Who Owned Baseball – September 5, 2020

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Let’s see who owned baseball on September 5, 2020.

For an explanation of how WOB works, click here.

Earning Full WOBs:

Sandy Alcantara threw 6 innings, allowing 3 hits and 1 run while striking out 8 Rays to earn the 7-3 decision for the Marlins.

Kenta Maeda struck out 8 Tigers in 6 innings, allowing 2 hits to set up the Twins 4-3 walk off win.

Eugenio Suárez homered 3 times as the Reds powered past the Reds, 6-2.

Mike Trout hit the Angels franchise record 300th home run in the 7-6 first game over the Astros. Combined in the two games, he reached base 7 times as the Angels swept the double headers.

Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Tony Gonsolin allowed 1 earned run and 1 unearned run, striking out 8 Rockies in 6 innings. The Dodgers bullpen dropped the 5-2 final.

Ian Happ homered twice in the Cubs 4-2 loss to the Cardinals.

Tarik Skubal held the Twins to 2 hits and 1 run in 6 innings. The Tigers lost the 4-3 game.

George Springer hit 2 home runs in the 7-6 Astros loss to the Angels. He also tripled in the opening 10-9 loss.

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Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2020


Mike Trout – 5 1/2
Tim Anderson – 3 1/2
Kyle Tucker – 3
Franmil Reyes – 2
Willy Adames – 1 1/2
Matt Chapman – 1 1/2
Maikel Franco – 1 1/2
Teoscar Hernández – 1 1/2
Yoán Moncada – 1 1/2
Miguel Sanó – 1 1/2
Giancarlo Stanton – 1 1/2
Luke Voit – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2020

Fernando Tatis Jr. – 3
Ronald Acuña Jr. – 2 1/2
Charlie Blackmon – 2 1/2
Javier Báez – 2
Mookie Betts – 2
Michael Conforto – 2
Manny Machado – 2
Eugenio Suárez – 2
Nicholas Castellanos – 1 1/2
Alex Dickerson – 1 1/2
Wilmer Flores – 1 1/2
Trent Grisham – 1 1/2
Juan Soto – 1 1/2
Mike Yastrzemski – 1 1/2

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2020
Shane Bieber – 4 1/2,
Lance Lynn – 3 1/2
Dylan Bundy – 3
Kenta Maeda – 3
Yusei Kikuchi – 2 1/2
Chris Bassitt – 2
Justin Dunn – 2
Mike Fiers – 2
Lucas Giolito – 2
Andrew Heaney – 2
Dallas Keuchel – 2
Triston McKenzie – 2
Frankie Montas – 2
Carlos Carrasco,
Gerrit Cole – 1 1/2
Marco Gonzales – 1 1/2
Martín Pérez – 1 1/2
Zach Plesac – 1 1/2
Taijuan Walker – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Pitchers Who Owned Baseball for 2020
Trevor Bauer – 4
Yu Darvish – 4
Clayton Kershaw – 4
Aaron Nola – 3 1/2
Tyler Chatwood – 2
Zac Gallen – 2
Kyle Hendricks – 2
Jon Lester – 2
Zack Wheeler – 2
Tyler Anderson – 1 1/2
Taylor Clarke – 1 1/2
Jacob deGrom – 1 1/2
Tony Gonsolin – 1 1/2
Jon Gray – 1 1/2
Merrill Kelly – 1 1/2
Max Scherzer – 1 1/2

Combined AL and NL WOB Total for Hitters 2020 MLB

Combined AL and NL WOB Total for Pitcher 2020 MLB

Mike Clevinger – 1 (1/2 AL, 1/2 NL)

Players Who Owned Baseball For One Day in 2019 MLB

José Abreu, Nick Ahmed, Sandy Alcantara, Kolby Allard, Pete Alonso, Orlando Arcia, Cody Bellinger, Brandon Belt, Brandon Bielak, Xander Bogaerts, Walker Buehler, Corbin Burnes, Asdrúbal Cabrera, Mark Cahna, Jason Castro, Ji-Man Choi, Aaron Civale,  Patrick Corbin, Brandon Crawford, Nelson Cruz, Johnny Cueto, Travis d’Arnaud, Anthony DeSclafani, Rafael Devers, Randy Dobnak, Josh Donaldson, Adam Duvall, Zach Eflin, Thomas Eshelman, Jack Flaherty, Todd Frazier, Freddie Freeman, Max Fried, Leury García, Erik González, Brian Goodwin, Phil Gosselin, Sonny Gray, Didi Gregorius,  J. A. Happ, Kiké Hernández, Rhys Hoskins, Eric Hosmer, Adrian Houser, Dakota Hudson, Aaron Judge, Brad Keller, Howie Kendrick, Max Kepler, Adam Kolarek, Dinelson Lamet, DJ LeMahieu, Pablo López, Nick Margevicius, José Marmolejos, German Márquez, Steven Matz, Dusitn May, Lance McCullers Jr., Alec Mills, Anthony Misiewicz, Colin Moran, Mitch Moreland, Daniel Murphy, Tyler Naquin, Austin Nola, Matt Olson, Tyler O’Neill, Marcell Ozuna, James Paxton, Joc Pederson, Manny Piña, Stephen Piscotty, Jurickson Profar, José Ramírez, Victor Reyes, Tanner Roark, Luis Robert, Miguel Rojas, Anthony Santander, Jonathan Schoop, Kyle Schwarber, Marcus Semien, Austin Slater, Burch Smith, Jorge Soler, George Springer, Masahiro Tanaka, Rowdy Tellez, Touki Toussaint, Spencer Turnbull, Trea Turner, Framber Valdéz, Christian Vázquez, Alex Verdugo, Jonathan Villar, Adam Wainwright, Christian Walker, Brandon Woodruff, Ryan Yarbrough,

Players Who Owned Earned 1/2 A WOB 2020 MLB
Tyler Alexander, José Altuve,  Matt Andriese, Jaime Barria, Josh Bell, Bo Bichette, Brandon Bielak, Colten Brewer, Jay Bruce, Byron Buxton, Jeimer Candelario, Griffin Canning, Daniel Castano, Luis Castillo, Dylan Cease, Mike Clevinger (AL Only), Mike Clevinger (NL Only), Zach Davies, Yandy Díaz, Hunter Dozier, Mauricio Dubon, Danny Duffy, Adam Eaton, Clint Frazier, Kevin Gausman,  Zack Godley, Yan Gomes, Brian Goodwin, Alex Gordon, Yuli Gurriel, Ronald Guzmán, Adam Haseley, Ke’Bryan Hayes, Kyle Hendricks, Elieser Hernández, JaCoby Jones, Kwang-Hyun Kim,  Brady Lail, Francisco Lindor, Michael Lorenzen, Lance Lynn, Tyler Mahle,   Connor Menez, Whit Merrifield, Brad Miller, Dylan Moore, Yadier Molina, Ryan Mountcastle, Yairo Muñoz, Kevin Newman, Renato Núñez, Josh Osich, Nate Pearson, Luis Perdomo, Kevin Plawecki, Rick Porcello, J. T. Realmuto, Cody Reed, Anthony Rizzo, Eddie Rosario, Antonio Senzatela, Justus Sheffield, Tarik Skubal, Justin Smoak, Blake Snell, Nick Solak, Donovan Solano, Mike Soroka, Raimel Tapia, Yoshi Tsutsugo, Justin Turner, Phillips Valdez, Austin Voth, Joey Votto, Luke Weaver, Evan White

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