Who Owned Baseball – September 29, 2019

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Let’s see owned baseball on September 29, 2019

Earning Full WOBs:

Jack Flaherty threw 7 shutout innings, allowing 2 hits while striking out 6 as the Cardinals clinched, blanking the Cubs, 9-0.

Paul Goldschmidt reached base 4 times, with a homer, powering the Cardinals to the NL Central title by pounding the Cubs, 9-0.

Lance Lynn pitched into the 8th, striking out 10 Yankees over 7 1/3 innings, allowing 2 hits and 1 run for the Rangers 6-1 victory.

George Springer went 4 for 4 with a homer, driving in 2 and scoring 3, as the Astros finished the season topping the Angels, 8-5.

Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Brad Miller homered twice and added 2 more hits but the Phillies were edged by Miami, 4-3.

Martín Pérez pitched into the 6th, throwing 5 2/3 innings, allowing 3 hits. The Twins bullpen would blow the lead and the 5-4 game in Kansas City.

Mike Thaiss went 3 for 4 with 2 homers but the Angels dropped the 8-5 game to Houston.

Trevor Williams held the Reds to 2 runs over 7 innings but took the hard luck 3-1 decision for Pittsburgh.

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Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2019

Mike Trout – 7 1/2

Nelson Cruz – 7

Rafael Devers – 5 1/2

Gleyber Torres – 5 1/2

Mookie Betts – 5

Xander Bogaerts – 5

Yoán Moncada – 5

Marcus Semien – 5

Gio Urshela – 5

Randal Grichuk – 4 1/2

Austin Meadows – 4 1/2

Tim Anderson – 4

Matt Chapman – 4

George Springer – 4

Yordan Álvarez – 3 1/2

Khris Davis – 3 1/2

Edwin Encarnación – 3 1/2

Joey Gallo – 3 1/2

J. D. Martinez – 3 1/2

Adalberto Mondesi – 3 1/2

Jorge Polanco – 3 1/2

Jorge Soler – 3 1/2

Luke Voit – 3 1/2

Tim Beckham – 3

Asdrubal Cabrera – 3 (AL ONLY)

Kole Calhoun – 3

C. J. Cron – 3

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – 3

Whit Merrifield – 3

Matt Olson – 3

Tommy Pham – 3

Danny Santana – 3

José Abreu – 2 1/2

Elvis Andrus – 2 1/2

Mitch Garver – 2 1/2

Alex Gordon – 2 1/2

Aaron Judge – 2 1/2

Hunter Pence – 2 1/2

José Ramírez – 2 1/2

Josh Reddick – 2 1/2

Eddie Rosario – 2 1/2

Rowdy Tellez – 2 1/2

Daniel Vogelbach – 2 1/2

José Altuve – 2

Jackie Bradley Jr – 2

Ji-Man Choi – 2

Hunter Dozier – 2

Freddy Galvis – 2 (AL ONLY)

Ryon Healy – 2

Teoscar Hernández – 2

Kevin Kiermaier – 2

Jason Kipnis – 2

Brandon Lowe – 2

Trey Mancini – 2

Roberto Pérez – 2

Jurickson Profar – 2

Carlos Santana – 2

Mallex Smith – 2

Hanser Alberto – 1 1/2

Bo Bichette – 1 1/2

Cavan Biggio – 1 1/2

Michael Brantley – 1 1/2

Miguel Cabrera –  1 1/2

Jeimer Candelario – 1 1/2

Jason Castro – 1 1/2

Michael Chavis – 1 1/2

Robinson Chirinos – 1 1/2

Shin-Soo Choo – 1 1/2

Carlos Correa – 1 1/2

Brett Gardner – 1 1/2

Didi Gregorius – 1 1/2

Eloy Jiménez – 1 1/2

Jordan Luplow – 1 1/2

Oscar Mercado – 1 1/2

Tom Murphy – 1 1/2

Shohei Ohtani – 1 1/2

Ronny Rodríguez – 1 1/2

Miguel Sanó – 1 1/2

Anthony Santander – 1 1/2

Pedro Severino – 1 1/2

Mike Tauchman – 1 1/2

Mike Thaiss – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Christian Yelich – 8 1/2

Pete Alonso – 7 1/2

Josh Bell – 7

Ronald Acuña Jr. – 6 1/2

Bryce Harper –  5 1/2

Javier Báez – 5

Cody Bellinger – 5

Eduardo Escobar – 5

Paul Goldschmidt – 5

Anthony Rendon – 5

Juan Soto – 5

Nolan Arenado – 4 1/2

Charlie Blackmon – 4

Starlin Castro – 4

Manny Machado – 4

Max Muncy – 4

Franmil Reyes – 4 (NL ONLY)

Michael Conforto – 3 1/2

Ketel Marte – 3 1/2

Kevin Newman – 3 1/2

Hunter Renfroe – 3 1/2

Corey Dickerson – 3

Mike Moustakas – 3

Joc Pederson – 3

Trevor Story – 3

Aristedes Aquino – 2 1/2

Kris Bryant – 2 1/2

Derek Dietrich – 2 1/2

Starling Marté – 2 1/2

José Martínez- 2 1/2

Brian McCann – 2 1/2

Jeff McNeil – 2 1/2

Daniel Murphy – 2 1/2

Marcell Ozuna – 2 1/2

Kevin Pillar – 2 1/2

A. J. Pollock – 2 1/2

J. T. Realmuto – 2 1/2

Eugenio Suárez – 2 1/2

Nick Ahmed – 2

Ozzie Albies – 2

Jorge Alfaro – 2

Orlando Arcia – 2

Austin Barnes – 2

Ryan Braun – 2

Nicholas Castellanos (NL ONLY) – 2

Willson Contreras – 2

Garrett Cooper – 2

Brandon Crawford – 2

Josh Donaldson – 2

Brian Dozier – 2

Jarrod Dyson – 2

Freddie Freeman – 2

Freddy Galvis – 2 (NL ONLY)

José Iglesias – 2

Justin Turner – 2

Jesus Aguilar – 1 1/2

Brandon Belt – 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

Adam Frazier – 1 1/2

César Hernández – 1 1/2

Jason Heyward – 1 1/2

Keston Hiura – 1 1/2

Evan Longoria – 1 1/2

Ryan McMahon – 1 1/2

Pablo Reyes –  1 1/2

Miguel Rojas – 1 1/2

Kyle Schwarber – 1 1/2

Jean Segura – 1 1/2

Will “Louisville” Smith – 1 1/2

Mike Yastrzemski – 1 1/2

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Shane Bieber – 12 1/2

Justin Verlander – 12 1/2

Gerrit Cole – 11 1/2

Trevor Bauer – 9 (AL Only)

Lance Lynn – 9

Mike Minor – 8 1/2

José Berríos – 7

Reynaldo López – 7

Masahiro Tanaka – 7

Lucas Giolito – 6

James Paxton – 6

Mike Fiers – 5 1/2

Charlie Morton – 5

Chris Sale – 5

Yonny Chirinos – 4 1/2

Martín Pérez – 4 1/2

Homer Bailey – 4

Kyle Gibson – 4

Brad Keller – 4

John Means – 4

Marcus Stroman – 4 (AL ONLY)

Marco Gonzales – 3 1/2

J. A. Happ – 3 1/2

Jorge López – 3 1/2

Iván Nova – 3 1/2

Blake Snell – 3 1/2

J. A. Happ – 3 1/2

CC Sabathia – 3

Asher Wojciechowski – 3

Matthew Boyd – 2 1/2

Dylan Bundy – 2 1/2

Griffin Canning – 2 1/2

Danny Duffy – 2 1/2

Jakob Junis – 2 1/2

Mike Leake – 2 1/2 (AL ONLY)

Sean Manaea – 2 1/2

Frankie Montas – 2 1/2

Jake Odorizzi – 2 1/2

Felix Peña – 2 1/2

Zach Plesac –  2 1/2

Eduardo Rodríguez – 2 1/2

Brett Anderson – 2

Homer Bailey – 2

Carlos Carrasco – 2

Aaron Civale – 2

Mike Clevinger – 2

Andrew Heaney – 2

Félix Hernández – 2

Mike Montgomery – 2

Aaron Sanchez – 2

Matt Shoemaker – 2

Spencer Turnbull –  2

Ryan Yarbrough – 2

Chris Bassitt – 1 1/2

Jalen Beeks – 1 1/2

Jack Flaherty – 1 1/2

Brad Keller – 1 1/2

Yusei Kikuchi – 1 1/2

David Price –  1 1/2

Clayton Richard – 1 1/2

Tanner Roark (AL ONLY) – 1 1/2

Adrian Sampson – 1 1/2

Glenn Sparkman – 1 1/2

Trent Thornton – 1 1/2

José Urquidy – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Pitchers Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Jacob deGrom – 14 1/2

Patrick Corbin – 9 1/2

Hyun-Jin Ryu – 9 1/2

Stephen Strasburg – 8 1/2 (7 1/2 as a pitcher, 1 as a hitter)

Walker Buehler – 7 1/2

Max Scherzer – 7

Madison Bumgarner – 6 1/2

Luis Castillo –  6 1/2

Noah Syndergaard – 6 1/2

Sonny Gray – 6

Mike Soroka – 6

Yu Darvish – 5 1/2

Jack Flaherty – 5 1/2

Zack Greinke – 5 1/2 (NL Only)

Clayton Kershaw – 5 1/2

Miles Mikolas – 5 1/2

Zach Eflin – 5

Jon Gray – 5

Cole Hamels – 5

Dakota Hudson – 5

José Quintana – 5

Kyle Hendricks – 4 1/2

Aaron Nola – 4 1/2

Sandy Alcantara – 4

Zack Wheeler – 4

Dallas Keuchel – 3 1/2

Chris Paddack – 3 1/2

Robbie Ray – 3 1/2

Zac Gallen – 3

Steven Matz – 3

German Márquez – 3

Aníbal Sánchez – 3

Brandon Woodruff – 3

Trevor Bauer – 2 1/2 (NL ONLY)

Eric Lauer – 2 1/2

Jordan Lyles – 2 1/2

Kenta Maeda – 2 1/2

Chris Archer – 2

Anthony DeSclafani – 2

Jerad Eickhoff – 2

Dinelson Lamet – 2

Jon Lester – 2

Pablo López – 2

Joey Lucchesi – 2

Trevor Richards – 2

Jeff Samardzija – 2

José Ureña – 2

Jason Vargas – 2

Jake Arrieta – 1 1/2

Zach Davies – 1 1/2

Mike Leake – 1 1/2 (NL ONLY)

Tyler Mahle – 1 1/2

Joe Musgrove – 1 1/2

Dereck Rodríguez – 1 1/2

Caleb Smith – 1 1/2

Michael Wacha – 1 1/2

Trevor Williams – 1 1/2

Jordan Yamamoto – 1 1/2

Alex Young – 1 1/2

Combined AL and NL WOB Total for Hitters 2019 MLB

Franmil Reyes – 5 (4 NL, 1 AL)

Asdrubal Cabrera – 4 (3 AL, 1 NL)

Freddy Galvis – 4 (2 AL, 2 NL)

Nicholas Castellanos – 2 1/2 (2 NL, 1/2 AL)

Yasiel Puig – 1 1/2 (1 NL, 1/2 AL)

Combined AL and NL WOB Total for Pitcher 2019 MLB

Trevor Bauer – 11 1/2 (9 AL, 2 1/2 NL)

Zack Greinke – 6 1/2 (5 1/2 NL, 1 AL)

Marcus Stroman – 5 (4 AL, 1 NL)

Mike Leake – 4 (2 1/2 AL, 1 1/2 NL)

Tanner Roark – 2 1/2 (1 NL, 1 1/2 AL)

Players Who Owned Baseball For One Day in 2019 MLB

Willy Adames, Matt Adams, Greg Allen, Albert Almora Jr., Brian Anderson, Willans Astudillo, Jake Bauers, Tyler Beede, Andrew Benintendi, Alex Bregman, Michael Brosseau, Asdrubal Cabrera (NL ONLY), Trevor Cahill, Willie Calhoun, Andrew Cashner, Harold Castro, Jhoulys Chacín, Jesse Chavez, J. P. Crawford, Travis d’Arnaud, Chris Davis, Paul DeJong, Brandon Drury, Robert Dugger, Steven Duggar, Adam Duvall, Adam Eaton, Phillip Ervin, Erick Fedde, Mike Foltynewicz, Mike Ford, Dexter Fowler, Todd Frazier, Max Fried, Ben Gamel, Avisail Garcia, Kevin Gausman, Sam Gaviglio, Tyler Glasnow, Gio González, Marwin Gonzalez, Niko Goodrum, Yasmani Grandal, Zack Greinke (AL ONLY), Trent Grisham, Robbie Grossman, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Ian Happ, Kyle Hendricks, Kiké Hernández, David Hess, Nico Hoerner, Eric Hosmer, Rhys Hoskins, Adrian Houser, JaCoby Jones, Matt Joyce, Ariel Jurado, Merrill Kelly, Howie Kendrick, Max Kepler, Scott Kingery, Ian Kinsler, Juan Lagares, Peter Lambert, Wade LeBlanc, D. J. LeMahieu, Jonathan Lucroy, Manuel Margot, Nick Markakis, Steven Matz, Nomar Mazara, James McCann, Billy McKinney, Brad Miller, Justin Miller, Yadier Molina, Omar Narváez, Renato Núñez, Rougned Odor, Thomas Pannone, Dillon Peters,  Josh Phegley, Michael Pineda, Stephen Piscotty, Nick Pivetta, Colin Poche, Buster Posey, Yasiel Puig (NL ONLY), Franmil Reyes (AL ONLY), Bryan Reynolds, Austin Riley, Tanner Roark (NL ONLY), Victor Robles, Amed Rosario, Tyson Ross, Gary Sanchez, Domingo Santana, Corey Seager, Kyle Seager, Jimmie Sherfy, Tyler Skaggs, Justin Smoak, Giancarlo Stanton, Myles Straw, Hunter Strickland, Marcus Stroman (NL ONLY), Dansby Swanson, Chris Taylor, Trea Turner, Framber Valdéz, Ildemaro Vargas, Alex Verdugo, Jonathan Villar, Stephen Vogt, Austin Voth, Joey Votto, Adam Wainwright, Christian Walker, Luke Weaver, Ryan Weber, J. B. Wendelken, Jesse Winkler, Jordan Zimmermann

Players Who Owned Earned 1/2 A WOB 2019 MLB

Logan Allen, Chase Anderson, Harrison Bader, Scott Barlow, Jacob Barnes, Tucker Barnhart, Andrew Blackmon,  Steven Brault, Jeff Brigham, Brock Burke, Melky Cabrera, Victor Caratini, Matt Carpenter, Nicholas Castellanos (AL ONLY),  Matt Chapman, Cheslor Cuthbert, David Dahl, Delino DeShields, Ian Desmond, Ross Detwiler, Randy Dobnak, Kyle Dowdy, Jon Duplantier, Tommy Edman, Robbie Erlin, Thomas Eshelman, Marco Estrada, Peter Fairbanks, Junior Fernández, David Fletcher, Tyler Flowers, Kyle Freeland, Mike Freeman, Jace Fry, Cam Gallagher, Luís Garcia, Ken Giles, Kevin Ginkel, Brian Goodwin, Dee Gordon, Terrance Gore, Chad Green, Yuli Gurriel, Ryne Harper, Matt Harvey, Austin Hays, Adeiny Hechavarria, Elieser Hernández, Aaron Hicks, Sam Hilliard, Ender Inciarte, Danny Jansen, Jake Jewell, Tony Kemp, Ian Kennedy, Branden Kline, Tommy La Stella, Ryan Lavarnway, Kyle Lewis, Francisco Liriano, Tim Locastro, Nicky Lopez, Dawel Lugo, Jake Marisnick, Richie Martin, Andrew McCutchen, T. J. McFarland, Reese McGuire, Brendan McKay, Adalberto Mejía, Seth Mejias-Brean, Wade Miley, Shelby Miller, Dylan Moore, Mitch Moreland, Adam Morgan, Mike Morin, Colin Moran, Dovydas Neverauskas, Jake Newberry, Austin Nola, Daniel Norris, Wes Parsons, Brad Peacock, Tim Peterson, Yusemeiro Petit, Evan Phillips, Manny Piña, Adam Plutko, Gregory Polanco, Drew Pomeranz, Rick Porcello, Yasiel Puig (AL ONLY), Albert Pujols, Cal Quantrill, Roman Quinn, Wilson Ramos, Sean Reid-Foley, Zac Reininger, Victor Reyes, Anthony Rizzo,  Hansel Robles, Sean Rodríguez, Héctor Rondón, Tyler Saladino, Pablo Sandoval, Patrick Sandoval, Jonathan Schoop, Tayler Scott, Travis Shaw, Andrelton Simmons, Dominic Smith, Dwight Smith Jr., Drew Smyly, Cy Sneed, Chad Sobotka, Donovan Solano, Bubba Starling, Matt Strahm,  Chris Stratton, Dillon Tate, Fernando Tatís Jr., Julio Teheran, Blake Treinen, Luis Urías, Christian Vazquez, Vince Velasquez, LaMonte Wade Jr., Jacob Waguespack, Jeremy Walker, Neil Walker,  Logan Webb, Tyler Webb, Matt Wisler, Kolten Wong, Hunter Wood, Gabriel Ynoa, Ryan Zimmerman,

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