Who Owned Baseball – September 12, 2020

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Let’s see who owned baseball on September 12, 2020.

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Earning Full WOBs:

José Abreu reached base 5 times, homering twice, scoring 5 runs while driving in 7 as the White Sox rolled to a 14-0 thrashing of the Tigers.

Ian Anderson gave the Braves a much needed quality start, throwing 7 innings of 1 hit shutout ball, striking out 9 Nationals for the 2-1 victory.

Bryce Harper scored 3 runs and got on base 5 times, homering, as the Phillies doubled up the Marlins, 12-6.

Justus Sheffield threw 7 strong innings, striking out 7 Diamondbacks to earn the 7-3 decision for the Mariners.

Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Jesús Aguilar went 3 for 4 with a home run but the Marlins were topped by Philadelphia, 12-6.

José Ramírez got 2 hits, including a home run, adding a walk but the Indians lost to the Twins, 8-4.

Julio Urías held to Astros to 1 run over 6 innings, striking out 3. The Dodgers bullpen had an epic 9th inning meltdown and squandered away the 7-5 final.

César Valdez threw 3 critical shutout innings out of the bullpen, including a scoreless 9th. He did not pitch the 10th as the Yankees walked off against his Orioles, 2-1.

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Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2020

Mike Trout – 5 1/2
Tim Anderson – 3 1/2
Kyle Tucker – 3
Luke Voit – 3
Jeimer Candelario – 2 1/2
José Abreu – 2
Franmil Reyes – 2
Xander Bogaerts – 1 1/2
Willy Adames – 1 1/2
Matt Chapman – 1 1/2
Rafael Devers – 1 1/2
Maikel Franco – 1 1/2
Teoscar Hernández – 1 1/2
Yoán Moncada – 1 1/2
José Ramírez – 1 1/2
Miguel Sanó – 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
Pete Alonso – 2
Javier Báez – 2
Mookie Betts – 2
Michael Conforto – 2
Adam Duvall – 2
Freddie Freeman – 2
Manny Machado – 2
Eugenio Suárez – 2
Nicholas Castellanos – 1 1/2
Alex Dickerson – 1 1/2
Wilmer Flores – 1 1/2
Trent Grisham – 1 1/2
Marcell Ozuna – 1 1/2
Juan Soto – 1 1/2
Mike Yastrzemski – 1 1/2

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2020
Shane Bieber – 4 1/2
Lance Lynn – 4 1/2
Dylan Bundy – 3
Kenta Maeda – 3
Gerrit Cole – 2 1/2
Yusei Kikuchi – 2 1/2
Zach Plesac – 2 1/2
Chris Bassitt – 2
Carlos Carrasco – 2
Justin Dunn – 2
Mike Fiers – 2
Lucas Giolito – 2
Andrew Heaney – 2
Dallas Keuchel – 2
Triston McKenzie – 2
Frankie Montas – 2
Marco Gonzales – 1 1/2
J. A. Happ – 1 1/2
Martín Pérez – 1 1/2
Justus Sheffield – 1 1/2
Taijuan Walker – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Pitchers Who Owned Baseball for 2020
Trevor Bauer – 5
Yu Darvish – 4 1/2
Clayton Kershaw – 4
Aaron Nola – 3 1/2
Jacob deGrom – 2 1/2
Jon Lester – 2 1/2
Tyler Chatwood – 2
Zac Gallen – 2
Kyle Hendricks – 2
Dinelson Lamet – 2
Zack Wheeler – 2
Brandon Woodruff – 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

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, Sandy Alcantara, Kolby Allard, Ian Anderson, Orlando Arcia, Randy Arozarena, Cody Bellinger, Brandon Belt, Brandon Bielak, Walker Buehler, Corbin Burnes, Asdrúbal Cabrera, Mark Cahna, Jason Castro, 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, Erik González, Brian Goodwin, Phil Gosselin, Sonny Gray, Didi Gregorius,  Bryce Harper, Kiké Hernández, Rhys Hoskins, Eric Hosmer, Adrian Houser, Dakota Hudson, Aaron Judge, Brad Keller, Howie Kendrick, Max Kepler, Adam Kolarek, Dean Kremer, DJ LeMahieu, Pablo López, Gavin Lux, Tyler Mahle,   Nick Margevicius, José Marmolejos, German Márquez, Steven Matz, Dusitn May, James McCann, Lance McCullers Jr., Alec Mills, Anthony Misiewicz, Colin Moran, Mitch Moreland, Daniel Murphy, Sean Murphy, Tyler Naquin, Austin Nola, Matt Olson, Tyler O’Neill, James Paxton, Joc Pederson, Manny Piña, Stephen Piscotty, Jurickson Profar, Wilson Ramos, J. T. Realmuto, Victor Reyes, Tanner Roark, Luis Robert, Miguel Rojas, Sixto Sánchez, Anthony Santander, Jonathan Schoop, Kyle Schwarber, Jean Segura, Marcus Semien, Brady Singer, Austin Slater, Burch Smith, Riley 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, Adam Wainwright, Christian Walker, Ryan Yarbrough,

Players Who Owned Earned 1/2 A WOB 2020 MLB
Jesús Aguilar, Tyler Alexander, José Altuve,  Matt Andriese, Nolan Arenado, Jaime Barria, Josh Bell, Bo Bichette, Brandon Bielak, Colten Brewer, Jay Bruce, Byron Buxton, Griffin Canning, Daniel Castano, Luis Castillo, Dylan Cease, Jazz Chisholm, Mike Clevinger (AL Only), Mike Clevinger (NL Only), Zach Davies, Yandy Díaz, Hunter Dozier, Mauricio Dubon, Danny Duffy, Adam Eaton, Clint Frazier, Kyle Freeland, Kevin Gausman,  Zack Godley, Yan Gomes, Brian Goodwin, Alex Gordon, Yuli Gurriel, Ronald Guzmán, Adam Haseley, Ke’Bryan Hayes, Kyle Hendricks, Elieser Hernández, Rich Hill, Christian Javier, JaCoby Jones, Kwang-Hyun Kim,  Brady Lail, Francisco Lindor, Michael Lorenzen, Lance Lynn, Connor Menez, Whit Merrifield, Brad Miller, Casey Mize, Dylan Moore, Yadier Molina, Ryan Mountcastle, Yairo Muñoz, Kevin Newman, Renato Núñez, Josh Osich, Nate Pearson, Luis Perdomo, Kevin Plawecki, Rick Porcello, Cody Reed, Anthony Rizzo, Trevor Rogers, Eddie Rosario, Corey Seager, Antonio Senzatela, Tarik Skubal, Justin Smoak, Drew Smyly, Blake Snell, Nick Solak, Donovan Solano, Mike Soroka, Raimel Tapia, Anderson Tejada, Yoshi Tsutsugo, Justin Turner, Julio Urías, José Urquidy, César Valdez, Phillips Valdez, Austin Voth, Joey Votto, Luke Weaver, Evan White