Who Owned Baseball – Updated for August 9, 2021

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EARNING FULL WOB’s

Lucas Giolito threw 8 strong innings, allowing 2 hits and 1 run while striking out 8 Minnesota batters en route to an 11-1 laugher for the White Sox.

Eric Hosmer went 2 for 3 with a home run and 3 runs scored to help the Padres top Miami, 9-3.

Eloy Jimenez continued his hot hitting with a pair of home runs as the White Sox rolled, 11-1, over the Twins.

Joe Musgrove fanned 8 Marlins in 6 innings to get the 8-3 victory for the Padres.

EARNING 1/2 WOB’s

Lewis Brinson homered and singled but the Marlins dropped the 8-3 final to the Padres.

Carlos Hernandez did not allow a run until the 7th, giving the Royals 6 2/3 solid frames. The Yankees and Royals would go back and forth in extra innings before KC finally fell 8-6.

Jeff Hoffman put out the early fire and held the Indians scoreless over 2 2/3 innings of relief, striking out 4. But the damage was already done and Cincinnati lost, 9-3.

Nicky Lopez got a pair of hits, scored a run, drove in a run and stole a base but the Royals could not drive in that winning run in the 8-6 marathon with the Yankees.

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

American League Hitters  Vladimir Guerrero Jr. –  6 ½ Cedric Mullins – 5 Shohei Ohtani – 5 Jared Walsh – 5 Bo Bichette – 4 ½ Mitch Haniger – 4 Franmil Reyes – 4 Giancarlo Stanton – 4 Jose Abreu – 3 ½ Jose Altuve – 3 ½ David Fletcher – 3 ½ Ramon Laureano – 3 ½ Austin Meadows – 3 ½ Ty France – 3 Joey Gallo – 3 Trey Mancini – 3 Matt Olson – 3 Marcus Semien – 3 Joey Wendle – 3 Rafael Devers – 2 ½ Adolis García – 2 ½ Nate Lowe – 2 ½ Salvador Perez –  2 ½ Jose Ramirez – 2 ½ Jorge Soler – 2 ½ Yordan Alvarez – 2 Randy Arozarena – 2 Michael Brantley – 2 Nelson Cruz – 2 Josh Donaldson – 2 Yuli Gurriel – 2 Eloy Jimenez – 2 Eric Haase – 2 Teoscar Hernandez – 2 Max Kepler – 2 DJ LeMahieu – 2 J. D. Martinez – 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 Jarred Kelenic – 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 ½878

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

American League Pitchers  Sean Manaea – 6 ½ Gerrit Cole – 6 Tyler Glasnow – 6 Shohei Ohtani – 6 Aaron Civale – 5 ½ Yusei Kikuchi – 5 Lance McCullers Jr. – 5 Chris Bassitt – 4 ½ Lucas Giolito – 4 ½ Cole Irvin – 4 ½ Carlos Rodon – 4 ½ Nathan Eovaldi – 4 John Means – 4 Nick Pivetta – 4 Zach Plesac – 4 Mike Foltynewicz – 3 ½ Kyle Gibson – 3 ½ Jose Berrios – 3 Zack Greinke – 3 James Kaprielian – 3 Lance Lynn –3 Robbie Ray – 3 Patrick Sandoval – 3 Mike Minor – 2 ½ Frankie Montas – 2 1/2 Framber Valdez – 2 ½ Tyler Anderson – 2 Dylan Bundy – 2 Dylan Cease – 2 Alex Cobb – 2 Zach Eflin – 2 Luis Garcia – 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 Luis Garcia – 1 ½ Domingo German – 1 ½ J. A. Happ – 1 ½ Michael King – 1 1/2 Dean Kremer – 1 1/2 Jorge Lopez – 1 ½ Matt Manning – 1 ½ Alek Manoah – 1 1/2 Michael Pineda – 1 ½ Cal Quantrill – 1 1/2 Bruce Zimmerman – 1 ½

American League Combined WOB (Hitter and Pitcher) Shohei Ohtani – 11  (5 Hitter, 6 Pitcher)

American League and National League Combined WOB (Hitter) Starling Marte – 2 (1 ½ NL ½ AL)

1 WOB Ozzie Albies, Willy Adames, Kohei Arihara, Luis Arraez, Shane Beiber, Josh Bell, Cody Bellinger, Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts, Alec Bohm, Lewis Brinson, JT Brubaker, Lorenzo Cain, Curt Casali, Starlin Castro, Matt Chapman, Jazz Chisholm Jr., Ji-Man Choi, Michael Conforto, Garrett Cooper, Patrick Corbin, Brandon Crawford, C. J. Cron, Jake Cronenworth, Will Crowe, Charlie Culberson, Bobby Dalbec, Zach Davies, Elias Diaz, Yandy Diaz, Alex Dickerson, Dane Dunning, Tommy Edman, Kent Emanuel, Thairo Estrada, Kyle Farmer, Josh Fleming, Chris Flexen, Josh Fuentes, Freddy Galvis, Ben Gamel, John Gant, Logan Gilbert, Yan Gomes (AL Only), Yan Gomes (NL Only), Marco Gonzales, Yasmani Grandal, Randal Grichuk, Billy Hamilton, Ian Happ, Andrew Heaney, Jonah Heim, Guillermo Heredia, Carlos Hernandez, Cesar Hernandez, Enrique Hernandez, Odubel Herrera, Kyle Higashioka, Rich Hill, Jordan Holloway, Jose Iglesias, Cristian Javier, Ryan Jeffers, Jakob Junis, Brad Keller, Dallas Keuchel, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Chad Kuhl, Jon Lester, Brandon Lowe, Jordan Lyles, Daniel Lynch, Nick Madrigal, Sean Manaea, Alek Manoah, Carlos Martinez, J. D. Martinez, Steven Matz, Dustin May, James McCann, Chas McCormick, Andrew McCutchen, Reese McGuire, Ryan Mountcastle, Mike Moustakas, Kyle Muller, Wil Myers, Josh Naylor, Rougned Odor, Jake Odorizzi, Marcel Ozuna, Chris Paddack, Joe Panik, Wily Peralta, Manny Pina, Jorge Polanco, Garrett Richards, Josh Rojas, Darrin Ruf, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Miguel Sano, Corey Seager, Brady Singer, Pavin Smith, Drew Smyly, George Springer, 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, Kolby Allard, Logan Allen, Tim Anderson, Jake Arrieta, Harrison Bader, Jaime Barria, Andrew Benintendi, Matthew Boyd, Bobby Bradley, Kris Bubic, Asdrubal Cabrera, Mark Cahna, Willie Calhoun, Harold Castro, Kole Calhoun, Willie Calhoun, Griffin Canning, Rodolfo Castro, Adam Climber, William Contreras, Willson 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, Mike Fiers, Jack Flaherty, Wander Franco, Freddie Freeman, Michael Fulmer, Zac Gallen, Mitch Garver, Kyle Gibson, Luis Gil. Andres Gimenez, Josiah Gray, Didi Gregorius, Robbie Grossman, Deolis Guerra, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Ryne Harper, Josh Harrison, Kike Hernandez, Jeff Hoffman, Adrian Houser, Andy Ibanez, Luke Jackson, Travis Jankowski, Carson Kelly, Tony Kemp, Justin Lawrence, Francisco Lindor, Nicky Lopez, Reynaldo Lopez, Luis Madero, Martin Maldonado, Jose Marmolejos, Starling Marte (AL ONLY) Nick Maton, Phil Maton, Shane McClanahan, Whit Merrifield, Colin Moran, Sean Murphy, John Nogowski, Rafael Ortega, Josh Osich, Johan Oviedo, David Peterson, David Price, Wilson Ramos, Webster Rivas, Jake Rogers, Andrew Romine, Amed Rosario, Gary Sanchez, Carlos Santana, Anthony Santander, Pedro Severino, Tarek Skubal, Burch Smith, Will Smith, Stephen Strasburg, Drew Steckenrider, Myles Straw, Ross Stripling, Cole Sulser, Jameson Taillon, Raimel Tapia, Rowdy Tellez, Zach Thompson, Trent Thornton, Luis Torrens,  Cesar Valdez, Alex Vesia, Logan Webb, Taylor Widener, Justin Williams, Kolten Wong, Seby Zavala

Who Owned Baseball – September 21, 2020

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Let’s see who owned baseball on September 21, 2020.

For an explanation of how WOB works, click here.

Earning Full WOBs:

Luis Castillo pitched into the 7th, striking out 9 Brewers in 6 2/3 innings to earn the 6-3 decision for the Reds.

Marco Gonzales threw 8 shutout innings, striking out 6 Astros, keeping the Mariners thin playoffs hopes alive with a 6-1 victory.

Alejandro Kirk went 4 for 4 with a homer and 3 runs scored as the Blue Jays took an 11-5 slugfest with the Yankees.

Mike Moustakas reached base 3 times, including a homer, driving in 3, as the Reds doubled up the Brewers, 6-3.

Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Jacob deGrom struck out 14 Rays in 7 strong innings but took the hard luck 2-1 loss for the Mets.

Eloy Jiménez got 3 hits, including a home run, but the White Sox came up short to Cleveland, 7-4.

Lance McCullers Jr. did not allow a hit through 5 and fanned 7 Mariners over 6 2/3 innings. But 4 unearned runs were the Astros undoing in the 6-1 defeat.

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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

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
Pete Alonso – 2
Javier Báez – 2
Mookie Betts – 2
Michael Conforto – 2br>Alex Dickerson – 2
Adam Duvall – 2
Manny Machado – 2
Eugenio Suárez – 2
Nicholas Castellanos – 1 1/2<
Wilmer Flores – 1 1/2
Trent Grisham – 1 1/2
Bryce Harper – 1 1/2
Brandon Nimmo – 1 1/2
Marcell Ozuna – 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
Dylan Bundy – 3
Carlos Carrasco – 3
Kenta Maeda – 3
Gerrit Cole – 2 1/2
Marco Gonzales – 2 1/2
J. A. Happ – 2 1/2
Yusei Kikuchi – 2 1/2
Chris Bassitt – 2
Justin Dunn – 2
Mike Fiers – 2
Lucas Giolito – 2
Andrew Heaney – 2
Brad Keller – 2
Dallas Keuchel – 2
Lance McCullers Jr. – 1 1/2
Triston McKenzie – 2
Frankie Montas – 2
Martín Pérez – 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 – 5
Clayton Kershaw – 5

Yu Darvish – 4 1/2<
Aaron Nola – 3 1/2
Jacob deGrom – 3
Kyle Hendricks – 3
Dinelson Lamet – 3
Luis Castillo – 2 1/2
Jon Lester – 2 1/2
Zack Wheeler – 2 1/2
Tyler Chatwood – 2
Zac Gallen – 2
Alec Mills – 2
Brandon Woodruff – 2
Sandy Alcantara – 1 1/2
Tyler Anderson – 1 1/2
Taylor Clarke – 1 1/2
Tony Gonsolin – 1 1/2
Jon 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, Brian Anderson, Ian Anderson, Orlando Arcia, Randy Arozarena, Cody Bellinger, Brandon Belt, Brandon Bielak, Steven Brault, Walker Buehler, Corbin Burnes, Asdrúbal Cabrera, Mark Cahna, Kole Calhoun, Jason Castro, Michael Chavis, Ji-Man Choi, Aaron Civale,  Patrick Corbin, Brandon Crawford, Nelson Cruz, Johnny Cueto, Travis d’Arnaud, Anthony DeSclafani, Randy Dobnak, Josh Donaldson, Dane Dunning, Zach Eflin, Thomas Eshelman, Jack Flaherty, Todd Frazier, Max Fried, Leury García, Kyle Gibson, Erik González, Brian Goodwin, Phil Gosselin, Sonny Gray, Didi Gregorius,  Ke’Bryan Hayes, Kiké Hernández, Kyle Higashioka, Rich Hill, Rhys Hoskins, Eric Hosmer, Adrian Houser, Dakota Hudson, José Iglesias, Eloy Jiménez, Aaron Judge, Howie Kendrick, Max Kepler, Kwang-Hyun Kim, Alejandro Kirk, Adam Kolarek, Dean Kremer, Francisco Lindor, Pablo López, Gavin Lux, Tyler Mahle,   Nick Margevicius, José Marmolejos, German Márquez, Steven Matz, Dusitn May, James McCann, Mike Minor, Anthony Misiewicz, Dylan Moore, Colin Moran, 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, 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, Framber Valdéz, 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, Colten Brewer, Jay Bruce, Byron Buxton, Griffin Canning, Matt Carpenter, Daniel Castano, Ryan Castellani, 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, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Yuli Gurriel, Ronald Guzmán, Adam Haseley, Kyle Hendricks, Elieser Hernández, Christian Javier, JaCoby Jones, Mitch Keller, Brady Lail, Michael Lorenzen, Jordan Lyles, Lance Lynn, Sean Manaea, John Means, 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 Plawecki, Rick Porcello, Cody Reed, Anthony Rizzo, Trevor Rogers, Eddie Rosario, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Corey Seager, Justin Smoak, Drew Smyly, Blake Snell, Nick Solak, Donovan Solano, Mike Soroka, Max Stassi, 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

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Who Owned Baseball – September 3, 2019

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Let’s see owned baseball on September 3, 2019

Earning Full WOBs:

Jack Flaherty allowed 1 hit over 8 shutout innings, striking out 8 as the Cardinals blanked San Francisco, 1-0.

Eloy Jiménez homered twice and doubled, driving in 3, to lead the White Sox past Cleveland, 6-5.

James Paxton struck out 12 Rangers in 7 innings, allowing 1 hit and no runs as the Yankees rolled to a 10-1 blow out.

Juan Soto went 3 for 4 with a homer in the Nationals wild come from behind 11-10 walk off win over the Mets.

Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Pete Alonso collected 3 hits, including a homer, in the Mets devastating 11-10 loss to Washington.

Mike Clevinger held the White Sox to 2 hits and 2 runs over 7 while striking out 9. The Indians bullpen dropped the 6-5 final.

Victor Reyes went 4 for 5 but the Tigers dropped the 6-5 game to Kansas City.

Dereck Rodríguez allowed 1 run on a solo homer over 7 innings, striking out 7 Cardinals but the Giants were shutout, 1-0.

For an explanation of how WOB works, click here.

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