McCabe Magazine Power Rankings

McCabe Magazine Season 38 Power Rankings

		Top 10
Rank	LW	Franchise	Owner	W	L
1	1	Chicago Cubs	rod33	72	37
2	4	Seattle Mariners	mark3313	79	30
3	6	Philadelphia Phillies	sbank65	73	36
4	NR	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	68	41
5	3	Colorado Rockies	axtell	70	39
6	5	St. Louis Cardinals	slurie2001	63	46
7	11	Richmond Virginians	spintens	60	49
8	7	Anaheim Angels	captain10a	61	48
9	10	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	63	46
10	18	Pittsburgh Pirates	sportbanker	61	48
		The Next 5
Rank	LW	Franchise	Owner	W	L
11	2	Chicago White Sox	kgrffth	60	49
12	NR	Baltimore Orioles	kingkai53	60	49
13	20	Texas Rangers	goldenbaer88	59	50
14	8	Atlanta Braves	franknterry	57	52
15	14	San Francisco Giants	wylie715	53	56
		The Best of the Rest
Rank	LW	Franchise	Owner	W	L
16	17	Milwaukee Brewers	cpintens	51	58
17	13	Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss	59	50
18	9	New York Mets	gurubaseball	57	52
19	19	Arizona Diamondbacks	Frozenherd	57	52
20	NR	Cleveland Indians	CollegeBoy33	52	57
		Dropping out the Top 20
Rank	LW	Franchise	Owner	W	L
21	15	Florida Marlins	lido9613	53	56
22	12	Washington D.C. Nationals	Saffron	51	58
26	16	Cincinnati Reds	kujhawker	42	67

WHERE ARE THEY NOW

HALL of FAMERS

Skeeter Brown, P and Philip Ashby, 1B

The First Two Hall of Fame Inductees

Albuquerque, NM (McC.com) – Where are they, the first two major league players inducted into the Robert E. McCabe Hall of Fame? In season 16 the arrogant, egotistical, and self-centered Hall of Fame caretakers finally found a pair of players worthy of their vote and induction, Skeeter Brown, P and Philip Ashby, 1B. It took 16 years before this panel of uninformed experts selected a player(s) to be enshrined into Cooperstown. With that said, “Where are they now?” 

Skeeter Brown none none Age: 42 B/T: R/R Born: Wenatchee, WA Position(s): P (P) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Today we are in Albuquerque, New Mexico watching a AAA game between the Albuquerque Isotopes and the Iowa Cubs of the Pacific League with Hall Famer Skeeter Brown who is presently working as an Advance Scout in the San Diego Padres organization. Brown is here scouting Albuquerque, the next opponent of El Paso, Chihuahua’s (38-72) San Diego’s AAA affiliate.  Its 105 degrees in the stands at Isotopes Park, in between his fifth and sixth Coors Light the 64 year-old Skeeter, father of 2 and husband to Lisa Mae Brown, tell us he really enjoys his job with the Padres, working with the younger players and watching ball games. After being released by the Braves at the age of 42 Mr. Brown was offered a coaching job with the Padres big club where he played 20 of his 22 years. He turned the offer down because he wanted to work in the minors. “This is where the real baseball is played, the bus rides, the meal money, the comradery, this is what I miss about the game,.. and the cold beer.”

We asked the World Series champion about the Padres current major league record of 26-83 and the 112 loses the team totaled in season 37. “It’s been tough the last few seasons, but we have some talent down here that will be in the majors shortly. They will have us back in the playoffs sooner than later.” One of those talented players is season 37 AAA Silver Slugger award winner Chan Shigetoshi, High A  Cliff Silvestri (3B), Hansel Kent (MR), Low A Edwar Figureoa (SP), Rookie leaguers Darrin Bailey (2B) and Vic Posey (SP). Pro Baseball Focus has rated this group as “can’t miss prospects” and future All-Stars. Vic Posey, the second overall pick in this year’s draft was tab by McCabe Magazine’s draft issue “the next great pitcher and a imminent Cy Young award winner.” After slugging down another 3 brews, Skeeter declares this group of youngsters will be challenging the Seattle Mariners for the National League West Division Title in four seasons. “I guarantee it,. BOOK IT!”   

Okay then, so where are they now; Skeeter Brown 5^th on the all-time saves list (525) is an Advance Scout in the Pacific League for the Padres and a NL West Division prognosticator. 

Philip Ashby none none Age: 36 B/T: L/L Born: Midwest City, OK Position(s): 1B/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Our second “Where are they Now” player is 68 year-old Hall Famer Philip Ashby. We found this cowboy on his 1800 acre ranch near Woodard, Oklahoma about 150 miles northwest of his hometown Midwest City, Oklahoma. Ashby, who made $65,143,000.00 during his playing career, has owned the cattle and sheep farm for 35 years. “I got it with that first $2 million check the Cardinals gave me, been here ever since,.. at the time I really didn’t think I would be in the league that long, I saw so many players come and go,.. I was thinking I’ll be around about 3 or 4 seasons,. so I said to myself,. you better find something to do when they show me the door.” Philip “And that’s when I got the ranch. I was raised of a cattle farm,.. that’s all I knew, playing ball and working of my dads farm.” His second job is in radio. Ashby has been the radio color commentator on the Cardinals broadcast since his retirement in season 14. He has never won a World Series but has played in 3 with the Cardinals. However, after being released by the Kansas City Royals in season 14 he joined the broadcast team at KMOX when the Cardinals won their first World Series in season 14, 4 games to 2 over the San Diego Padres. To show their appreciation the Cardinals honored Ashby when they presented him with a World Series Ring during the team’s City Hall celebration and World Series parade. 

“Baseball is my life and this gig keeps me close to the game. People call me ‘cowboy’ and I tell em, I’m not just a cowboy, I’m a ball player.” And he’s one of the best.

Listed below you’ll find Philip Ashby’s postseason stats during the Cardinals 3 losing World Series appearances.  

Season	G	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	AVG	OPS
2	15	13	18	1	4	20	0.286	0.839
Season	G	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	AVG	OPS
7	11	5	10	0	3	7	0.244	0.759
Season	G	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	AVG	OPS
8	16	8	16	2	2	15	0.271	0.735

   

STAT of the DAY

THE OUTSTANDING STOLEN BASE LEADERS

Woody Haniger (KC) leads the major leagues with 88 Stolen Bases and 1 Caught Stealing! Tony Bonilla (NY1) of the New York Yankees has 72 SB and only 3 CS. And the number three (3) bandit on the list is Oswaldo Flores (SEA) who you could argue is the most impressive criminal with 53 SB and a BIG FAT goose egg 0 caught stealing.   

	League Leaders
Rank	Player	SB	CS	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	OPS
1	Woody Haniger (KC)	88	1	72	99	8	4	4	31	0.269	0.714
2	Tony Bonilla (NY1)	72	3	76	128	15	1	3	45	0.292	0.727
3	Oswaldo Flores (SEA)	53	0	65	110	9	6	5	38	0.266	0.676
4	Wiki Zorrilla (RIC)	45	4	58	118	7	3	1	29	0.268	0.644
5	Ryan Power (DET)	43	7	66	132	13	5	5	33	0.279	0.689
5	Mariano Paniagua (TOR)	43	4	94	135	31	4	20	59	0.273	0.805
7	Corky Skrmetta (MIN)	42	7	56	126	10	3	4	42	0.279	0.675
8	Nick Jennings (CLE)	42	2	56	76	9	3	12	32	0.223	0.682
9	R.A. Krause (FLA)	40	6	62	113	5	3	5	29	0.286	0.711
10	Bob McGehee (CH2)	39	6	77	98	19	4	7	36	0.251	0.743

GROUND BALL DOUBLE PLAY LEADERS

Pitcher Jairo Cruz (CH2) of the Chicago White Sox has collected the most Ground Ball Double Plays this season with 22. Al Garces (TOR) and Ed Gran (WAS) are tied for second on our list with 21 each. 

	League Leaders
Rank	Player	GIDP	G	GS	IBB	HBP	WP	GB/FB	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Jairo Cruz (CH2)	22	24	24	8	5	1	1.51	2.95	5.95	2.02
2	Al Garces (TOR)	21	25	25	0	6	6	1.22	4.02	6.38	1.59
2	Ed Gran (WAS)	21	23	23	0	3	2	1.70	3.99	5.44	1.36
4	Alex Dolis (WAS)	20	23	23	0	12	2	1.06	5.36	5.73	1.07
4	William Whang (TB)	20	23	23	2	8	4	3.03	6.12	6.27	1.02
4	Chico Uribe (BOS)	20	27	18	1	6	0	1.40	3.2	5.36	1.67
7	Bob Stull (CH2)	19	24	24	6	9	2	0.88	3.46	6.12	1.77
7	Scot Friend (TEX)	19	24	24	2	6	0	1.63	2.27	7.19	3.17
7	Rabbit Cooke (LA)	19	24	24	3	10	1	0.93	2.69	6.06	2.26
10	Jonathan Litsch (BAL)	18	23	23	1	8	1	1.47	3.12	6.00	1.92