Who Owned Baseball – Updated for September 29, 2021

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Full WOB

Bo Bichette homered twice, including a go ahead shot in the 8th and had a third hit in the Blue Jays dramatic 6-5 win over the Yankees.

Nathan Eovaldi helped end the Red Sox losing streak with 6 shutout innings, striking out 7 Orioles for the 6-0 victory.

A. J. Pollock socked a pair of homers to help the Dodgers top the Padres in a wild 11-9 slugfest.

Alex Wood threw 6 scoreless innings, striking out 6 and allowing 3 hits as the Giants blanked the Diamondbacks 1-0.

1/2 WOB

Victor Caratini went 3 for 4 with a home run but the Padres collapsed in the late innings to the Dodgers, 11-9.

Frankie Montas held the Mariners to 2 unearned run in 6 innings, fanning 7 along the way, but the A’s bullpen dropped the 4-2 game, eliminating them from playoff contention.

Gleyber Torres collected 3 hits, scoring 2 runs in the Yankees 6-5 loss in Toronto.

Taijuan Walker pitched into the 8th, allowing 2 hits and 2 runs over 7 1/3 innings, but the Mets fell to the Marlins, 3-2.

National League HitterFernando Tatís Jr. – 8 Manny Machado – 6 Pete Alonso – 5 Paul Goldschmidt – 5 Joey Votto – 5 Nick Castellanos – 4 ½ Eduardo Escobar – 4 ½ Tyler Naquin – 4 ½ Adam Duvall- 4 Jonathan India – 4 Buster Posey – 4 J. T. Realmuto – 4 Austin Riley – 4 Jesse Winker – 4 Nolan Arenado – 3 ½ Javier Baez – 3½ Max Muncy – 3 ½  Tyler O’Neill – 3 ½ Juan Soto – 3 ½ Trevor Story – 3 ½ Dansby Swanson – 3 ½ Charlie Blackmon – 3 Freddie Freeman – 3 Ian Happ – 3 Kyle Schwarber – 3 (NL ONLY) Harrison Bader – 2 ½ Brandon Belt – 2 ½ Dylan Carlson – 2 ½ Bryce Harper – 2 ½ Rhys Hoskins – 2 ½ Eric Hosmer – 2 ½ Francisco Lindor – 2 ½ Joc Pederson – 2 ½ Tommy Pham – 2 ½ AJ Pollack – 2 ½ Justin Turner – 2 ½ Trea Turner – 3 Ronald Acuña Jr.– 2 Willy Adames – 2 Jesus Aguilar – 2 Lewis Brinson – 2 Kris Bryant –2 C. J. Cron – 2 Jake Cronenworth – 2 Ketel Marte – 2 Andrew McCutchen – 2 Wil Myers – 2 Omar Narvaez – 2 David Peralta – 2 Manny Pina – 2 Bryan Reynolds – 2 Josh Rojas – 2 Corey Seager – 2 Jean Segura – 2 Chris Taylor – 2 Tyrone Taylor – 2 Jonathan Villar – 2 Josh Bell – 1 ½ Jazz Chisholm Jr. – 1½ Paul Dejong – 1 ½ Elias Diaz – 1 ½ Wilmer Flores – 1 ½ Ben Gamel – 1 ½ Avisail Garcia – 1 ½ Evan Longoria – 1 ½ Starling Marte – 1 ½ (NL ONLY) Ryan McMahon – 1 ½  Yadier Molina – 1 ½ Omar Navarez – 1 ½ Rafael Ortega – 1 ½ Gregory Polanco – 1 ½ Josh Reddick – 1 ½ Miguel Rojas – 1 ½ Jesus Sanchez – 1 ½

American League Hitters  Vladimir Guerrero Jr. –  8 ½ Giancarlo Stanton– 7 ½ Bo Bichette – 6 ½ Jared Walsh – 6 Marcus Semien – 5 ½ Mitch Haniger – 5 Cedric Mullins – 5 Shohei Ohtani – 5 Jose Ramirez – 5 Salvador Perez –  4 ½ Jose Abreu – 4 Nelson Cruz – 4 Joey Gallo – 4 Teoscar Hernandez – 4 Franmil Reyes – 4 Anthony Santander –  4 Joey Wendle – 4 Jose Altuve – 3 ½ Bobby Dalbec – 3½ David Fletcher – 3 ½ Ty France – 3½ Aaron Judge – 3 ½ Ramon Laureano – 3 ½ Austin Meadows – 3 ½ Matt Olson – 3 ½ Rafael Devers – 3 Trey Mancini – 3 J. D. Martinez – 3 Hunter Renfroe – 3 Tim Anderson – 2 ½ Andrew Benintendi – 2 ½ Adolis García – 2 ½ Nate Lowe – 2 ½ Amed Rosario – 2 ½ Miguel Sano – 2 ½ Jorge Soler – 2 ½ (AL ONLY) Yordan Alvarez – 2 Randy Arozarena – 2 Xander Bogaerts – 2 Michael Brantley – 2 Jeimer Candelario – 2 Yandy Diaz – 2 Josh Donaldson – 2 Yuli Gurriel – 2 Eloy Jimenez – 2 Eric Haase – 2 Max Kepler – 2 DJ LeMahieu – 2 Brandon Lowe – 2 Colin Moran – 2 Ryan Mountcastle – 2 Jonathan Schoop – 2 Gavin Sheets – 2 George Springer – 2 Kyle Tucker – 2 Mike Trout – 2 Akil Baddoo – 1 ½ Alex Bregman – 1 ½ Byron Buxton– 1 ½ Matt Chapman – 1 ½ Corey Dickerson – 1 ½ Hunter Dozier – 1 ½ Lourdes Gurriel Jr. – 1 ½ Josh Harrison – 1 ½ Jarred Kelenic – 1 ½ Brandon Marsh – 1 ½ Starling Marte – 1 ½ (AL ONLY) Oscar Mercado – 1 ½ Yermin Mercedes – 1 ½ Brad Miller – 1 ½ Sean Murphy – 1 ½ Rob Refsnyder – 1 ½ Kyle Schwarber – 1 ½ (AL ONLY) Dominic Smith – 1 ½ Nick Solak – 1 ½ Myles Straw – 1 ½

National League Pitchers  Max Scherzer – 10 ½ Zack Wheeler – 9 Charlie Morton – 8 ½ Brandon Woodruff – 8 ½ Corbin Burnes – 8 Sandy Alcantara – 7 Jacob deGrom – 7 Freddy Peralta  – 7 Joe Musgrove – 6 ½ Max Fried – 6 German Marquez – 6 Aaron Nola – 6 Adam Wainwright – 6 Yu Darvish – 5 Julio Urias – 5 Walker Buehler – 4 ½ Madison Bumgarner – 4½ Anthony DeSclafani – 4 ½ Kevin Gausman – 4 ½ Trevor Bauer–  4 Tyler Mahle – 4 Antonio Senzatela – 4 Eric Lauer – 3 ½ Pablo Lopez – 3 ½ Adbert Alzolay – 3 Erick Fedde – 3 Jon Gray – 3 Sonny Gray – 3 Clayton Kershaw – 3 Jon Lester – 3 Wade Miley – 3 Marcus Stroman – 3 Taijuan Walker – 3 Ian Anderson – 2 ½ Kyle Freeland – 2 ½ Austin Gomber – 2 ½ Kyle Hendricks – 2 ½ Trevor Rogers  –  2 ½ Ranger Suarez – 2 ½ Logan Webb – 2 ½ Patrick Corbin – 2 Braxton Garrett – 2 Adrian Houser – 2 Kwang Hyun Kim – 2 Joe Ross – 2 Blake Snell – 2 Ryan Weathers – 2 Alex Wood – 2 Huascar Ynoa – 2 Brett Anderson – 1 ½ Johnny Cueto – 1 ½ Chi Chi Gonzalez – 1 ½ Merrill Kelly – 1 ½ Alec Mills – 1 ½ Josh Rogers – 1 ½ Caleb Smith – 1 ½ Touki Toussaint – 1 1/2 Trevor Williams – 1 ½

American League Pitchers  Gerrit Cole – 9 Sean Manaea – 9 Shohei Ohtani – 9 Robbie Ray – 7 ½ Nathan Eovaldi – 7 Lance McCullers Jr. – 6 ½ Frankie Montas – 6 ½ Tyler Glasnow – 6 Aaron Civale – 5 ½ Lucas Giolito – 5 ½ John Means – 5 ½ Cal Quantrill – 5 ½ Jose Berrios – 5 Cole Irvin – 5 Yusei Kikuchi – 5 Nick Pivetta – 5 Zach Plesac – 5 Chris Bassitt – 4 ½ Lance Lynn – 4 ½ Triston McKenzie – 4½ Carlos Rodon – 4 ½ Mike Foltynewicz – 4 Zack Greinke – 4 James Kaprielian – 4 Dylan Cease – 3 ½ Kyle Gibson – 3 ½ Marco Gonzales – 3½ Chris Flexen – 3 Corey Kluber – 3 Jordan Montgomery – 3 Patrick Sandoval – 3 Jose Suarez – 3 Michael Wacha – 3 Alek Manoah – 2 ½ Mike Minor – 2 ½ Casey Mize –  2 ½ Framber Valdez – 2 ½ Tyler Anderson – 2 Dylan Bundy – 2 Alex Cobb – 2 Zach Eflin – 2 Luis Garcia – 2 Jordan Lyles – 2 Steven Matz – 2 Jake Odorizzi – 2 Jose Urquidy – 2 Ryan Yarbrough – 2 Keegan Akin – 1 ½ Kris Bubic – 1 ½ Danny Duffy – 1 ½ Luis Garcia – 1 ½ Domingo German – 1 ½ J. A. Happ – 1 ½ (AL ONLY) Brad Keller – 1 ½ Michael King – 1 1/2 Dean Kremer – 1 1/2 Jorge Lopez – 1 ½ Reynaldo Lopez – 1 ½ Zac Lowther – 1 ½ Matt Manning – 1 ½ Eli Morgan – 1 ½ -Michael Pineda – 1 ½ Eduardo Rodriguez – 1 ½ Brady Singer – 1 ½ Cole Sulser – 1 ½ Bruce Zimmerman – 1 ½

American League Combined WOB (Hitter and Pitcher) Shohei Ohtani – 14 (5 Hitter, 9 Pitcher)

American League and National League Combined WOB (Hitter) Kyle Schwarber – 4 ½ (3 NL 1 ½ AL) Jorge Soler – 3 ½ (2 1/2 AL 1 NL) Starling Marte – 3 (1 ½ NL 1 ½ AL) Yan Gomes – 2 (1 AL 1 NL)

American League and National League Combined WOB (Pitcher) J. A. Happ 2½ (1 ½ AL 1 NL), Rich Hill 1½ (1 AL ½NL)

1 WOB Riley Adams, Ozzie Albies, A. J. Alexy, Logan Allen, Kohei Arihara, Luis Arraez, Shane Beiber, Cody Bellinger, Mookie Betts, Alec Bohm, JT Brubaker, Lorenzo Cain, Carlos Carrasco, Curt Casali, Luis Castillo, Starlin Castro, Ji-Man Choi, Michael Conforto, Garrett Cooper, Brandon Crawford, J. P Crawford, Will Crowe, Charlie Culberson, Zach Davies, Bryan De La Cruz, Alex Dickerson, Matt Duffy, Dane Dunning, Tommy Edman, Kent Emanuel, Alcides Escobar, Paolo Espino, Thairo Estrada, Kyle Farmer, Jack Flaherty,, Josh Fleming, Wander Franco, Josh Fuentes, Freddy Galvis, Ben Gamel, John Gant, Logan Gilbert, Tyler Gilbert, Yan Gomes (AL Only), Yan Gomes (NL Only), Josiah Gray, Randal Grichuk, Trent Grisham, Billy Hamilton, J. A. Happ (NL Only), Andrew Heaney, Jonah Heim, Guillermo Heredia, Carlos Hernandez, Cesar Hernandez, Enrique Hernandez, Odubel Herrera, Kyle Higashioka, Rich Hill (AL ONLY), Jordan Holloway, Jose Iglesias, Cristian Javier, Ryan Jeffers, Taylor Jones, Jakob Junis, Dallas Keuchel, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Chad Kuhl, Tommy La Stella, Nathaniel Lowe, Jed Lowrie, Daniel Lynch, Nick Madrigal, Kenta Maeda, Alek Manoah, Carlos Martinez, J. D. Martinez, Dustin May, James McCann, Chas McCormick, Reese McGuire, Jake Meyers, Brad Miller, Colin Moran, Mike Moustakas, Kyle Muller, Josh Naylor, Rougned Odor, Marcel Ozuna, Chris Paddack, Joe Panik, Wily Peralta, DJ Peters, Jorge Polanco, Garrett Richards, Luis Robert, Eddie Rosario, Darrin Ruf, Joe Ryan, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Gary Sanchez, Reiver Sanmartin, Kyle Seager, Jose Siri, Tarek Skubal, Pavin Smith, Drew Smyly, Jorge Soler (NL ONLY) Edmundo Sosa, Max Stassi, Eugenio Suarez, Jose Suarez, Chris Taylor, Lane Thomas, Spencer Turnbull, Jose Urena, Luis Urias, Gio Urshela, Daulton Varsho, Vince Velasquez, Luke Voit, LaMonte Wade Jr., Taylor Ward, Patrick Wisdom, Christian Yelich, Mike Zunino

½ WOB Nick Ahmed, Kolby Allard, Anthony Alford, Jake Arrieta, Jaime Barria, Matthew Boyd, Bobby Bradley, Steven Brault, Asdrubal Cabrera, Mark Cahna, Willie Calhoun, Harold Castro, Kole Calhoun, Willie Calhoun, Griffin Canning, Victor Caratini, Humberto Castellanos, Rodolfo Castro, Jhoulys Chacin, Andrew Chafin, Steve Cishek, Adam Climber, Adam Conley, William Contreras, Willson Contreras, Carlos Correa, Jharel Cotton, J. D. Davis, Wade Davis, Enyel de los Santos, Miguel Del Pozo, Ross Detwiler, Lewin Diaz, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Bailey Falter, Mike Fiers, Freddie Freeman, Michael Fulmer, Zac Gallen, Bryan Garcia, Mitch Garver, Kyle Gibson, Luis Gil. Andres Gimenez, Ashton Goudeau , Didi Gregorius, Robbie Grossman, Deolis Guerra, Ryne Harper, Kike Hernandez, Yadiel Hernandez, Rich Hill (NL ONLY), Jeff Hoffman, Andy Ibanez, Luke Jackson, Travis Jankowski, Carson Kelly, Tony Kemp, Reiss Knehr, Jackson Kowar, Justin Lawrence, Sammy Long, Nicky Lopez, Luis Madero, Martin Maldonado, Jose Marmolejos, Nick Martini, Nick Maton, Phil Maton, Shane McClanahan, Ryan McMahon, Whit Merrifield, Miles Mikolas, Sam Moll, Patrick Murphy, Sean Murphy, John Nogowski, Bailey Ober, Josh Osich, Johan Oviedo, David Peterson, David Price, Wilson Ramos, Webster Rivas, Anthony Rizzo, Joely Rodriguez, Jake Rogers, Andrew Romine, Brent Rooker, Jose Ruiz, Keibert Ruiz, Adrian Sampson, Carlos Santana, Anthony Senzatela, Pedro Severino, Burch Smith, Will Smith, Stephen Strasburg, Drew Steckenrider, Andrew Stevenson, Ross Stripling, Jameson Taillon, Raimel Tapia, Rowdy Tellez, Zach Thompson, Trent Thornton, Luis Torrens,  Gleyber Torres, Ronald Torreyes, Jose Trevino, Cesar Valdez, Phillips Valdez, Alex Vesia, Ryan Weathers, Taylor Widener, Justin Williams, Kolten Wong, Seby Zavala, Bradley Zimmer

The Summer Score – Updated for September 30, 2021

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The A’s are offically out of it but the Dodgers and Giant are still slugging it out and padding their Summer core.

Every team in position for a playoff spot in September gets 4 points for each day. Each team that is within 1 game of a playoff spot will get 1 point.

The Rays, White Sox, Astros, Yankees and Red Sox all added to the Summer Score from the AL. The Mariners and Blue Jays get a point for being 1 game back.

The Braves, Brewers, Giants, Dodgers and Cardinals added from the NL.

For an explanation of The Summer Score, click HERE.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

CHICAGO WHITE SOX – 306 (May 31, 2021 – September 30, 2021)

TAMPA BAY RAYS – 306 (May 31, 2021 – September 30, 2021)

HOUSTON ASTROS – 305 (June 1, 2021 – September 30, 2021)

BOSTON RED SOX – 296 (May 31, 2021 – August 19, 2021, August 23, 2021 – September 30, 2021 )

OAKLAND ATHLETICS – 164 (May 31, 2021 – August 23, 2021) (One Game Out – September 1, 2021, September 11, 2011)

NEW YORK YANKEES – 151 (May 31, 2021, August 18, 2021 – September 12, 2021, September 14, 2021 – September 16, 2021, September 18, 2021, September 23, 2021 – September 30, 2021) (One Game Out – September 13, 2021, September 17, 2021, September 19, 2021, September 21, 2021 – September 22, 2021)

TORONTO BLUE JAYS – 49 (September 12, 2021 – September 17, 2021, September 19, 2021 – September 22, 2021) (One Game Out – September 10, 2021 – September 11, 2021, September 18, 2021, September 23, 2021 – September 24, 2021, September 27, 2021 – September 30, 2021)

CLEVELAND INDIANS – 5 (May 31, 2021 – June 2, 2021, June 4, 2021, June 6, 2021)

SEATTLE MARINERS – 3 (One Game Out – September 11, 2011, September 29, 2021 – September 30, 2021)

NATIONAL LEAGUE

LOS ANGELES DODGERS – 306 (May 31, 2021 – September 30, 2021)

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS – 306 (May 31, 2021 – September 30, 2021)

MILWAUKEE BREWERS – 299 (June 6, 2021 – June 9, 2021, June 11, 2021 – June 18, 2021, June 20, 2021 – September 30, 2021)

SAN DIEGO PADRES – 200 (May 31, 2021 – June 12, 2021, June 18, 2021 – August 22, 2021, September 1, 2021, September 6, 2021 – September 13, 2021) (One Game Out – September 2, 2021 – September 5, 2021, September 14, 2021 – September 17, 2021)

ATLANTA BRAVES – 178 (August 12, 2021, August 14, 2021 – September 30, 2021)

NEW YORK METS – 111 (May 31, 2021 – August 6, 2021)

CINCINNATI REDS – 79 (August 21, 2021 – September 5, 2021, September 8, 2021, September 11, 2021 – September 14, 2021) (One Game Out – September 6, 2021- September 7, 2021, September 9, 2021 – September 10, 2021, September 15, 2021, September 17, 2021 – September 18, 2021)

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS – 64 (May 31, 2021, September 15, 2021 – September 30, 2021) (One Game Out – September 13, 2021 – September 14, 2021)

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES – 28 (August 7, 2021 – August 15, 2021) (One Game Out – September 19, 2021)

CHICAGO CUBS – 23 (May 31, 2021 – June 7, 2021, June 10, 2021 – June 23, 2021, June 25, 2021)

The Summer Score – Updated for September 29, 2021

Photo by Colter Peterson, cpeterson@post-dispatch.com

The Cardinals are not going to have the biggest Summer Score of the NL Wild Card contenders… but they will give their fans at least one more game into the fall.

Every team in position for a playoff spot in September gets 4 points for each day. Each team that is within 1 game of a playoff spot will get 1 point.

The Rays, White Sox, Astros, Yankees and Red Sox all added to the Summer Score from the AL. The Mariners and Blue Jays get a point for being 1 game back.

The Braves, Brewers, Giants, Dodgers and Cardinals added from the NL.

For an explanation of The Summer Score, click HERE.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

CHICAGO WHITE SOX – 302 (May 31, 2021 – September 29, 2021)

TAMPA BAY RAYS – 302 (May 31, 2021 – September 29, 2021)

HOUSTON ASTROS – 301 (June 1, 2021 – September 29, 2021)

BOSTON RED SOX – 292 (May 31, 2021 – August 19, 2021, August 23, 2021 – September 29, 2021 )

OAKLAND ATHLETICS – 164 (May 31, 2021 – August 23, 2021) (One Game Out – September 1, 2021, September 11, 2011)

NEW YORK YANKEES – 147 (May 31, 2021, August 18, 2021 – September 12, 2021, September 14, 2021 – September 16, 2021, September 18, 2021, September 23, 2021 – September 29, 2021) (One Game Out – September 13, 2021, September 17, 2021, September 19, 2021, September 21, 2021 – September 22, 2021)

TORONTO BLUE JAYS – 48 (September 12, 2021 – September 17, 2021, September 19, 2021 – September 22, 2021) (One Game Out – September 10, 2021 – September 11, 2021, September 18, 2021, September 23, 2021 – September 24, 2021, September 27, 2021 – September 29, 2021)

CLEVELAND INDIANS – 5 (May 31, 2021 – June 2, 2021, June 4, 2021, June 6, 2021)

SEATTLE MARINERS – 2 (One Game Out – September 11, 2011, September 29, 2021)

NATIONAL LEAGUE

LOS ANGELES DODGERS – 302 (May 31, 2021 – September 29, 2021)

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS – 302 (May 31, 2021 – September 29, 2021)

MILWAUKEE BREWERS – 295 (June 6, 2021 – June 9, 2021, June 11, 2021 – June 18, 2021, June 20, 2021 – September 29, 2021)

SAN DIEGO PADRES – 200 (May 31, 2021 – June 12, 2021, June 18, 2021 – August 22, 2021, September 1, 2021, September 6, 2021 – September 13, 2021) (One Game Out – September 2, 2021 – September 5, 2021, September 14, 2021 – September 17, 2021)

ATLANTA BRAVES – 174 (August 12, 2021, August 14, 2021 – September 29, 2021)

NEW YORK METS – 111 (May 31, 2021 – August 6, 2021)

CINCINNATI REDS – 79 (August 21, 2021 – September 5, 2021, September 8, 2021, September 11, 2021 – September 14, 2021) (One Game Out – September 6, 2021- September 7, 2021, September 9, 2021 – September 10, 2021, September 15, 2021, September 17, 2021 – September 18, 2021)

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS – 63 (May 31, 2021, September 15, 2021 – September 29, 2021) (One Game Out – September 13, 2021 – September 14, 2021)

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES – 28 (August 7, 2021 – August 15, 2021) (One Game Out – September 19, 2021)

CHICAGO CUBS – 23 (May 31, 2021 – June 7, 2021, June 10, 2021 – June 23, 2021, June 25, 2021)