The Summer Score – Updated for September 1, 2022

Jeff Dean

From new comers like Lars Nootbar and legends like Albert Pujols, the Cardinals get contributions from everyone as they keep winning and adding to their Summer Score.

Now there are 4 points awarded for each day in a playoff position this September. Plus a point is given to any team who pulls within 1 game of a playoff spot.

The Braves, Cardinals, Dodgers, Mets, Padres and Philles all added to their Summer Score in the National League.

The Astros, Blue Jays, Guardians, Mariners, Rays and Yankees all added from the American League.

UPDATED SUMMER SCORE TALLY

AMERICAN LEAGUE

HOUSTON ASTROS, 189 (May 31, 2022 – September 1, 2022)

NEW YORK YANKEES, 189 (May 31, 2022 – September 1, 2022)

TORONTO BLUE JAYS, 189 (May 31, 2022 – September 1, 2022)

TAMPA BAY RAYS, 183 (May 31, 2022 – June 20, 2022, June 25, 2022 – August 12, 2022, August 14, 2022 – September 1, 2022)

SEATTLE MARINERS, 137 (July 11, 2022 – July 12, 2022, July 15, 2022 – September 1, 2022)

MINNESOTA TWINS, 122 (May 31, 2022 – August 10, 2022)

CLEVELAND GUARDIANS, 78 (June 17, 2022 – June 20, 2022, June 24, 2022 – June 25, 2022, August 10, 2022 – September 1, 2022)

BOSTON RED SOX, 53 (June 6, 2022 – June 16, 2022, June 21, 2022 – July 16, 2022)

LOS ANGELES ANGELS, 7 (May 31, 2022 – June 5, 2022)

BALTIMORE ORIOLES, 6 (August 11, 2022, August 13, 2022)

NATIONAL LEAGUE

LOS ANGELES DODGERS, 189 (May 31, 2022 – September 1, 2022)

NEW YORK METS, 189 (May 31, 2022 – September 1, 2022)

SAN DIEGO PADRES, 189 (May 31, 2022 – September 1, 2022)

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS, 171 (May 31, 2022 – June 20, 2022, June 22, 2022 – July 8, 2022, July 12, 2022 – July 30, 2022, August 3, 2022, August 5 – September 1, 2022)

ATLANTA BRAVES, 164 (June 11, 2022 – September 1, 2022)

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES, 129 (July 6, 2022 – July 12, 2022, July 18, 2022 – July 23, 2022, July 29, 2022 – September 1, 2022)

MILWAUKEE BREWERS, 103 (May 31, 2022 – June 11, 2022, June 20, 2022 – June 22, 2022, June 24, 2022 – August 6, 2022)

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS, 25 (May 31, 2022 – June 24, 2022)

Who Owned Baseball – Updated for August 31, 2022

Jacob Wenzelberg – NY Post

Who owned baseball for August 31, 2022

FULL WOB

Xander Bogaerts launched a grand slam and got on base 2 more times, stealing base as well, as the Red Sox held on against Minnesota, 6-5.

Jacob deGrom struck out 9 Dodgers in 7 innings to earn the 2-1 decision for the Mets.

Rhys Hoskins drove in 3 with 3 hits and a walk as the Phillies clobbered Arizona, 18-2.

Lance Lynn threw 7 strong innings, fanning 8 as the White Sox doubled up the Royals, 4-2.

1/2 WOB

Luis Arraez homered and drove in 3 but the Twins came up short against Boston, 6-5.

Gerrit Cole was effective in 7 innings, keeping the Angels off the board for 6 of them. But Ohtani homered off of him and the Yankees fell, 3-2.

Trevor Rogers threw 6 strong innings, allowing 1 run but the Rays edged his Marlins, 2-1.

Michael Togilia went 2 for 4 with a homer in Colorado’s 3-2 loss to Atlanta.

Who Owned Baseball Scores

National League Hitters

Pete Alonso – 9

Paul Goldschmidt – 7

C. J. Cron – 5 1/2

Manny Machado – 5 1/2

Nolan Arenado – 4 1/2

Mookie Betts – 4 1/2

Austin Riley – 4 1/2

Kyle Schwarber – 4 1/2

Bryce Harper – 4

Rhys Hoskins – 3 1/2

Francisco Lindor – 3 1/2

Brandon Nimmo – 3 1/2

Matt Olson – 3 1/2

Albert Pujols – 3 1/2

Bryan Reynolds – 3 1/2

Jazz Chisholm Jr. – 3

Brandon Drury – 3

Starling Marte – 3

Rowdy Tellez – 3

Christian Walker – 3

Mark Canha – 2 1/2

Jake Cronenworth – 2 1/2

J. D. Davis – 2 1/2

Thairo Estrada – 2 1/2

Ke’Bryan Hayes – 2 1/2

Tyler O’Neil – 2 1/2

Tommy Pham – 2 1/2

Jurickson Profar – 2 1/2

Hunter Renfroe – 2 1/2

Dansby Swanson – 2 1/2

Trayce Thompson – 2 1/2

Daulton Varsho – 2 1/2

Kolten Wong – 2 1/2

Willy Adames – 2

Jesus Aguilar – 2

Josh Bell – 2

Alec Bohm – 2

Adam Duvall – 2

Wilmer Flores – 2

Luis Garcia – 2

Nolan Gorman – 2

Andrew McCutchen – 2

Max Muncy – 2

Joc Pederson – 2

Brendan Rogers – 2

Josh Rojas – 2

Darin Ruf – 2

Juan Soto – 2

Michael Chavis – 1 1/2

Kyle Farmer – 1 1/2

Freddie Freeman – 1 1/2

Randal Grichuk – 1 1/2

Ian Happ – 1 1/2

Jose Iglesias – 1 1/2

Tyler Naquin – 1 1/2

Marcell Ozuna – 1 1/2

David Peralta – 1 1/2

J. T. Realmuto – 1 1/2

Brian Serven – 1 1/2

Jack Suwinski – 1 1/2

Seiya Suzuki – 1 1/2

Lane Thomas – 1 1/2

Trea Turner – 1 1/2

Juan Yepez – 1 1/2



American League Hitters

Aaron Judge – 8

Jose Ramirez – 7

Mike Trout – 6 1/2

Yordan Alvarez – 5 1/2

Alex Bregman – 5 1/2

Ty France – 4 1/2

Shohei Ohtani – 4 1/2

Byron Buxton – 4

Ryan Mountcastle – 4

Sean Murphy – 4

Julio Rodriguez – 4

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – 3 1/2

Salvador Perez – 3 1/2

George Springer – 3 1/2

Randy Arozarena – 3

Matt Chapman – 3

Rafael Devers – 3

Adolis Garcia – 3

Isaac Paredes – 3

Anthony Rizzo – 3

Amed Rosario – 3

Marcus Semien – 3

Jared Walsh – 3

Luis Arraez – 2 1/2

Bo Bichette – 2 1/2

Josh Donaldson – 2 1/2

Alejandro Kirk – 2 1/2

Trey Mancini – 2 1/2

MJ Melendez – 2 1/2

Anthony Santander – 2 1/2

Ramon Urias – 2 1/2

Jose Abreu – 2

Matt Carpenter – 2

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. – 2

Teoscar Hernandez – 2

Nathaniel Lowe – 2

Jorge Mateo – 2

Nick Pratto – 2

Carlos Santana – 2

Gleyber Torres – 2

Jose Trevino – 2

Kyle Tucker – 2

Andrew Vaughn – 2

Alex Verdugo – 2

Taylor Ward – 2

Elvis Andrus – 1 1/2

Aledmys Diaz – 1 1/2

Adam Frazier – 1 1/2

Andres Gimenez – 1 1/2

Austin Hays – 1 1/2

Alex Kirilloff – 1 1/2

DJ LeMahieu – 1 1/2

Brandon Lowe – 1 1/2

J. D. Martinez – 1 1/2

Whit Merrifield – 1 1/2

Yoan Moncada – 1 1/2

Josh Naylor – 1 1/2

Jeremy Pena – 1 1/2

Trevor Story – 1 1/2

Eugenio Suarez – 1 1/2

Bobby Witt Jr. – 1 1/2



National League Pitchers

Sandy Alcantara – 12

Carlos Rodon – 7

Joe Musgrove – 7

Corbin Burnes – 6 1/2

Yu Darvish – 6 1/2

Aaron Nola – 6 1/2

Zac Gallen – 6

Pablo Lopez – 5 1/2

Merrill Kelly – 5

Max Scherzer – 5

Zack Wheeler – 5

Charlie Morton – 4 1/2

Logan Webb – 4 1/2

Chris Bassitt – 4

Julio Urias – 4

Adam Wainwright – 4

Hunter Greene – 3 1/2

Eric Lauer – 3 1/2

Freddy Peralta – 3 1/2

Jose Quintana – 3 1/2

Tyler Anderson – 3

Carlos Carrasco – 3

Mike Clevinger – 3

Alex Cobb – 3

Max Fried – 3

Kyle Hendricks – 3

Clayton Kershaw – 3

Chad Kuhl – 3

Sean Manaea – 3

Miles Mikolas – 3

Brandon Woodruff – 3

Graham Ashcraft – 2 1/2

Edward Cabrera – 2 1/2

Kyle Gibson – 2 1/2

Tony Gonsolin – 2 1/2

Jesus Luzardo – 2 1/2

Spencer Strider – 2 1/2

Luis Castillo (NL ONLY) – 2

Patrick Corbin – 2

Jacob deGrom – 2

Erick Fedde – 2

Braxton Garrett – 2

MacKenzie Gore – 2

Jon Gray – 2

Tylor Megill – 2

Jordan Montgomery (NL Only) – 2

Marcus Stroman – 2

Taijuan Walker – 2

Mitch White – 2

Kyle Wright – 2

Madison Bumgarner – 1 1/2

Josiah Gray – 1 1/2

Tyler Mahle – 1 1/2

Steven Matz – 1 1/2

Justin Steele – 1 1/2



American League Pitchers

Justin Verlander – 8

Gerrit Cole – 7

Alek Manoah – 7

Shohei Ohtani – 7

Dylan Cease – 6 1/2

Framber Valdez – 6 1/2

Nestor Cortes Jr. – 6

Johnny Cueto – 6

Robbie Ray – 6

Cristian Javier – 5

Brad Keller – 5

Dane Dunning – 4 1/2

Kevin Gausman – 4 1/2

Triston McKenzie – 4 1/2

Frankie Montas – 4 1/2

Martin Perez – 4 1/2

Jameson Taillon – 4 1/2

Marco Gonzales – 4

Cole Irvin – 4

Michael Kopech – 4

Nick Pivetta – 4

Nathan Eovaldi – 3 1/2

Shane McClanahan – 3 1/2

Chris Flexen – 3

Jose Urquidy – 3

Shane Bieber – 2 1/2

Sonny Gray – 2 1/2

Jordan Montgomery (AL ONLY) – 2 1/2

Luis Severino – 2 1/2

Ross Stripling – 2 1/2

Jose Suarez – 2 1/2

Michael Wacha – 2 1/2

Beau Briske – 2

Reid Detmers – 2

Domingo German – 2

Logan Gilbert – 2

Yusei Kikuchi – 2

Michael Lorenzen – 2

Jake Odorizzi – 2

Patrick Sandoval – 2

Tarik Skubal – 2

Jose Berrios – 1 1/2

Paul Blackburn – 1 1/2

Kyle Bradish – 1 1/2

Hunter Dozier – 1 1/2

Jonathan Heasley – 1 1/2

Rich Hill – 1 1/2

Daulton Jefferies – 1 1/2

George Kirby – 1 1/2

Corey Kluber 1 1/2

Dean Kremer – 1 1/2

Lance Lynn – 1 1/2

Brady Singer – 1 1/2

Noah Syndergaard – 1 1/2



Combined Pitcher and Hitter WOB
Shohei Ohtani – 11 1/2

Combined AL and NL WOB (Pitchers)

Jordan Montgomery – 4 1/2

Luis Castillo – 3

1 WOB
Ronald Acuna Jr, Jo Adell, Kohei Arihara, Javier Baez, Jose Barrero, Seth Beer, Cody Bellinger, Brandon Belt, Cavan Biggio, Xander Bogaerts, Kris Bubic, Walker Buehler, Lorenzo Cain, Johan Camargo, Jeimer Candelario, Curt Casali, Luis Castillo (AL Only), Harold Castro, Rodolfo Castro, Emmanuel Clase, Zack Collins, William Contreras, Willson Contreras, Garrett Cooper, Nelson Cruz, Oneil Cruz, Travis d’Arnaud, Zach Davies, Yandy Diaz, Brendan Donovan, Maurcio Dubon, Bryce Elder, Eduardo Escobar, Maikel Franco, Joey Gallo, Kyle Garlick, Lucas Giolito, Luis Gonzalez, Oscar Gonzalez, Riley Greene, Mitch Haniger, Michael Harris II, Andrew Heaney, Taylor Hearn, Jonah Heim, Adrian Houser, Jonathan India, Danny Jansen, Jakob Junis, James Kaprelian, Mitch Keller, Rony Kemp, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Michael Kopech, Steven Kwan, Trevor Larnach, Ramon Laureano, Tim Locastro, Zach Logue, Evan Longoria, Matt Manning, Manuel Margot, German Marquez, Davis Martin,Nick Martinez, Yadiel Martinez, Jake McCarthy, Lance McCullers Jr., Chas McCormick, Ryan McMahon, Jeff McNeil, Mike Minor, Elehuris Montero, Edward Olivares, Adam Oller, Connor Overton, Michael Perez, David Peterson, Stephen Piscotty, A. J. Pollock, Jorge Polanco, Emmanuel Rivera, Luis Robert, Victor Robles, Eduardo Rodriguez, Josh Rogers, Adley Rutschman, Gary Sanchez, Jonathan Schoop, Corey Seager, Gavin Sheets, Chase Silseth, Devin Smeltzer, Blake Snell, Giancarlo Stanton, Jackson Tetreault, Touki Toussaint, Justin Turner, Gio Urshela, Josh VanMeter, Nelson Valezquez, Luke Voit, Austin Voth, Josh Winder, Alex Wood,

½ WOB
Jorge Alfaro, Jose Altuve, Ian Anderson, Chris Archer, Aaron Ashby, Tanner Banks, Felix Bautista, Shane Baz, Andrew Benintendi, Jon Berti, Charlie Blackmon, JJ Bleday, Skye Bolt, David Bote, Michael Brantley, Matt Brash, Seth Brown, JT Brubaker, Kris Bryant, Dylan Bundy, Miguel Cabrera, Mark Canha, Victor Caratini, Dylan Carlson, Daniel Castano, Willi Castro, Roansy Contreras, Franchy Cordero, Carlos Correa, Brandon Crawford, Kutter Crawford, Bobby Dalbec, Yonathan Daza, Justin Dunn, Ryan Feltner, Wander Franco, Kyle Freeland, TJ Friedl, Mitch Garver, Tyler Gilbert, Yasmani Grandal, Zack Greinke, Trent Grisham, Carlos Hernandez, Cesar Hernandez, Kyle Higashioka, Dakota Hudson, Daniel Hudson, Sam Huff, Drew Hutchison, Shea Langeliers, Jordan Lyles, Luke Maile, German Marquez, Brandon Marsh, Ketel Marte, Yunior Marte, Mike Mayers, Joey Meneses, Oscar Mercado, Cedric Mullins, Penn Murfee, Sheldon Neuse, Austin Nola, Rougned Odor, Kaleb Ort, Andre Pallante, Michael Pineda, Zach Plesac, Austin Pruitt, Cal Quantrill, Harold Ramirez, Drew Rasmussen, Rob Refsnyder, Luis Rengifo, Trevor Rogers, Jesus Sanchez, Reiver Sanmartin, Clarke Schmidt, Jose Siri, Caleb Smith, Pavin Smith, Will Smith, Drew Smyly, Donovan Solano, Jorge Soler, Jeffrey Springs, Myles Straw, Marcus Stroman, Ranger Suarez, Ramiel Tapia, Michael Taylor, Tyrone Taylor, Alek Thomas, Zach Thompson, Michael Togilia, Spencer Torkelson, Jose Urena, Christian Vazquez, Vince Velasquez, Daniel Vogelbach, Spencer Watkins, Steven Wilson, Miguel Yajure, Ryan Yarbrough, Mike Yastrzemski, Christian Yelich, Bruce Zimmermann