Who Owned Baseball – Updated for September 20, 2021

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Full WOB

Yandy Diaz hit a 3 run homer to put the Rays up for good, finishing with 3 hits over all in the 6-4 final over Toronto.

Jon Lester earned his 200th career victory with 6 innings of 3 hit ball, allowing 2 runs a St. Louis topped Milwaukee 5-2.

John Means threw 6 2/3 scoreless innings and added a double of his own as the Orioles shocked the Phillies, 2-0.

Joey Votto reached base 5 times, homering twice and drove in 3 runs to keep Cincinnati’s playoff hopes alive with a come from behind 9-5 win over the Pirates.

1/2 WOB

Freddy Peralta struck out 9 Cardinals in 6 innings but took the hard luck 5-2 decision for the Brewers.

Jose Ruiz threw a pair of shutout innings out of the bullpen to keep the White Sox in the game. Detroit would rally for a 4-3 win.

Myles Straw collected 3 hits including a double but the Indians fell to Kansas City, 7-2.

Lane Thomas doubled, homered and walked in the Nationals 8-7 defeat to the Marlins.

National League HitterFernando Tatís Jr. – 8 Manny Machado – 5 ½ Pete Alonso – 5 Joey Votto – 5 Nick Castellanos – 4 ½ Eduardo Escobar – 4 ½ Tyler Naquin – 4 ½ Adam Duvall- 4 Paul Goldschmidt – 4 Buster Posey – 4 Austin Riley – 4 Jesse Winker – 4 Nolan Arenado – 3 ½ Javier Baez – 3½ Max Muncy – 3 ½  Tyler O’Neill – 3 ½ Trevor Story – 3 ½ Dansby Swanson – 3 ½ Charlie Blackmon – 3 Freddie Freeman – 3 Ian Happ – 3 Jonathan India – 3 J. T. Realmuto – 3 Kyle Schwarber – 3 (NL ONLY) Brandon Belt – 2 ½ Dylan Carlson – 2 ½ Bryce Harper – 2 ½ Rhys Hoskins – 2 ½ Francisco Lindor – 2 ½ Joc Pederson – 2 ½ Tommy Pham – 2 ½ Juan Soto – 2 ½ Justin Turner – 2 ½ Trea Turner – 2 ½ Ronald Acuña Jr.– 2 Willy Adames – 2 Jesus Aguilar – 2 Lewis Brinson – 2 Kris Bryant –2 C. J. Cron – 2 Eric Hosmer – 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 Jean Segura – 2 Chris Taylor – 2 Jonathan Villar – 2 Josh Bell – 1 ½ Jazz Chisholm Jr. – 1½ Jake Cronenworth – 1 ½ 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 AJ Pollack – 1 ½ Josh Reddick – 1 ½ Miguel Rojas – 1 ½ Jesus Sanchez – 1 ½ Tyrone Taylor – 1 ½ ,

American League Hitters  Vladimir Guerrero Jr. –  8 Jared Walsh – 6 Bo Bichette – 5 ½ Giancarlo Stanton– 5 ½ Cedric Mullins – 5 Shohei Ohtani – 5 Jose Ramirez – 5 Marcus Semien – 5 Salvador Perez –  4 ½ Jose Abreu – 4 Nelson Cruz – 4 Joey Gallo – 4 Mitch Haniger – 4 Franmil Reyes – 4 Anthony Santander –  4 Joey Wendle – 4 Jose Altuve – 3 ½ Bobby Dalbec – 3½ David Fletcher – 3 ½ Ty France – 3½ Teoscar Hernandez – 3 ½ 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 Andrew Benintendi – 2 ½ Adolis García – 2 ½ Nate Lowe – 2 ½ Hunter Renfroe – 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 Gavin Sheets – 2 Kyle Tucker – 2 Mike Trout – 2 Tim Anderson – 1 ½ 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 Oscar Mercado – 1 ½ Yermin Mercedes – 1 ½ Brad Miller – 1 ½ Sean Murphy – 1 ½ Rob Refsnyder – 1 ½ Jonathan Schoop – 1 ½ Dominic Smith – 1 ½ Nick Solak – 1 ½

National League Pitchers  Max Scherzer – 10 ½ Zack Wheeler – 8 ½ Corbin Burnes – 8 Brandon Woodruff – 8 Charlie Morton – 7½ Sandy Alcantara – 7 Jacob deGrom – 7 Freddy Peralta  – 7 Joe Musgrove – 6 ½ German Marquez – 6 Aaron Nola – 6 Adam Wainwright – 6 Yu Darvish – 5 Max Fried – 5 Julio Urias – 5 Walker Buehler – 4 ½ Madison Bumgarner – 4½ Anthony DeSclafani – 4 ½ Trevor Bauer–  4 Tyler Mahle – 4 Kevin Gausman – 3 ½ Eric Lauer – 3 ½ Pablo Lopez – 3 ½ Antonio Senzatela – 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 Kyle Freeland – 2 ½ Austin Gomber – 2 ½ Kyle Hendricks – 2 ½ Trevor Rogers  –  2 ½ Taijuan Walker – 2 ½ Logan Webb – 2 ½ Braxton Garrett – 2 Kwang Hyun Kim – 2 Joe Ross – 2 Blake Snell – 2 Ryan Weathers – 2 Huascar Ynoa – 2 Brett Anderson – 1 ½ Ian Anderson – 1 ½ Johnny Cueto – 1 ½ Chi Chi Gonzalez – 1 ½ Adrian Houser – 1 ½ Merrill Kelly – 1 ½ Alec Mills – 1 ½ Caleb Smith – 1 ½ Ranger Suarez – 1 ½ Touki Toussaint – 1 1/2 Trevor Williams – 1 ½

American League Pitchers  Gerrit Cole – 9 Shohei Ohtani – 8 ½ Sean Manaea – 8 Robbie Ray – 7 ½ Nathan Eovaldi – 6 Tyler Glasnow – 6 Lance McCullers Jr. – 6 Aaron Civale – 5 ½ Lucas Giolito – 5 ½ John Means – 5 ½ Cole Irvin – 5 Yusei Kikuchi – 5 Frankie Montas – 5 Zach Plesac – 5 Chris Bassitt – 4 ½ Jose Berrios – 4 ½ Lance Lynn – 4 ½ Triston McKenzie – 4½ Nick Pivetta – 4 ½ Carlos Rodon – 4 ½ Mike Foltynewicz – 4 Zack Greinke – 4 James Kaprielian – 4 Dylan Cease – 3 ½ Kyle Gibson – 3 ½ Marco Gonzales – 3½ Cal Quantrill – 3 ½ Corey Kluber – 3 Jordan Montgomery – 3 Patrick Sandoval – 3 Jose Suarez – 3 Alek Manoah – 2 ½ Mike Minor – 2 ½ Casey Mize –  2 ½ Framber Valdez – 2 ½ Michael Wacha – 2½ Tyler Anderson – 2 Dylan Bundy – 2 Alex Cobb – 2 Zach Eflin – 2 Chris Flexen – 2 Luis Garcia – 2 Jordan Lyles – 2 Steven Matz – 2 Jake Odorizzi – 2 Jose Urquidy – 2 Ryan Yarbrough – 2 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 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 – 13 ½ (5 Hitter, 8 ½ Pitcher)

American League and National League Combined WOB (Hitter) Kyle Schwarber – 3 ½ (3 NL ½ AL) Jorge Soler – 3 ½ (2 1/2 AL 1 NL) Yan Gomes – 2 (1 AL 1 NL) Starling Marte – 2½ (1 ½ NL 1 AL)

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, Keegan Akin, 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, Patrick Corbin, Brandon 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, Starling Marte (AL ONLY), Carlos Martinez, J. D. Martinez, Dustin May, James McCann, Chas McCormick, Reese McGuire, Jake Meyers, Brad Miller, Mike Moustakas, Kyle Muller, Josh Naylor, Rougned Odor, Marcel Ozuna, Chris Paddack, Joe Panik, Wily Peralta, DJ Peters, Jorge Polanco, Garrett Richards, Eddie Rosario, Darrin Ruf, Joe Ryan, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Gary Sanchez, Corey Seager, Kyle Seager, Jose Siri, Tarek Skubal, Pavin Smith, Drew Smyly, Jorge Soler (NL ONLY) Edmundo Sosa, George Springer, Max Stassi, Myles Straw, 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, Alex Wood, Christian Yelich, Mike Zunino

½ WOB Nick Ahmed, Kolby Allard, Anthony Alford, Jake Arrieta, Harrison Bader, Jaime Barria, Matthew Boyd, Bobby Bradley, Steven Brault, Kris Bubic, Asdrubal Cabrera, Mark Cahna, Willie Calhoun, Harold Castro, Kole Calhoun, Willie Calhoun, Griffin Canning, Rodolfo Castro, 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, 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, Reynaldo Lopez, Zac Lowther, Luis Madero, Martin Maldonado, Jose Marmolejos, Nick Maton, Phil Maton, Shane McClanahan, Whit Merrifield, Miles Mikolas, 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, Josh Rogers, Andrew Romine, Brent Rooker, Jose Ruiz, Carlos Santana, Kyle Schwarber (AL ONLY), 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,  Ronald Torreyes, Cesar Valdez, Phillips Valdez, Alex Vesia, Taylor Widener, Justin Williams, Kolten Wong, Seby Zavala, Bradley Zimmer

The Summer Score – Updated for September 21, 2021

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

It is September 21… officially the first day of fall… and yet some teams are still piling on The Summer Score.

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, Blue Jays and Red Sox all added to the Summer Score from the AL. The Yankees earned a point for being within a game of a playoff spot.

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 – 270 (May 31, 2021 – September 21, 2021)

TAMPA BAY RAYS – 270 (May 31, 2021 – September 21, 2021)

HOUSTON ASTROS – 269 (June 1, 2021 – September 21, 2021)

BOSTON RED SOX – 260 (May 31, 2021 – August 19, 2021, August 23, 2021 – September 21, 2021 )

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

NEW YORK YANKEES – 109 (May 31, 2021, August 18, 2021 – September 12, 2021, September 14, 2021 – September 16, 2021, September 18, 2021) (One Game Out – September 13, 2021, September 17, 2021, September 19, 2021, September 21, 2021)

TORONTO BLUE JAYS – 39 (September 12, 2021 – September 17, 2021, September 19, 2021 – September 21, 2021) (One Game Out – September 10, 2021 – September 11, 2021, September 18, 2021)

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

SEATTLE MARINERS – 1 (One Game Out – September 11, 2011)

NATIONAL LEAGUE

LOS ANGELES DODGERS – 270 (May 31, 2021 – September 21, 2021)

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS – 270 (May 31, 2021 – September 21, 2021)

MILWAUKEE BREWERS – 263 (June 6, 2021 – June 9, 2021, June 11, 2021 – June 18, 2021, June 20, 2021 – September 21, 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 – 142 (August 12, 2021, August 14, 2021 – September 20, 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 – 31 (May 31, 2021, September 15, 2021 – September 21, 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)