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