Who Owned Baseball – Updated for July 26, 2021

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EARNING FULL WOB’s

Andrew McCutchen reached base 3 times including a 3 run walk off home run in the bottom of the 9th to give the Phillies a dramatic 6-5 victory over Washington.

Kyle Muller kept the Mets scoreless in 5 innings as the Braves took the first game of the double header, 2-0.

Shohei Ohtani threw 7 strong innings, allowing 1 run, walking none, singled and scored a run to give the the 6-2 decision for the Angels over Colorado.

Jorge Soler homered twice in the Royals 4-3 win against the White Sox.

EARNING 1/2 WOB’s

Adam Climber threw 1 2/3 innings of key shutout relief to put the Blue Jays in position to win. The Red Sox would rally in the 8th and take the 5-4 final.

Kyle Farmer homered and reached base 2 more times but the Reds watched the Cubs walk off 6-5 winners.

Martin Maldonado hit a single and a homer, driving in a pair but Houston’s bullpen collapsed against Seattle, 11-8.

Joe Ross threw 5 shutout innings, striking out 4 Phillies but the Nationals dropped the 6-5 final.

National League Hitters Fernando Tatís Jr. – 5 ½ Manny Machado – 4 ½ Adam Duvall- 4 Nick Castellanos – 3 ½ Tyler Naquin – 3 ½ Pete Alonso – 3 Charlie Blackmon – 3 Buster Posey – 3 Kyle Schwarber – 3 Jesse Winker – 3 Nolan Arenado – 2 ½ Eduardo Escobar – 2 ½ Rhys Hoskins – 2 ½ Max Muncy – 2 ½   Joc Pederson – 2 ½ Austin Riley – 2 ½ Justin Turner – 2 ½ Trea Turner – 2 ½ Ronald Acuña Jr.– 2 Javier Baez – 2 Kris Bryant –2 Freddie Freeman – 2 Paul Goldschmidt – 2 Ketel Marte – 2 Omar Narvaez – 2 David Peralta – 2 Tommy Pham – 2 J. T. Realmuto – 2 Jean Segura – 2 Juan Soto – 2 Trevor Story – 2 Chris Taylor – 2 Joey Votto – 2 Willy Adames – 1 ½ – Brandon Belt – 1 ½ Dylan Carlson – 1 ½ Paul Dejong – 1 ½ Wilmer Flores – 1 ½ Ben Gamel – 1 ½ Avisail Garcia – 1 ½ Starling Marte – 1 ½ Ryan McMahon – 1 ½  Omar Navarez – 1 ½ Tyler O’Neill – 1 ½ Gregory Polanco – 1 ½ AJ Pollack – 1 ½ Josh Reddick – 1 ½ Miguel Rojas – 1 ½ Dansby Swanson – 1 ½

American League Hitters  Vladimir Guerrero Jr. –  6 Shohei Ohtani – 5 Jared Walsh – 5 Bo Bichette – 4 ½ Cedric Mullins – 4 ½ Mitch Haniger – 4 Giancarlo Stanton – 4 Jose Abreu – 3 ½ David Fletcher – 3 ½ Ramon Laureano – 3 ½ Trey Mancini – 3 Marcus Semien – 3 Joey Wendle – 3 Jose Altuve – 2 ½ Rafael Devers – 2 ½ Adolis García – 2 ½ Nate Lowe – 2 ½ Austin Meadows – 2 ½ Salvador Perez –  2 ½ Jose Ramirez – 2 ½ Franmil Reyes – 2 ½ Jorge Soler – 2 ½ Randy Arozarena – 2 Michael Brantley – 2 Nelson Cruz – 2 Josh Donaldson – 2 Ty France – 2 Joey Gallo – 2 Eric Haase – 2 Max Kepler – 2 DJ LeMahieu – 2 J. D. Martinez – 2 Matt Olson – 2 Mike Trout – 2 Akil Baddoo – 1 ½ Alex Bregman – 1 ½ Byron Buxton– 1 ½ Corey Dickerson – 1 ½ Hunter Dozier – 1 ½ Aaron Judge – 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  Zack Wheeler – 7 ½ Jacob deGrom – 7 Brandon Woodruff – 7 Corbin Burnes – 6 Freddy Peralta  – 5 ½ German Marquez – 5 Aaron Nola – 4 ½ Trevor Bauer–  4 Yu Darvish – 4 Charlie Morton – 4 Adam Wainwright – 4 Sandy Alcantara – 3 ½ Walker Buehler – 3 ½ Pablo Lopez – 3 ½ Max Scherzer – 3 ½ Julio Urias – 3 ½ Adbert Alzolay – 3 Luis Castillo – 3 Kevin Gausman – 3 Jon Gray – 3 Clayton Kershaw – 3 Joe Musgrove – 3 Marcus Stroman – 3 Madison Bumgarner – 2 1/2 Anthony DeSclafani – 2 ½ Austin Gomber – 2 ½ Tyler Mahle – 2 ½ Trevor Rogers  –  2 ½ Erick Fedde – 2 Max Fried – 2 Sonny Gray – 2 Kwang Hyun Kim – 2 Wade Miley – 2 Joe Ross – 2 Taijuan Walker – 2 Ryan Weathers – 2 Ian Anderson – 1 ½ Johnny Cueto – 1 ½ Chi Chi Gonzalez – 1 ½ Caleb Smith – 1 ½ Antonio Senzatela – 1 ½ Touki Toussaint – 1 1/2 Huascar Ynoa – 1 ½

American League Pitchers  Gerrit Cole – 6 Tyler Glasnow – 6 Aaron Civale – 5 ½ Sean Manaea – 5 ½ Yusei Kikuchi – 5 Shohei Ohtani – 5 Carlos Rodon – 4 ½ Nathan Eovaldi – 4 Cole Irvin – 4 Lance McCullers Jr. – 4 John Means – 4 Zach Plesac – 4 Chris Bassitt – 3 ½ Mike Foltynewicz – 3 ½ Kyle Gibson – 3 ½ Lucas Giolito – 3 ½ Nick Pivetta – 3 ½ Zack Greinke – 3 Lance Lynn –3 Mike Minor – 2 ½ Robbie Ray – 2 ½ Patrick Sandoval – 2 ½ Framber Valdez – 2 ½ Tyler Anderson – 2 Jose Berrios – 2 Alex Cobb – 2 Zach Eflin – 2 Luis Garcia – 2 James Kaprielian – 2 Corey Kluber – 2 Triston McKenzie – 2 Casey Mize –  2 Jordan Montgomery – 2 Jose Suarez – 2 Jose Urquidy – 2 Michael Wacha – 2 Ryan Yarbrough – 2 Danny Duffy – 1 ½ Domingo German – 1 ½ J. A. Happ – 1 ½ Michael King – 1 1/2 Dean Kremer – 1 1/2 Matt Manning – 1 ½ Alek Manoah – 1 1/2 Frankie Montas – 1 1/2 Michael Pineda – 1 ½ Bruce Zimmerman – 1 ½

American League Combined WOB (Hitter and Pitcher) Shohei Ohtani – 10  (5 Hitter, 5 Pitcher)

1 WOB Ozzie Albies, Willy Adames, Jesus Aguilar, Yordan Alvarez, Kohei Arihara, Luis Arraez, Shane Beiber, Cody Bellinger, Xander Bogaerts, Alec Bohm, JT Brubaker, Dylan Bundy, Lorenzo Cain, Curt Casali, Starlin Castro, Dylan Cease, Matt Chapman, Jazz Chisholm Jr., Ji-Man Choi, Michael Conforto, Garrett Cooper, Patrick Corbin, Brandon Crawford, Jake Cronenworth, Charlie Culberson, Bobby Dalbec, Zach Davies, Yandy Diaz, Alex Dickerson, Dane Dunning, Tommy Edman, Kent Emanuel, Thairo Estrada, Josh Fleming, Chris Flexen, Kyle Freeland, Josh Fuentes, Freddy Galvis, Ben Gamel, John Gant, Braxton Garrett, Logan Gilbert, Yan Gomes, Yasmani Grandal, Randal Grichuk, Yuli Gurriel, Billy Hamilton, Ian Happ, Bryce Harper, Andrew Heaney, Guillermo Heredia, Cesar Hernandez, Enrique Hernandez, Teoscar Hernandez, Odubel Herrera, Kyle Higashioka, Rich Hill, Jordan Holloway, Eric Hosmer, Jonathan India, Cristian Javier, Jakob Junis, Jarred Kelenic, Merrill Kelly, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Chad Kuhl, Jon Lester, Daniel Lynch, Nick Madrigal, Sean Manaea, Carlos Martinez, Steven Matz, Dustin May, James McCann, Chas McCormick, Andrew McCutchen, Reese McGuire, Oscar Mercado, Ryan Mountcastle, Mike Moustakas, Kyle Muller, Wil Myers, Josh Naylor, Rougned Odor, Jake Odorizzi, Marcel Ozuna, Chris Paddack, Joe Panik, Wily Peralta, Jorge Polanco, Bryan Reynolds, Garrett Richards, Josh Rojas, Darrin Ruf, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Miguel Sano, Corey Seager, Brady Singer, Pavin Smith, Drew Smyly, Max Stassi, Eugenio Suarez, Chris Taylor, Tyrone Taylor, Kyle Tucker, Spencer Turnbull, Jose Urena, Gio Urshela, Vince Velasquez, Jonathan Villar, LaMonte Wade Jr., Taylor Ward, Trevor Williams, Alex Wood, Mike Zunino

½ WOB Nick Ahmed, Logan Allen, Brett Anderson, Tim Anderson, Jake Arrieta, Harrison Bader, Jaime Barria, Josh Bell, Andrew Benintendi, Matthew Boyd, Bobby Bradley, Lewis Brinson, Mark Cahna, Willie Calhoun, Harold Castro, Kole Calhoun, Willie Calhoun, Griffin Canning, Adam Climber, William Contreras, Carlos Correa, J. D. Davis, Wade Davis, Enyel de los Santos, Ross Detwiler, Matt Duffy, Alcides Escobar, Paolo Espino, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Bailey Falter, Kyle Farmer, Mike Fiers, Jack Flaherty, Wander Franco, Freddie Freeman, Michael Fulmer, Zac Gallen, Mitch Garver, Kyle Gibson, Andres Gimenez, Marco Gonzales, Didi Gregorius, Robbie Grossman, Deolis Guerra, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Ryne Harper, Josh Harrison, Carlos Hernandez, Kike Hernandez, Kyle Hendricks, Andy Ibanez, Luke Jackson, Travis Jankowski, Ryan Jeffers, Brad Keller, Carson Kelly, Tony Kemp, Dallas Keuchel, Eric Lauer, Justin Lawrence, Francisco Lindor, Jorge Lopez, Jordan Lyles, Brandon Lowe, Luis Madero, Martin Maldonado, Jose Marmolejos, J. D. Martinez, Nick Maton, Phil Maton, Shane McClanahan, Whit Merrifield, Colin Moran, Sean Murphy, John Nogowski, Josh Osich, Johan Oviedo, David Peterson, David Price, Webster Rivas, Jake Rogers, Amed Rosario, Gary Sanchez, Carlos Santana, Anthony Santander, Tarek Skubal, Burch Smith, Will Smith, Stephen Strasburg, Drew Steckenrider, Myles Straw, Ross Stripling, Cole Sulser, Jameson Taillon, Raimel Tapia, Rowdy Tellez, Trent Thornton, Luis Torrens,  Cesar Valdez, Alex Vesia, Taylor Widener, Justin Williams, Kolten Wong

Who Owned Baseball – September 26, 2020

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Let’s see who owned baseball on September 26, 2020.

For an explanation of how WOB works, click here.

Earning Full WOBs:

Luis Arraez collected 4 hits, driving in 3, helping the Twins stay on top of the division with a 7-3 victory over the Reds.

Ke’Bryan Hayes went 5 for 5, scoring 3 times, to help the Pirates shutout Cleveland, 8-0.

Tanner Houck struck out 10 Braves in 6 innings, allowing 1 run, earning the 8-2 decision for the Red Sox.

Brandon Woodruff threw 8 scoreless innings, allowing 2 hits and striking out 10 as the Brewers blanked St. Louis, 3-0.

Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Johnny Cueto gave the Giants 6 1/3 solid innings, allowing 3 runs but he was saddled with the 6-2 loss against San Diego.

Robbie Grossman hit a pair of homers and added another hit but the A’s were hammered by the Mariners, 12-3 in the double header nightcap. 

Andrew McCutchen homered and added 3 more hits but the Phillies were edged out by the Rays, 4-3.

John Means gave up 1 hit and 1 run in 6 innings but took the hard luck 5-2 decision as the Blue Jays topped the Orioles. 

To view the Yearly Leaders for Who Owned Baseball Standings   – Click the READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY ICON OR SCROLL DOWN.

Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2020


Mike Trout – 5 1/2
Tim Anderson – 4 1/2
Kyle Tucker – 3
Luke Voit – 3
Jeimer Candelario – 2 1/2
José Ramírez – 2 1/2
José Abreu – 2
DJ LeMahieu – 2
Franmil Reyes – 2
Xander Bogaerts – 1 1/2
Willy Adames – 1 1/2
Matt Chapman – 1 1/2
Rafael Devers – 1 1/2
Hunter Dozier – 1 1/2
Maikel Franco – 1 1/2
Teoscar Hernández – 1 1/2
Yoán Moncada – 1 1/2
Miguel Sanó – 1 1/2
Marcus Semien – 1 1/2
Giancarlo Stanton – 1 1/2
Max Stassi – 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
Freddie Freeman – 2 1/2
Bryce Harper – 2 1/2
Marcell Ozuna – 2 1/2
Pete Alonso – 2
Javier Báez – 2
Mookie Betts – 2
Michael Conforto – 2
Alex Dickerson – 2
Adam Duvall – 2
Ke’Bryan Hayes – 2
Manny Machado – 2
Colin Moran – 2
Eugenio Suárez – 2
Brian Anderson – 1 1/2
Nicholas Castellanos – 1 1/2
Brandon Crawford – 1 1/2
Wilmer Flores – 1 1/2
Trent Grisham – 1 1/2
Brandon Nimmo – 1 1/2
Jean Segura – 1 1/2
Juan Soto – 1 1/2
Chris Taylor – 1 1/2
Mike Yastrzemski – 1 1/2

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2020
Shane Bieber – 5 1/2
Lance Lynn – 4 1/2
Zach Plesac – 3 1/2
Chris Bassitt – 3
Dylan Bundy – 3
Carlos Carrasco – 3
Yusei Kikuchi – 3
Kenta Maeda – 3
Gerrit Cole – 2 1/2
Marco Gonzales – 2 1/2
J. A. Happ – 2 1/2
Dallas Keuchel – 2 1/2
Justin Dunn – 2
Mike Fiers – 2
Lucas Giolito – 2
Andrew Heaney – 2
Brad Keller – 2
Nick Margevicius – 2
Triston McKenzie – 2
Framber Valdéz – 2
Thomas Eshelman 1 1/2
Lance McCullers Jr. – 1 1/2
Frankie Montas – 2
Martín Pérez – 1 1/2
Hyun-Jin Ryu – 1 1/2
Justus Sheffield – 1 1/2
José Urquidy – 1 1/2
Taijuan Walker – 1 1/2
Ryan Yarbrough – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Pitchers Who Owned Baseball for 2020
Trevor Bauer – 6
Yu Darvish – 5 1/2
Clayton Kershaw – 5

Kyle Hendricks – 3 1/2
Aaron Nola – 3 1/2
Jacob deGrom – 3
Dinelson Lamet – 3
Brandon Woodruff – 3
Luis Castillo – 2 1/2
Jon Lester – 2 1/2
Zack Wheeler – 2 1/2<Steven Brault – 2
Tyler Chatwood – 2
Zac Gallen – 2
Alec Mills – 2
Sandy Alcantara – 1 1/2
Ian Anderson – 1 1/2
Tyler Anderson – 1 1/2
Taylor Clarke – 1 1/2
Johnny Cueto – 1 1/2
Tony Gonsolin – 1 1/2
Jon Gray – 1 1/2
Sonny Gray – 1 1/2
Merrill Kelly – 1 1/2
Max Scherzer – 1 1/2
Antonio Senzatela – 1 1/2
Riley Smith – 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

Nick Ahmed, Jorge Alfaro, Kolby Allard, Orlando Arcia, Randy Arozarena, Luis Arraez, Cody Bellinger, Brandon Belt, Brandon Bielak, Alex Bregman, Walker Buehler, Corbin Burnes, Asdrúbal Cabrera, Mark Cahna, Kole Calhoun, Jason Castro, Michael Chavis, Ji-Man Choi, Aaron Civale, Willson Contreras,  Patrick Corbin, Nelson Cruz, Travis d’Arnaud, Anthony DeSclafani, Randy Dobnak, Josh Donaldson, Dane Dunning, Zach Eflin, Jack Flaherty, Todd Frazier, Max Fried, Leury García, Kyle Gibson, Erik González, Brian Goodwin, Phil Gosselin, Didi Gregorius,  Kiké Hernández, Kyle Higashioka, Rich Hill, Rhys Hoskins, Eric Hosmer, Tanner Houck, Adrian Houser, Dakota Hudson, Sam Huff, José Iglesias, Danny Jansen, Eloy Jiménez, Aaron Judge, Mitch Keller, Howie Kendrick, Max Kepler, Kwang-Hyun Kim, Alejandro Kirk, Adam Kolarek, Dean Kremer, Chad Kuhl, Francisco Lindor, Pablo López, Gavin Lux, Tyler Mahle,   José Marmolejos, German Márquez, Steven Matz, Dusitn May, James McCann, John Means, Mike Minor, Anthony Misiewicz, Dylan Moore, Mitch Moreland, Mike Moustakas, Daniel Murphy, Sean Murphy, Wil Myers, Tyler Naquin, Austin Nola, Renato Núñez, Matt Olson, Tyler O’Neill, James Paxton, Joc Pederson, Manny Piña, Stephen Piscotty, Jurickson Profar, Albert Pujols, Wilson Ramos, J. T. Realmuto, Victor Reyes, Anthony Rizzo, Tanner Roark, Luis Robert, Miguel Rojas, Sixto Sánchez, Anthony Santander, Jonathan Schoop, Kyle Schwarber, Brady Singer, Tarik Skubal, Austin Slater, Burch Smith, Jorge Soler, George Springer, D. J. Stewart, Masahiro Tanaka, Rowdy Tellez, Touki Toussaint, Spencer Turnbull, Trea Turner, Christian Vázquez, Alex Verdugo, Jonathan Villar, Ryan Vogelbach, Adam Wainwright, Christian Walker, Kyle Wright,

Players Who Owned Earned 1/2 A WOB 2020 MLB
Jesús Aguilar, Tyler Alexander, José Altuve,  Matt Andriese, Nolan Arenado, Jaime Barria, Josh Bell, José Berríos, Bo Bichette, Brandon Bielak, Alec Bohm, Jackie Bradley Jr., Colten Brewer, Jay Bruce, Byron Buxton, Miguel Cabrera, Daz Cameron, Griffin Canning, Matt Carpenter, Daniel Castano, Ryan Castellani, Willi Castro, Dylan Cease, Jazz Chisholm, Mike Clevinger (AL Only), Mike Clevinger (NL Only), Zach Davies, Yandy Díaz, Mauricio Dubon, Danny Duffy, Adam Eaton, Clint Frazier, Kyle Freeland, Josh Fuentes, Kevin Gausman,  Zack Godley, Yan Gomes, Brian Goodwin, Alex Gordon, Robbie Grossman, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Yuli Gurriel, Ronald Guzmán, Adam Haseley, Kyle Hendricks, Elieser Hernández, Christian Javier, JaCoby Jones, Brady Lail, Michael Lorenzen, Jordan Lyles, Lance Lynn, Sean Manaea, Andrew McCutchen, Connor Menez, Whit Merrifield, Brad Miller, Casey Mize, Yadier Molina, Ryan Mountcastle, Yairo Muñoz, Joe Musgrove, Kevin Newman, Josh Osich, Nate Pearson, Luis Perdomo, Salvador Perez, Kevin Pillar, Kevin Plawecki, Rick Porcello, Cody Reed, Trevor Rogers, Eddie Rosario, Corey Seager, Justin Smoak, Drew Smyly, Blake Snell, Nick Solak, Donovan Solano, Mike Soroka, Andrew Suarez, Raimel Tapia, Leody Taveras, Anderson Tejada, Yoshi Tsutsugo, Justin Turner, Julio Urías, César Valdez, Phillips Valdez, Austin Voth, Joey Votto, Luke Weaver, Evan White, Bruce Zimmerman

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Sully Baseball Podcast – Smart Moves In Pittsburgh So Far – May 18, 2018

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The Pirates considered 2018 to be a rebuilding year. So naturally they are approaching the 1/3 mark of the season in first place. Now they are bringing up one of their top prospects in a year that could be one to remember.

Raising the Jolly Rancher in this episode of Sully Baseball.

While we are at it, enjoy the In Memoriam video.

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