Who Owned Baseball – August 4, 2019

Let’s see owned baseball on August 4, 2019

Earning Full WOBs:

Shane Bieber threw a complete game victory, striking out 8 Angels while only allowing 2 runs to earn the 6-2 decision for Cleveland.

Shin-Soo Choo reached base 5 times, scoring 3 and driving in another to help the Rangers top Detroit, 9-4.

Sonny Gray threw 7 shutout innings, holding Atlanta to 4 hits. The Reds bullpen would blow the lead but the bats would come to the rescue in extra innings for the 6-4 final.

Max Muncy went 4 for 5 with a homer and a walk off 2 run double in the bottom of the 9th to give the Dodgers a wild 11-10 victory over San Diego.

Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Randal Grichuk went 4 for 5 with 2 doubles but Toronto fell to Baltimore, 6-5.

Brad Keller threw 7 innings, allowing 2 runs and striking out 7. But the Royals were blanked by Minnesota, 3-0.

Donovan Solano hit a pair of homers in the Giants 6-2 loss to Colorado.

Adam Wainwright pitched into the 6th innings, allowing 3 runs and striking out 7 Oakland batters but was on the wrong end of a 4-2 decision for St. Louis.

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Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2019

Mike Trout – 7 1/2

Yoán Moncada – 5

Nelson Cruz – 4 1/2

Randal Grichuk – 4 1/2

Matt Chapman – 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

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

Hunter Dozier – 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

Shin-Soo Choo – 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

Javier Báez – 5

Cody Bellinger – 5

Eduardo Escobar – 5

Manny Machado – 4

Max Muncy – 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

Anthony Rendon – 3

Michael Conforto – 2 1/2

Derek Dietrich – 2 1/2

Starling Marté – 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

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 – 11

Trevor Bauer – 9 (AL Only)

Justin Verlander – 8 1/2

Gerrit Cole – 7 1/2

Lance Lynn – 6 1/2

Mike Minor – 6 1/2

José Berríos – 6

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

Brad Keller – 3 1/2

Blake Snell – 3 1/2

Homer Bailey – 3

Mike Fiers – 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

Aaron Sanchez – 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

Walker Buehler – 6

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

Luis Castillo –  5

Cole Hamels – 5

Clayton Kershaw – 4 1/2

Miles Mikolas – 4 1/2

Zach Eflin – 4

Jon Gray – 4

Sonny Gray – 4

Mike Soroka – 4

Kyle Hendricks – 3 1/2

Madison Bumgarner – 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

Chris Archer – 2

Yu Darvish – 2

Jerad Eickhoff – 2

Eric Lauer – 2

Joey Lucchesi – 2

Jordan Lyles – 2

Steven Matz – 2

Chris Paddack – 2

Trevor Richards – 2

José Ureña – 2

Jason Vargas – 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, Miguel Cabrera, 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, 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, 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, Adam Wainwright, 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, Trevor Cahill, Victor Caratini, Matt Carpenter, Nicholas Castellanos, Harold Castro, Starlin Castro, Matt Chapman, Cheslor Cuthbert, David Dahl, Anthony DeSclafani, Delino DeShields, Ross Detwiler, 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, Dillon Peters,  Tim Peterson, Tommy Pham, Manny Piña, Adam Plutko, Gregory Polanco, Drew Pomeranz, Albert Pujols, Cal Quantrill, Roman Quinn, 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, Donovan Solano, Jorge Soler, Matt Strahm,  Chris Stratton, Blake Treinen, Christian Vazquez, Vince Velasquez, Neil Walker, Ryan Weber, Tyler Webb, Matt Wisler, Kolten Wong, Hunter Wood, Alex Young, Ryan Zimmerman, Jordan Zimmermann

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