Who Owned Baseball – August 1, 2019

JULIO CORTEZ / AP

Let’s see owned baseball on August 1, 2019

Earning Full WOBs:

Gerrit Cole threw 7 innings, allowing 4 hits, 2 walks and 1 run to help the Astros take a potential playoff preview 7-1 in Cleveland.

Jack Flaherty allowed 1 hit in 7 shutout innings, compiling 9 strikeouts as the Cardinals blanked the Cubs, 8-0.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered twice and doubled to power the Blue Jays past Baltimore, 11-2.

J. T. Realmuto went 3 for 5 with a home run, driving in 3, as the Phillies powered past San Francisco, 10-2.

Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Chase Anderson threw 6 innings, allowing 2 hits and 1 run, striking out 5 Oakland batters. But the Brewers bullpen had another meltdown and dropped the 5-3 game late.

Xander Bogaerts collected 4 hits, including 2 homers, driving in 3, but the Red Sox pitching could not contain the Rays, who won 9-4.

Michael Pineda held the Marlins to 1 run in 6 innings, striking out 3. The Twins bullpen had a meltdown that blew the lead in the 9th and lost the 5-4 game in the 12th.

Hunter Renfroe homered and walked in the Padres 8-2 loss in Los Angeles.

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Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2019

Mike Trout – 7 1/2

Yoán Moncada – 5

Matt Chapman – 4

Randal Grichuk – 4

Rafael Devers – 3 1/2

Edwin Encarnación – 3 1/2

Joey Gallo – 3 1/2

Austin Meadows – 3 1/2

Marcus Semien – 3 1/2

Tim Beckham – 3

Xander Bogaerts – 3

Asdrubal Cabrera – 3

C. J. Cron – 3

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – 3

Whit Merrifield – 3

Jorge Polanco – 3

Gleyber Torres – 3

Gio Urshela – 3

Tim Anderson – 2 1/2

Mookie Betts – 2 1/2

Nelson Cruz – 2 1/2

Khris Davis – 2 1/2

Alex Gordon – 2 1/2

Aaron Judge – 2 1/2

Hunter Pence – 2 1/2

Danny Santana – 2 1/2

Daniel Vogelbach – 2 1/2

Luke Voit – 2 1/2

Jose Abreu – 2

Elvis Andrus – 2

Kole Calhoun – 2

Freddy Galvis – 2

Mitch Garver – 2

Ryon Healy – 2

Jason Kipnis – 2

Brandon Lowe – 2

Trey Mancini – 2

Roberto Pérez – 2

Eddie Rosario – 2

Carlos Santana – 2

Mallex Smith – 2

George Springer – 2

Jackie Bradley Jr – 1 1/2

Jeimer Candelario – 1 1/2

Jason Castro – 1 1/2

Michael Chavis – 1 1/2

Hunter Dozier – 1 1/2

Didi Gregorius – 1 1/2

Teoscar Hernández – 1 1/2

J. D. Martinez – 1 1/2

Adalberto Mondesi – 1 1/2

Shohei Ohtani – 1 1/2

Pedro Severino – 1 1/2

Rowdy Tellez – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Josh Bell – 6 1/2

Christian Yelich – 5 1/2

Pete Alonso – 5

Cody Bellinger – 5

Javier Baez – 4

Eduardo Escobar – 4

Manny Machado – 4

Franmil Reyes – 4

Ronald Acuña Jr. – 3 1/2

Nolan Arenado – 3 1/2

Bryce Harper –  3 1/2

Ketel Marte – 3 1/2

Hunter Renfroe – 3 1/2

Charlie Blackmon – 3

Max Muncy – 3

Anthony Rendon – 3

Michael Conforto – 2 1/2

Derek Dietrich – 2 1/2

Brian McCann – 2 1/2

Mike Moustakas – 2 1/2

Daniel Murphy – 2 1/2

Juan Soto – 2 1/2

Orlando Arcia – 2

Austin Barnes – 2

Ryan Braun – 2

Garrett Cooper – 2

Brandon Crawford – 2

Jarrod Dyson – 2

José Iglesias – 2

Starling Marté – 2

José Martínez- 2

Trevor Story – 2

Jesus Aguilar – 1 1/2

David Bote – 1 1/2

Jay Bruce – 1 1/2

Lorenzo Cain – 1 1/2

Robinson Canó – 1 1/2

Austin Dean – 1 1/2

Josh Donaldson – 1 1/2

Adam Frazier – 1 1/2

Paul Goldschmidt – 1 1/2

Evan Longoria – 1 1/2

Ryan McMahon – 1 1/2

Kevin Newman – 1 1/2

Marcell Ozuna – 1 1/2

A. J. Pollock – 1 1/2

J. T. Realmuto – 1 1/2

Jean Segura – 1 1/2

Eugenio Suárez – 1 1/2

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Shane Bieber – 10

Trevor Bauer – 9 (AL Only)

Justin Verlander – 8 1/2

Gerrit Cole – 7 1/2

Mike Minor – 6 1/2

José Berríos – 6

Lance Lynn – 5 1/2

Yonny Chirinos – 4 1/2

Masahiro Tanaka – 4 1/2

Kyle Gibson – 4

Reynaldo López – 4

Charlie Morton – 4

Martín Pérez – 4

Chris Sale – 4

Marcus Stroman – 4

Lucas Giolito – 3 1/2

Blake Snell – 3 1/2

Homer Bailey – 3

Mike Fiers – 3

Brad Keller – 3

CC Sabathia – 3

Griffin Canning – 2 1/2

Mike Leake – 2 1/2

Frankie Montas – 2 1/2

Jake Odorizzi – 2 1/2

Felix Peña – 2 1/2

Brett Anderson – 2

Matthew Boyd – 2

Dylan Bundy – 2

Carlos Carrasco – 2

J. A. Happ – 2

James Paxton – 2

Matt Shoemaker – 2

Asher Wojciechowski – 2

Chris Bassitt – 1 1/2

Danny Duffy – 1 1/2

Jack Flaherty – 1 1/2

Marco Gonzales – 1 1/2

Jakob Junis – 1 1/2

Ivan Nova – 1 1/2

Zach Plesac –  1 1/2

David Price –  1 1/2

Clayton Richard – 1 1/2

Adrian Sampson – 1 1/2

Trent Thornton – 1 1/2

Spencer Turnbull –  1 1/2

Leaders for National League Pitchers Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Jacob deGrom – 9

Patrick Corbin – 7

Max Scherzer – 7

Hyun-Jin Ryu – 6

Zack Greinke – 5 1/2 (NL Only)

Stephen Strasburg – 5 1/2 (4 1/2 as a pitcher, 1 as a hitter)

Noah Syndergaard – 5 1/2

Walker Buehler – 5

Luis Castillo –  5

Cole Hamels – 5

Clayton Kershaw – 4 1/2

Miles Mikolas – 4 1/2

Zach Eflin – 4

Jon Gray – 4

Mike Soroka – 4

Kyle Hendricks – 3 1/2

Madison Bumgarner – 3

Sonny Gray – 3

German Márquez – 3

Aaron Nola – 3

Brandon Woodruff – 3

Dakota Hudson – 2 1/2

Kenta Maeda – 2 1/2

Jose Quintana – 2 1/2

Robbie Ray – 2 1/2

Zack Wheeler – 2 1/2

Sandy Alcantara – 2

Yu Darvish – 2

Jerad Eickhoff – 2

Joey Lucchesi – 2

Jordan Lyles – 2

Steven Matz – 2

Chris Paddack – 2

Trevor Richards – 2

José Ureña – 2

Jason Vargas – 2

Chris Archer – 1 1/2

Jake Arrieta – 1 1/2

Zach Davies – 1 1/2

Zac Gallen – 1 1/2

Dallas Keuchel – 1 1/2

Jon Lester – 1 1/2

Pablo Lopez – 1 1/2

Joe Musgrove – 1 1/2

Aníbal Sánchez – 1 1/2

Caleb Smith – 1 1/2

Michael Wacha – 1 1/2

Players Who Owned Baseball For One Day in 2019 MLB

Matt Adams, Hanser Alberto, Ozzie Albies, Greg Allen, Albert Almora Jr., José Altuve, Brian Anderson, Jake Bauers, Tyler Beede, Brandon Belt, Andrew Benintendi, Michael Brantley, Alex Bregman, Michael Brosseau, Kris Bryant, Andrew Cashner, Jhoulys Chacín, Jesse Chavez, Aaron Civale, Willson Contreras, J. P. Crawford, Travis d’Arnaud, Chris Davis, Paul DeJong, Corey Dickerson, Brian Dozier, Brandon Drury, Steven Duggar, Adam Duvall, Phillip Ervin, Jack Flaherty, Dexter Fowler, Freddie Freeman, Ben Gamel, Avisail Garcia, Tyler Glasnow, Gio González, Marwin Gonzalez, Niko Goodrum, Robbie Grossman, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Kyle Hendricks, Kiké Hernández, David Hess, Jason Heyward, Keston Hiura, Eric Hosmer, Rhys Hoskins, JaCoby Jones, Matt Joyce, Ariel Jurado, Brad Keller, Merrill Kelly, Max Kepler, Kevin Kiermaier, Scott Kingery, Ian Kinsler, Peter Lambert, Eric Lauer, D. J. LeMahieu, Jorge Lopez, Jonathan Lucroy, Jordan Luplow, Tyler Mahle, Manuel Margot, Nick Markakis, Steven Matz, Nomar Mazara, Oscar Mercado, Justin Miller, Omar Narváez, Renato Núñez, Rougned Odor, Matt Olson, Thomas Pannone, Joc Pederson, Josh Phegley, Kevin Pillar, Michael Pineda, Stephen Piscotty, Nick Pivetta, Buster Posey, Jurickson Profar, Yasiel Puig, Jose Ramirez, Josh Reddick, Austin Riley, Tanner Roark, Victor Robles, Eduardo Rodriguez, Amed Rosario, Tyson Ross, Jeff Samardzija, Aaron Sanchez, Gary Sanchez, Miguel Sanó, Domingo Santana, Kyle Schwarber, Corey Seager, Kyle Seager, Jimmie Sherfy, Tyler Skaggs, Justin Smoak, Glenn Sparkman, Myles Straw, Hunter Strickland, Dansby Swanson, Chris Taylor, Mike Thaiss, Justin Turner, José Urquidy, Framber Valdéz, Ildemaro Vargas, Alex Verdugo, Stephen Vogt, Joey Votto, Christian Walker, Luke Weaver, J. B. Wendelken, Trevor Williams, Jesse Winkler, Ryan Yarbrough

Players Who Owned Earned 1/2 A WOB 2019 MLB

Jorge Alfaro, Logan Allen, Yordan Álvarez, Chase Anderson, Scott Barlow, Jacob Barnes, Tucker Barnhart, Jalen Beeks, Cavan Biggio, Andrew Blackmon,  Melky Cabrera, Miguel Cabrera, Trevor Cahill, Victor Caratini, Matt Carpenter, Nicholas Castellanos, Harold Castro, Starlin Castro, Matt Chapman, Shin-Soo Choo, Cheslor Cuthbert, David Dahl, Anthony DeSclafani, Delino DeShields, Kyle Dowdy, Jon Duplantier, Adam Eaton, Robbie Erlin, Thomas Eshelman, Marco Estrada, Peter Fairbanks, Tyler Flowers, Kyle Freeland, Cam Gallagher, Kevin Gausman, Sam Gaviglio, Dee Gordon, Terrance Gore, Yasmani Grandal, Ryne Harper, Matt Harvey, Adeiny Hechavarria, Elieser Hernández, Felix Hernandez, Aaron Hicks, Adrian Houser, Ender Inciarte, Danny Jansen, Jake Jewell, Ian Kennedy, Yusei Kikuchi, Branden Kline, Tommy La Stella, Ryan Lavarnway, Wade LeBlanc, Francisco Liriano, Tim Locastro, Jake Marisnick, Richie Martin, Andrew McCutchen, T. J. McFarland, Brendan McKay, Billy McKinney, Jeff McNeil, John Means,  Adalberto Mejía, Wade Miley, Shelby Miller, Dylan Moore, Adam Morgan, Colin Moran, Tom Murphy, Dovydas Neverauskas, Jake Newberry, Daniel Norris, Wes Parsons, Brad Peacock, Tim Peterson, Tommy Pham, Manny Piña, Adam Plutko, Gregory Polanco, Drew Pomeranz, Albert Pujols, Cal Quantrill, Sean Reid-Foley, Zac Reininger, Anthony Rizzo,  Ronny Rodriguez, Sean Rodríguez, Miguel Rojas, Tyler Saladino, Pablo Sandoval, Anthony Santander, Tayler Scott, Travis Shaw, Andrelton Simmons, Dominic Smith, Dwight Smith Jr., Will “Louisville” Smith, Cy Sneed, Chad Sobotka, Jorge Soler, Matt Strahm,  Chris Stratton, Blake Treinen, Christian Vazquez, Vince Velasquez, Adam Wainwright, Neil Walker, Ryan Weber, Tyler Webb, Matt Wisler, Kolten Wong, Hunter Wood, Ryan Zimmerman, Jordan Zimmermann

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