Who Owned Baseball is Back for 2023

As the season has begun, it is time again to start the Who Owned Baseball Tally for 2023.

It is called “WOB”.

So what is WOB?

“Who Owns Baseball?” is my own personal “SullyMetric” for determining which player had the best performance of the day.

At the end of each day, I figure out which American League and which National League pitcher had the most memorable and admirable day. The ones who had the best day for a winning team earns 1 WOB.

Those who had the best day on a losing team earned 1/2 WOB.

And because I am an absolute lunatic, I keep a tally for the whole season and see which player has the highest “WOB”.

It is not a random selection. Statistical analysis plays a big part in determining who adds to their WOB total. But there are other factors.

Last Season, Aaron Judge had the highest WOB total for an American League Hitter with 11.

Alek Manoah edged out Justin Verlander for the highest WOB total for AL Pitchers.

Shohei Ohtani had the highest overall American League tally with 14 1/2 (9 1/2 as a pitcher, 5 as a hitter)

Pete Alonso took the title for NL hitters with 10 1/2

Sandy Alcantara topped National League pitchers with a 15 WOB total.

The tally has begun for 2023. Who will Own Baseball at the end of the year?

The complete final tallies for 2022 are seen below.

Who Owned Baseball Scores

National League Hitters

Pete Alonso – 10 1/2

Paul Goldschmidt – 7

Manny Machado – 6

Kyle Schwarber – 6

C. J. Cron – 5 1/2

Nolan Arenado – 5

Francisco Lindor – 5

Albert Pujols – 5

Mookie Betts – 4 1/2

Brandon Nimmo – 4 1/2

Austin Riley – 4 1/2

Brandon Drury – 4

Bryce Harper – 4

Rowdy Tellez – 4

Kolten Wong – 4

Thairo Estrada – 3 1/2

Freddie Freeman – 3 1/2

Rhys Hoskins – 3 1/2

Matt Olson – 3 1/2

Jurickson Profar – 3 1/2

Hunter Renfroe – 3 1/2

Bryan Reynolds – 3 1/2

Christian Walker – 3 1/2

Ronald Acuna Jr – 3

Jazz Chisholm Jr. – 3

J. D. Davis – 3

Eduardo Escobar – 3

Wilmer Flores – 3

Starling Marte – 3

Andrew McCutchen – 3

Max Muncy – 3

J. T. Realmuto – 3

Juan Soto – 3

Mark Canha – 2 1/2

Jake Cronenworth – 2 1/2

Ke’Bryan Hayes – 2 1/2

Tyler O’Neil – 2 1/2

Tommy Pham – 2 1/2

Dansby Swanson – 2 1/2

Trayce Thompson – 2 1/2

Justin Turner – 2 1/2

Daulton Varsho – 2 1/2

Willy Adames – 2

Jesus Aguilar – 2

Josh Bell – 2

Alec Bohm – 2

Travis d’Arnaud – 2

Oneil Cruz – 2

Adam Duvall – 2

Kyle Farmer – 2

Luis Garcia – 2

Nolan Gorman – 2

Evan Longoria – 2

Marcell Ozuna – 2

Joc Pederson – 2

Brendan Rogers – 2

Josh Rojas – 2

Darin Ruf – 2

Trea Turner – 2

Nelson Valezquez – 2

Rodolfo Castro – 1 1/2

Michael Chavis – 1 1/2

Willson Contreras – 1 1/2

Bryan De La Cruz – 1 1/2

Randal Grichuk – 1 1/2

Ian Happ – 1 1/2

Michael Harris II – 1 1/2

Jose Iglesias – 1 1/2

Joey Meneses – 1 1/2

Tyler Naquin – 1 1/2

David Peralta – 1 1/2

Brian Serven – 1 1/2

Jack Suwinski – 1 1/2

Seiya Suzuki – 1 1/2

Tyrone Taylor – 1 1/2

Lane Thomas – 1 1/2

Juan Yepez – 1 1/2



American League Hitters

Aaron Judge – 11

Jose Ramirez – 7

Yordan Alvarez – 6 1/2

Mike Trout – 6 1/2

Alex Bregman – 5 1/2

Randy Arozarena – 5

Bo Bichette – 5

Rafael Devers – 5

Ty France – 5

Teoscar Hernandez – 5

Ryan Mountcastle – 5

Shohei Ohtani – 5

Julio Rodriguez – 5

Anthony Santander – 5

Byron Buxton – 4

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – 4

Sean Murphy – 4

Salvador Perez – 4

Amed Rosario – 4

Yoan Moncada – 3 1/2

Carlos Santana – 3 1/2

Marcus Semien – 3 1/2

George Springer – 3 1/2

Alex Verdugo – 3 1/2

Elvis Andrus – 3

Luis Arraez – 3

Matt Chapman – 3

Adolis Garcia – 3

Oscar Gonzalez – 3

Isaac Paredes – 3

Anthony Rizzo – 3

Gleyber Torres – 3

Jared Walsh – 3

Josh Donaldson – 2 1/2

Alejandro Kirk – 2 1/2

J. D. Martinez – 2 1/2

Trey Mancini – 2 1/2

MJ Melendez – 2 1/2

Ramon Urias – 2 1/2

Jose Abreu – 2

Matt Carpenter – 2

Yandy Diaz – 2

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. – 2

Steven Kwan – 2

Nathaniel Lowe – 2

Jorge Mateo – 2

Whit Merrifield – 2

Nick Pratto – 2

Adley Rutschman – 2

Eugenio Suarez – 2

Jose Trevino – 2

Kyle Tucker – 2

Andrew Vaughn – 2

Taylor Ward – 2

Jose Altuve – 1 1/2

Seth Brown – 1 1/2

Harold Castro – 1 1/2

Aledmys Diaz – 1 1/2

Adam Frazier – 1 1/2

Andres Gimenez – 1 1/2

Nick Gordon – 1 1/2

Austin Hays – 1 1/2

Alex Kirilloff – 1 1/2

DJ LeMahieu – 1 1/2

Brandon Lowe – 1 1/2

Chas McCormick – 1 1/2

Josh Naylor – 1 1/2

Jeremy Pena – 1 1/2

A. J. Pollock – 1 1/2

Trevor Story – 1 1/2

Bobby Witt Jr. – 1 1/2



National League Pitchers

Sandy Alcantara – 15

Corbin Burnes – 8 1/2

Yu Darvish – 8 1/2

Aaron Nola – 8 1/2

Carlos Rodon – 8 1/2

Zac Gallen – 7 1/2

Pablo Lopez – 7

Joe Musgrove – 7

Max Scherzer – 7

Brandon Woodruff – 5 1/2

Merrill Kelly – 5

Eric Lauer – 5

Zack Wheeler – 5

Hunter Greene – 4 1/2

Clayton Kershaw – 4 1/2

Charlie Morton – 4 1/2

Jose Quintana – 4 1/2

Blake Snell – 4 1/2

Logan Webb – 4 1/2

Chris Bassitt – 4

Carlos Carrasco – 4

Mike Clevinger – 4

Alex Cobb – 4

Julio Urias – 4

Adam Wainwright – 4

Patrick Corbin – 3 1/2

Max Fried – 3 1/2

Jesus Luzardo – 3 1/2

Miles Mikolas – 3 1/2

Freddy Peralta – 3 1/2

Spencer Strider – 3 1/2

Tyler Anderson – 3

Jacob deGrom – 3

Kyle Hendricks – 3

Chad Kuhl – 3

Sean Manaea – 3

Marcus Stroman – 3

Taijuan Walker – 3

Graham Ashcraft – 2 1/2

Edward Cabrera – 2 1/2

Kyle Gibson – 2 1/2

Tony Gonsolin – 2 1/2

Drey Jameson – 2 1/2

Luis Castillo (NL ONLY) – 2

Bryce Elder – 2

Erick Fedde – 2

Kyle Freeland – 2

Braxton Garrett – 2

MacKenzie Gore – 2

Jon Gray – 2

Tylor Megill – 2

Jordan Montgomery (NL Only) – 2

Mitch White – 2

Kyle Wright – 2

Madison Bumgarner – 1 1/2

Josiah Gray – 1 1/2

Mitch Keller – 1 1/2

Tyler Mahle – 1 1/2

Steven Matz – 1 1/2

Ryne Nelson – 1 1/2

Drew Smyly – 1 1/2

Justin Steele – 1 1/2

Ranger Suarez – 1 1/2

Bryse Wilson – 1 1/2



American League Pitchers

Alek Manoah – 10 1/2

Justin Verlander – 10

Dylan Cease – 9 1/2

Shohei Ohtani – 9 1/2

Framber Valdez – 7 1/2

Gerrit Cole – 7

Nestor Cortes Jr. – 7

Cristian Javier – 7

Robbie Ray – 7

Johnny Cueto – 6 1/2

Kevin Gausman – 5 1/2

Triston McKenzie – 5 1/2

Brad Keller – 5

Martin Perez – 5

Dane Dunning – 4 1/2

Frankie Montas – 4 1/2

Nick Pivetta – 4 1/2

Jameson Taillon – 4 1/2

Shane Bieber – 4

Kyle Bradish – 4

Marco Gonzales – 4

Cole Irvin – 4

Michael Kopech – 4

Jose Urquidy – 4

Nathan Eovaldi – 3 1/2

Logan Gilbert – 3 1/2

Sonny Gray – 3 1/2

Shane McClanahan – 3 1/2

Luis Severino – 3 1/2

Chris Flexen – 3

Rich Hill – 2 1/2

James Kaprelian – 2 1/2

Dean Kremer – 2 1/2

Michael Lorenzen – 2 1/2

Lance Lynn – 2 1/2

Jordan Montgomery (AL ONLY) – 2 1/2

Patrick Sandoval – 2 1/2

Brady Singer – 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

Jonathan Heasley – 2

Yusei Kikuchi – 2

Matt Manning – 2

Lance McCullers Jr. – 2

Jake Odorizzi – 2

Drew Rasmussen – 2

Joe Ryan – 2

Tarik Skubal – 2

Jose Berrios – 1 1/2

Paul Blackburn – 1 1/2

Hunter Dozier – 1 1/2

Lucas Giolito – 1 1/2

Daulton Jefferies – 1 1/2

George Kirby – 1 1/2

Corey Kluber 1 1/2

Jordan Lyles – 1 1/2

Eduardo Rodriguez – 1 1/2

Noah Syndergaard – 1 1/2

Ken Waldichuk – 1 1/2



Combined Pitcher and Hitter WOB
Shohei Ohtani – 14 1/2

Combined AL and NL WOB (Pitchers)

Jordan Montgomery – 4 1/2

Luis Castillo – 3

1 WOB
Jo Adell, Tyler Alexander, Kohei Arihara, Javier Baez, Jose Barrero, Seth Beer, Cody Bellinger, Brandon Belt, Cavan Biggio, Xander Bogaerts, Lewis Brinson, Kris Bubic, Walker Buehler, Lorenzo Cain, Alex Call, Johan Camargo, Jeimer Candelario, Connor Capel, Curt Casali, Luis Castillo (AL Only), Jake Cave, Emmanuel Clase, Zack Collins, Roansy Contreras, William Contreras, Garrett Cooper, Carlos Correa, Nelson Cruz, Bobby Dalbec, Zach Davies, Elias Diaz, Brendan Donovan, Maurcio Dubon, Maikel Franco, Wander Franco, TJ Friedl, Joey Gallo, Avisail Garcia, Kyle Garlick, Luis Gonzalez, Riley Greene, Zack Greinke, Eric Haase, Mitch Haniger, Andrew Heaney, Taylor Hearn, Jonah Heim, Adrian Houser, Dakota Hudson, Jonathan India, Danny Jansen, Jakob Junis, Rony Kemp, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Michael Kopech, Shea Langeliers, Trevor Larnach, Ramon Laureano, Tim Locastro, Zach Logue, Manuel Margot, German Marquez, Davis Martin,Nick Martinez, Yadiel Martinez, Brandon Marsh, Jake McCarthy, Ryan McMahon, Jeff McNeil, Mike Minor, Elehuris Montero, Bailer Ober, Edward Olivares, Adam Oller, Rafael Ortega, Connor Overton, Michael Perez, David Peterson, Stephen Piscotty, Jorge Polanco, Austin Pruitt, Cal Raliegh, Rob Refsnyder, Emmanuel Rivera, Luis Robert, Victor Robles, Josh Rogers, Trevor Rogers, Gary Sanchez, Clarke Schmidt, Jonathan Schoop, Corey Seager, Gavin Sheets, Chase Silseth, Devin Smeltzer, Jeffrey Springs, Giancarlo Stanton, Jackson Tetreault,Michael Togilia, Touki Toussaint, Gio Urshela, Josh VanMeter, Matt Vierling, David Villar, Luke Voit, Austin Voth, Josh Winder, Alex Wood,

½ WOB
Riley Adams, Jorge Alfaro, Chase Andersovn, Ian Anderson, Miguel Andujar, Aristdes Aquino, Chris Archer, Aaron Ashby, Javier Assad, Tanner Banks, Felix Bautista, Shane Baz, Brayan Bello, Andrew Benintendi, Jon Berti, Charlie Blackmon, JJ Bleday, Skye Bolt, David Bote, Michael Brantley, Matt Brash, JT Brubaker, Kris Bryant, Dylan Bundy, Miguel Cabrera, Oswaldo Cabrera, Mark Canha, Victor Caratini, Dylan Carlson, Kerry Carpenter, Daniel Castano, Willi Castro, Ji-Man Choi, Garrett Cleavinger, Franchy Cordero, Brandon Crawford, Kutter Crawford, Yonathan Daza, Justin Dunn, Ryan Feltner, Nick Fortes, Jake Fraley, Dermis Garcia, Luis Garcia, Stone Garrett, Mitch Garver, Tyler Gilbert, Yasmani Grandal, Jon Gray, Trent Grisham, Tommy Henry, Carlos Hernandez, Cesar Hernandez, Kyle Higashioka, Garrett Hill, Clay Holmes, Daniel Hudson, Sam Huff, Cooper Hummel, Drew Hutchison, Nick Lodolo, Andres Machado, Luke Maile, German Marquez, Ketel Marte, Yunior Marte, Seth Martinez, Mike Mayers, Oscar Mercado, Mickey Moniak, Yadier Molina, Cedric Mullins, Penn Murfee, Sheldon Neuse, Austin Nola, Rougned Odor, Kaleb Ort, Andre Pallante, Michael Pineda, Zach Plesac, Cal Quantrill, Cole Ragans, Harold Ramirez, Luis Rengifo, Adrian Sampson, Anibal Sanchez, Jesus Sanchez, Reiver Sanmartin, J. P. Sears, Jose Siri, Caleb Smith, Pavin Smith, Will Smith, Donovan Solano, Jorge Soler, Myles Straw, Bryson Stott, Marcus Stroman, Ramiel Tapia, Michael Taylor, Alek Thomas, Zach Thompson, Spencer Torkelson, Jose Urena, Christian Vazquez, Vince Velasquez, David Villar, Daniel Vogelbach, Spencer Watkins, Luke Weaver, Steven Wilson, Jake Woodford, Miguel Yajure, Ryan Yarbrough, Mike Yastrzemski, Christian Yelich, Bruce Zimmermann