
Detroit Tigers	patrickkm		694
New York Yankees	ARomano		669
Chicago Cubs	mitt0109		656
Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT		650
Philadelphia Phillies	egw19		630
Colorado Rockies	axtell		627
Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker71		608
Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin		565
The Next 5
Team	Owner		Total Pts
Washington D.C. Nationals	Saffron		540
Texas Rangers	goldenbaer89		525
Los Angeles Dodgers	Arte		516
San Francisco Giants	wylie716		498
Richmond Virginians	spintens		486
The Best of the Rest
Team	Owner		Total Pts
Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs24		482
New York Mets	basebalguru		464
San Diego Padres	jgarron		454
Cincinnati Reds	cpintens		453
Pittsburgh Pirates	nbaker11		441
Chicago White Sox	kgrffth		440
St. Louis Cardinals	421werd		440
Cleveland Indians	Fantasy Frea		425
Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask		417
Atlanta Braves	bigsammich		412
Florida Marlins	lido9613		400
Minnesota Twins	optistrat		365
Seattle Mariners	toothdoc8		337
Oakland Athletics	jefepwnzer		336
Rochester Broncos	coinguy		254
Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss		198
Houston Astros	ajaxx89		189

SEASON 23 PREDICTIONS

THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS WINS IT ALL

The Blue Jays over the San Diego Padres 4-3

Miami, FLA (McC) – In a rematch of season 22 fall classic, we here at McCabe Magazine select the Toronto Blue Jays as the World Series Champion for season 23. In this classic rematch, we feel the power hitting Jays will dominate the best pitching staff in baseball the last 10 years. Toronto’s first title in team history will deny San Diego’s back to back championship bid, and its fifth (5) world series title overall.

The Teams and Players

    

The Blue Jays are stack with power, beginning with former American League MVP Alexei DaSilva (2B), Julio Castro (1B), Wily Correa (RF), and Charlie Morris (LF). This group of sluggers will rule the AL North division and muscle its way to its second American League pennant. The key players for the Padres are all on the pitching staff, starting with Wandy Duran (SP), Chris Breen (SP), Eddie Barber (Setup), and Pedro Manuel (CIA). Most baseball folks we spoke to feel the Padres traded away their best chance to win its fifth World Series title during the off season when they traded away starting pitchers Asdrubal Pelaez (Twins) and Moose Martin (Cubs). Also getting away via Free Agency was 19 game winner Lariel Tarasco (Indians). 

The Pennant Battle

    

Don’t be surprise to see both Toronto and San Diego win 100 plus games this season. In the AL we pick the Blue Jays to knock off the Los Angeles Dodgers for the pennant. In the NL the battle for the pennant will come down to Chicago Cubs and the Padres. I took my car to a title loan company and received $2500 cash for my car. I then put down $1000 on both Toronto and San Diego to reach the McCabe league championship, so book it!

Playoff Participants 

In the American League the division winners will the Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals, and the Anaheim Angels. The National League division winners will be, Padres, Cubs, New York Mets, and the Atlanta Braves. The wildcard winners will be the New York Yankees, Dodgers, Detroit Tigers, and the Colorado Rockies.

Season 23 Predictions

AL North (Season 23)					NL North (Season 23)
Team	Owner	W	L		Team	Owner	W	L
Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	93	69		Chicago Cubs	mitt0108	94	68
Milwaukee Brewers	brentcnb *	89	73		Detroit Tigers	patrickkm	90	72
Chicago White Sox	kgrffth	88	74		Cincinnati Reds	cpintens	88	74
Minnesota Twins	optistrat	79	83		Cleveland Indians	Fantasy Frea	79	83
AL East (Season 23)					NL East (Season 23)
Team	Owner	W	L		Team	Owner	W	L
Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	96	66		New York Mets	basebalguru	84	78
New York Yankees	ARomano *	92	70		Philadelphia Phillies	egw18	73	89
Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss *	83	79		Rochester Broncos	coinguy	70	92
Washington Nationals	Saffron	80	82		Pittsburgh Pirates	nbaker10	69	93
AL South (Season 23)					NL South (Season 23)
Team	Owner	W	L		Team	Owner	W	L
Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	82	80		Atlanta Braves	bigsammich	91	71
St. Louis Cardinals	421werd	75	87		Florida Marlins	lido9613	88	74
Houston Astros	ajaxx88	71	91		Tampa Bay Rays	rsskfs23	86	76
Texas Rangers	goldenbaer88	70	92		Richmond Virginians	spintens	80	82
AL West (Season 23)					NL West (Season 23)
Team	Owner	W	L		Team	Owner	W	L
Anaheim Angels	captain10a	95	67		San Diego Padres	jgarron	102	60
Los Angeles Dodgers	Arte	94	68		Colorado Rockies	axtell	91	71
San Francisco Giants	wylie715	81	81		Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker70 *	84	78
Oakland Athletics	jefepwnzer	76	86		Seattle Mariners	toothdoc7	81	81

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.