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

Monday, July 23, 2012

WORLD SERIES WRAP UP SEASON 15

STUNNING

OAKLAND WINS FOUR STRAIGHT AND TAKES GAME SEVEN

Phoenix, Arizona (McC) – In a shocking and stunning turn of events, the Oakland Athletics (97-65) down 0-3, wins four straight against the heavily favorite Arizona Diamondbacks (106-56) to take the Robert E. McCabe World series trophy back to the Bay Area. Jolbert Veras was named McCabe Magazine Playoff MVP. Veras had 2 home runs in game seven and batted 304 with 6 home runs and 25 RBIs in the series. Also receiving considerable recognition was Oakland catcher Tony Zhang (415 BA, 525 OBP, and 1,125 OPS). Overlooked in the victory was a move by Oakland management at the end of season 14 was the contract extension to Tony Zhang, a 5-year $5,000,000 deal. Had Zhang hit the open market we be looking at a Cortes type deal. Congratulations to both, Arizona and Oakland. Great season and I hope all owners please return. Thanks for another great year.

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Tony Zhang	17	65	21	27	3	10	0.415	0.525	0.6	1.125

Game Seven Oakland 5 Arizona 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	7	1
Arizona	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	11	0

Phoenix, Arizona (McC) – Arizona sent its ace to the mound, Cy Young award winner Vince Garcia (3-1) to pitch game seven of the World Series. Garcia gave up 2 runs on four hits; two of the 4 hits were home runs hit by Jolbert Veras (1B). This former MVP and Chicago Cub hit a line drive homer in the second and crushed a solo homer in the fourth to get the scoring under way, and Oakland never looked back. Andres Alfonzo (4-2) got the win for Oakland, pitching six shutout innings before giving up 3 runs in the 8th. Oakland never trailed and the Robert E. McCabe trophy was on its way back to the Bay Area.

Player of the Game
Jolbert Veras hits 2 homers in the win.

Oakland Athletics										Arizona Diamondbacks
Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Jose Fernandez	LF	5	0	1	0	0	1	1	0.176	Arthur Stanley	LF	5	0	1	1	0	3	3	0.182
Tony Zhang	C	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0.415	Mark Pence	2B	4	1	2	1	1	0	1	0.290
Homer Henry	2B	3	1	1	2	1	0	1	0.302	Bob Alston	RF	4	1	1	1	1	1	2	0.319
Brian Petrick	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	Mario Obermueller	1B	3	1	0	0	2	0	3	0.288
George Brantley	3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.296	Clarence Finley	CF	4	0	1	0	1	1	2	0.238
Jolbert Veras	1B	4	2	2	2	0	0	2	0.304	Parker Roberts	C	4	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.267
Victor Arias	RF	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0.279	Quilvio Garces	3B	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0.375
Russ Rogers	CF	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.344	Heinie Clark	PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.400
Eliezer Garces	SS	4	0	0	0	0	3	2	0.180	Omar Gardel	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
Andres Alfonzo	P	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.000	Archie Winn	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.389
Aramis Rojas	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	Tom Sosa	SS	5	1	2	0	0	2	7	0.500
Matt Taylor	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.238	Vince Garcia	P	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0.200
Brandon Stark	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	Don Yamamoto	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.244
Wiki Navarre	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	Angel Duran	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Game Totals	--	34	5	7	5	3	7	--	0.206	Earl Becker	3B	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.857
										Game Totals	--	38	4	11	4	6	10	--	0.289
Batting
2B: R.Rogers (5)										Batting
HR: H.Henry (4), J.Veras 2 (6)										3B: T.Sosa (1)
RBI: H.Henry 2 (13), J.Veras 2 (25), R.Rogers (5)										HR: M.Pence (4), B.Alston (6)
2-Out RBI: J.Veras										RBI: A.Stanley (2), M.Pence (10), B.Alston (15), E.Becker (3)
Baserunning										2-Out RBI: A.Stanley, E.Becker
Fielding										Baserunning
Errors: G.Brantley (2)										SB: M.Pence (6)
PB: T.Zhang										Fielding

Piching										Pitching
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC	ERA	Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC	ERA
Andres Alfonzo, W (4-2)	7	7	3	3	4	7	1	128	4.09	Vince Garcia, L (3-1)	7	4	2	2	2	5	2	100	2.61
Aramis Rojas	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	31	5.63	Angel Duran	1	2	2	2	0	1	1	19	2.35
Brandon Stark	0.2	1	1	1	2	0	1	19	7.36	Omar Gardel	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	20	4.00
Wiki Navarre, SV (1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	2.70	Game Totals	9	7	5	5	3	7	3	139	---
Game Totals	9	11	4	4	6	10	2	185	---

WORLD SERIES SEASON 15 GAMES 1-3

Game One Oakland 2 Arizona 10

Phoenix, Arizona (McC) – Twenty-four game winner and season 15 Cy Young award winner Vince Garcia (3-0) started game one of the World Series for the heavily favorite Diamondbacks. Garcia went seven innings, giving up 2 runs on 6 hits to earn the victory. Oakland Athletics pitcher Andres Alfonzo (3-2) and AL Cy Young award winner opened game one on three days’ rest and was knocked around like a pitcher pitching on three days’ rest. Arizona scored 10 runs on 14 hits to seize game one. National League MVP Clarence Finley (CF) had 2 home runs and 5 RBIs and was named player of the game.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	1
Arizona	0	1	2	0	3	2	2	0	X	10	14	1

Player of the Game

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Clarence Finley	CF	3	3	3	5	2

Oakland Athletics										Arizona Diamondbacks
Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Jose Fernandez	LF	4	0	0	0	0	3	2	0.156	Heinie Clark	LF	5	1	1	1	0	2	5	0.441
Tony Zhang	C	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0.512	Don Yamamoto	LF	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.286
Homer Henry	2B	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.324	Mark Pence	2B	3	1	0	0	2	0	3	0.238
Brian Petrick	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	Earl Becker	2B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
George Brantley	3B	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0.383	Bob Alston	RF	4	2	2	1	2	0	4	0.304
Jolbert Veras	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.298	Mario Obermueller	1B	3	1	0	0	3	2	6	0.262
Victor Arias	RF	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0.295	Clarence Finley	CF	3	3	3	5	2	0	0	0.231
Russ Rogers	CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.310	Parker Roberts	C	4	1	3	1	0	0	3	0.351
Eliezer Garces	SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.189	Archie Winn	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.455
Andres Alfonzo	P	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	Quilvio Garces	3B	5	1	1	1	0	0	7	0.364
Aramis Rojas	P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	Luis Ramirez	SS	5	0	1	0	0	0	4	0.171
Game Totals	--	32	2	6	2	2	8	--	0.188	Tom Sosa	SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.667
										Vince Garcia	P	3	0	1	1	1	0	1	0.231
Batting										Deivi Calderon	P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.250
2B: G.Brantley (5)										Game Totals	--	38	10	14	10	10	5	--	0.368
HR: T.Zhang (3)
RBI: T.Zhang (9), V.Arias (6)										Batting
2-Out RBI: T.Zhang										2B: H.Clark (1), B.Alston (4), P.Roberts 2 (5)
Baserunning										HR: C.Finley 2 (3)
Fielding										RBI: H.Clark (4), B.Alston (8), C.Finley 5 (10), P.Roberts (6), Q.Garces (8), V.Garcia (2)
Errors: A.Alfonzo (1)										HBP: A.Winn
										Baserunning
Pitching										SB: H.Clark (4)
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC	ERA	Fielding
Andres Alfonzo, L (3-2)	5	10	8	8	7	2	2	129	4.14	Errors: T.Sosa (1)
Aramis Rojas	3	4	2	2	3	3	0	66	7.59
Game Totals	8	14	10	10	10	5	2	195	---	Pitching
										Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC	ERA
										Vince Garcia, W (3-0)	7	6	2	2	2	7	1	118	2.36
										Deivi Calderon	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	24	4.09
										Game Totals	9	6	2	2	2	8	1	142	---

Game Two Oakland 5 Arizona 8

Phoenix, Arizona (McC) – National League MVP runner-up Mark Pence (2B) drove in 3 runs in the bottom of the 4th when he smacked a homer to left-center field off eventual loser Oakland starter Louie Mercedes (2-2). Arizona takes game 2 and leads the series 2-0. Pence was named player of the game.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	5	9	2
Arizona	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	X	8	10	2

Player of the Game

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Mark Pence	2B	4	2	1	3	1

Oakland Athletics										Arizona Diamondbacks
Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Jose Fernandez	LF	5	0	0	0	0	2	4	0.140	Don Yamamoto	LF	5	2	1	0	0	1	4	0.269
Tony Zhang	C	4	1	1	0	1	1	4	0.489	Mark Pence	2B	4	2	1	3	1	0	3	0.239
Homer Henry	2B	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0.310	Mario Obermueller	1B	3	1	1	1	2	2	2	0.267
George Brantley	3B	5	1	1	1	0	2	4	0.365	Heinie Clark	1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.441
Jolbert Veras	1B	4	0	2	2	1	1	0	0.314	Clarence Finley	CF	3	1	1	0	2	1	2	0.238
Victor Arias	RF	4	0	1	2	0	1	4	0.292	Parker Roberts	C	4	0	1	2	1	1	3	0.341
Russ Rogers	CF	4	0	1	0	0	1	5	0.304	Archie Winn	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.455
Eliezer Garces	SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.195	Bob Alston	RF	4	0	1	1	0	1	5	0.300
Louie Mercedes	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	Quilvio Garces	3B	4	1	2	1	0	2	2	0.375
Onan Suh	P	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	Luis Ramirez	SS	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0.182
Matt Taylor	PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.375	Vic Benitez	P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.286
Brandon Stark	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	Chick Shaw	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000
Game Totals	--	37	5	9	5	2	9	--	0.243	Arthur Stanley	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.143
										Vince Ellenwood	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Batting										Game Totals	--	33	8	10	8	7	8	--	0.303
2B: J.Veras (2), V.Arias (2)
RBI: G.Brantley (6), J.Veras 2 (20), V.Arias 2 (8)										Batting
2-Out RBI: G.Brantley, J.Veras 2, V.Arias 2										HR: M.Pence (3)
HBP: O.Suh										RBI: M.Pence 3 (9), M.Obermueller (8), P.Roberts 2 (8), B.Alston (9), Q.Garces (9)
SH: L.Mercedes										2-Out RBI: M.Pence 3, P.Roberts, B.Alston, Q.Garces
Baserunning										SH: V.Benitez
Fielding										Baserunning
Errors: T.Zhang (1), H.Henry (1)										SB: D.Yamamoto (3)
										Fielding
Pitching										Errors: D.Yamamoto (1), Q.Garces (1)
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC	ERA
Louie Mercedes, L (2-2)	3.2	6	6	4	4	5	1	91	5.79	Pitching
Onan Suh	3.1	2	1	1	3	2	0	62	2.49	Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC	ERA
Brandon Stark	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	15	6.75	Vic Benitez	4.2	8	5	3	0	5	0	84	5.87
Game Totals	8	10	8	6	7	8	1	168	---	Chick Shaw, W (1-0)	2.1	0	0	0	2	3	0	39	2.57
										Vince Ellenwood, SV (1)	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	22	0
										Game Totals	9	9	5	3	2	9	0	145	---

Game Three Arizona 8 Oakland 2

Oakland, California (McC) – 35 year-old Bob Alston smashed a solo homer in the 7th and crushed a 3-run bomb in the top of the ninth to help the Diamondbacks move to within one game of the World Series Championship. The Bay Area Bombers were down 5-0 before scoring 2 runs in the bottom of the 7th on a double by Oakland leadoff man Jose Fernandez. Antonio Takahashi (1-0) took home the victory, giving up 2 runs on 5 hits, walking 2 and striking out 4. The brooms are out in Arizona.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Arizona	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	8	13	1
Oakland	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	7	2

Player of the Game

Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Bob Alston	RF	4	2	2	4	1

Arizona Diamondbacks										Oakland Athletics
Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	Player	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Mark Pence	2B	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	0.255	Jose Fernandez	LF	5	0	1	2	0	0	2	0.145
Earl Becker	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	Tony Zhang	C	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.451
Arthur Stanley	DH	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0.182	Homer Henry	2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	0.304
Mario Obermueller	1B	4	2	2	2	0	0	4	0.286	George Brantley	3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.339
Heinie Clark	1B	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.457	Jolbert Veras	1B	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	0.302
Clarence Finley	CF	5	0	2	1	0	1	1	0.255	Matt Taylor	DH	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	0.417
Parker Roberts	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.311	Victor Arias	RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	5	0.269
Archie Winn	C	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.500	Russ Rogers	CF	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0.300
Bob Alston	RF	4	2	2	4	1	0	1	0.315	Eliezer Garces	SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.222
Don Yamamoto	LF	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	0.233	Game Totals	--	35	2	7	2	3	7	--	0.200
Quilvio Garces	3B	5	0	1	0	0	2	0	0.358
Luis Ramirez	SS	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	0.191	Batting
Tom Sosa	SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.667	2B: J.Fernandez (4)
Game Totals	--	40	8	13	7	3	7	--	0.325	RBI: J.Fernandez 2 (7)
										2-Out RBI: J.Fernandez 2
Batting										Baserunning
2B: M.Obermueller (2), C.Finley (2)										SB: H.Henry (1), G.Brantley (3)
HR: M.Obermueller (3), B.Alston 2 (5)										Fielding
RBI: M.Obermueller 2 (10), C.Finley (11), B.Alston 4 (13)										Errors: G.Brantley (1), R.Rogers (1)
2-Out RBI: B.Alston
HBP: A.Stanley										Pitching
Baserunning										Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC	ERA
SB: A.Stanley (1)										Rafael Fernandez, L (2-2)	5	8	3	3	2	5	1	82	4.79
Fielding										Vic Guillen	4	5	5	4	1	2	2	72	9.00
Errors: Q.Garces (2)										Game Totals	9	13	8	7	3	7	3	154	---

Pitching
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC	ERA
Antonio Takahashi, W (1-0)	6.2	5	2	2	2	4	0	101	1.74
Vince Ellenwood	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	22	0
Angel Duran, SV (2)	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	22	0.75
Game Totals	9	7	2	2	3	7	0	145	---

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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

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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