Who Owned Baseball – Updated for August 14, 2021

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Earning Full WOB

Tyler Gilbert made his first ever big league start one for the ages. The Diamondbacks rookie threw a no hitter, walking 3 and fanning 5 Padres to take the stunning 7-0 final.

Kenta Maeda allowed 3 hits over 6 scoreless innings as the Twins blanked the Rays, 12-0.

Jake Meyers homered twice, driving in 5, leading the Astros past the Angels 8-2.

Dansby Swanson hit a pair of home runs and added a third hit, driving in 6 as the Braves bombed the Nationals, 12-2.

Earning 1/2 WOB

Jose Abreu collected 4 hits including a dramatic 9th inning game tying home run but the White Sox came up short in extra innings to the Yankees, 7-5.

Brad Keller threw 6 2/3 innings, striking out 8 Cardinals but took the hard luck 9-4 decision for the Royals.

Tyrone Taylor homered and added another hit but the Brewers dropped the 14-4 game to the Pirates.

Taijuan Walker pitched into the 7th, allowing 2 hits and 1 run while striking out 8 Dodgers. But the Mets could not deliver the big hit and dropped the 2-1 game in extra innings.

National League Hitters Manny Machado – 5 ½ Fernando Tatís Jr. – 5 ½ Adam Duvall- 4 Buster Posey – 4 Joey Votto – 4 Jesse Winker – 4 Nick Castellanos – 3 ½ Eduardo Escobar – 3 ½ Tyler Naquin – 3 ½ Austin Riley – 3 ½ Dansby Swanson – 3 ½ Pete Alonso – 3 Charlie Blackmon – 3 J. T. Realmuto – 3 Kyle Schwarber – 3 Trevor Story – 3 Nolan Arenado – 2 ½ Rhys Hoskins – 2 ½ Max Muncy – 2 ½  Tyler O’Neill – 2 ½ Joc Pederson – 2 ½ Justin Turner – 2 ½ Trea Turner – 2 ½ Ronald Acuña Jr.– 2 Willy Adames – 2 Jesus Aguilar – 2 Javier Baez – 2 Lewis Brinson – 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, Tyrone Taylor – 1 ½ ,

American League Hitters  Vladimir Guerrero Jr. –  6 ½ Cedric Mullins – 5 Shohei Ohtani – 5 Jared Walsh – 5 Bo Bichette – 4 ½ Jose Abreu – 4 Mitch Haniger – 4 Franmil Reyes – 4 Giancarlo Stanton – 4 Jose Altuve – 3 ½ David Fletcher – 3 ½ Ramon Laureano – 3 ½ Austin Meadows – 3 ½ Salvador Perez –  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 Jose Ramirez – 2 ½ Jorge Soler – 2 ½ Yordan Alvarez – 2 Randy Arozarena – 2 Michael Brantley – 2 Nelson Cruz – 2 Bobby Dalbec – 2 Josh Donaldson – 2 Yuli Gurriel – 2 Eloy Jimenez – 2 Aaron Judge – 2 Eric Haase – 2 Teoscar Hernandez – 2 Max Kepler – 2 DJ LeMahieu – 2 J. D. Martinez – 2 Mike Trout – 2 Tim Anderson – 1 ½ Akil Baddoo – 1 ½ Alex Bregman – 1 ½ Byron Buxton– 1 ½ Corey Dickerson – 1 ½ Hunter Dozier – 1 ½ Jarred Kelenic – 1 ½ Oscar Mercado – 1 ½ Yermin Mercedes – 1 ½ Brad Miller – 1 ½ Sean Murphy – 1 ½ Wil Myers – 1 ½ Rob Refsnyder – 1 ½ Anthony Santander – 1 ½ Jonathan Schoop – 1 ½ Dominic Smith – 1 ½ Nick Solak – 1 ½

National League Pitchers  Zack Wheeler – 8 ½ Jacob deGrom – 7 Brandon Woodruff – 7 Corbin Burnes – 6 German Marquez – 6 Joe Musgrove – 5 ½ Aaron Nola – 5 ½ Freddy Peralta  – 5 ½ Yu Darvish – 5 Adam Wainwright – 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 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 Taijuan Walker – 2 ½ Erick Fedde – 2 Braxton Garrett – 2 Sonny Gray – 2 Kwang Hyun Kim – 2 Wade Miley – 2 Joe Ross – 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 Logan Webb – 1 ½ Huascar Ynoa – 1 ½

American League Pitchers  Sean Manaea – 6 ½ Gerrit Cole – 6 Tyler Glasnow – 6 Shohei Ohtani – 6 Aaron Civale – 5 ½ Nathan Eovaldi – 5 Yusei Kikuchi – 5 Lance McCullers Jr. – 5 Chris Bassitt – 4 ½ Lucas Giolito – 4 ½ Cole Irvin – 4 ½ Carlos Rodon – 4 ½ Zack Greinke – 4 Mike Foltynewicz – 4 John Means – 4 Nick Pivetta – 4 Zach Plesac – 4 Kyle Gibson – 3 ½ Robbie Ray – 3 ½ Jose Berrios – 3 James Kaprielian – 3 Lance Lynn –3 Patrick Sandoval – 3 Triston McKenzie – 2 ½ 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 Marco Gonzales – 2 Corey Kluber – 2 Casey Mize –  2 Jordan Montgomery – 2 Jake Odorizzi – 2 Cal Quantrill – 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 (AL ONLY) Brad Keller – 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 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) Yan Gomes – 2 (1 AL 1 NL) Starling Marte – 2 (1 ½ NL ½ AL)

American League and National League Combined WOB (Pitcher) J. A. Happ 2 1/2 (1 1/2 AL 1 NL)

1 WOB Ozzie Albies, Willy Adames, Kohei Arihara, Luis Arraez, Shane Beiber, Josh Bell, Cody Bellinger, Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts, Alec Bohm, 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, Zach Davies, Bryan De La Cruz, 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, Tyler Gilbert, Yan Gomes (AL Only), Yan Gomes (NL Only), Yasmani Grandal, Josiah Gray, Randal Grichuk, Billy Hamilton, Ian Happ, J. A. Happ (NL Only), 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, Dallas Keuchel, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Chad Kuhl, Jon Lester, Brandon Lowe, Jordan Lyles, Daniel Lynch, Nick Madrigal, Kenta Maeda, Alek Manoah, Carlos Martinez, J. D. Martinez, Steven Matz, Dustin May, James McCann, Chas McCormick, Andrew McCutchen, Reese McGuire, Jake Meyers, Colin Moran, Ryan Mountcastle, Mike Moustakas, Kyle Muller, Josh Naylor, Rougned Odor, Marcel Ozuna, Chris Paddack, Joe Panik, Wily Peralta, Manny Pina, Jorge Polanco, Hunter Renfroe, 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, Kyle Tucker, Spencer Turnbull, Jose Urena, Luis Urias, 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, 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, Ashton Goudeau , 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, Reiss Knehr, 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, Sean Murphy, John Nogowski, Rafael Ortega, Josh Osich, Johan Oviedo, David Peterson, David Price, Wilson Ramos, Webster Rivas, Jake Rogers, Andrew Romine, Brent Rooker, Amed Rosario, Gary Sanchez, Carlos Santana, 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, Taylor Widener, Justin Williams, Patrick Wisdom, Kolten Wong, Seby Zavala

Who Owned Baseball – August 18, 2020

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Let’s see who owned baseball on August 18, 2020.

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Earning Full WOBs:

Nick Ahmed got 3 hits, including a homer, driving in 5, to power Arizona to a 10-1 final over Oakland.

Tim Anderson went 4 for 5 with a homer, 3 runs scored and 3 RBI in the White Sox 10-4 beating of Detroit.

Tony Gonsolin held the Mariners scoreless in 6 strong innings, setting up the Dodgers 2-1 victory.

Kenta Maeda took a no hitter into the 9th, finishing with 8 plus innings, 1 hit and 12 strikeouts. Amazingly, the Brewers tied the game in the 9th but the Twins walked it off, 4-3, in extra innings.

Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Freddie Freeman reached base 3 times, including a home run, but the Braves lost to Washington, 8-5.

Marco Gonzales struck out 9 Dodgers in 7 innings, allowing 1 run and no walks. He would not fare in the decision as the Mariners were doubled up, 2-1.

Anthony Santander homered twice and added another hit but the Orioles were edged out by Toronto, 8-7.

Antonio Senzatela threw 8 innings of 3 hit shutout ball, striking out 6 Astros. The Rockies would drop the 2-1 final in extra innings.

 

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Who Owned Baseball – August 1, 2020

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Let’s see who owned baseball on August 1, 2020.

For an explanation of how WOB works, click here.

Earning Full WOBs:

Ronald Acuña Jr. doubled and homered as the Braves pounded the Mets, 7-1.

Tyler Chatwood struck out 11 Pirates over 6 2/3 innings to earn the 4-3 decison for the Cubs.

Kenta Maeda gave up only 1 hit and 1 walk over 6 innings as the Twins blanked the Indians, 3-0.

Luis Robert collected 4 hits, including a homer, to slug the White Sox past the Royals, 11-5.

Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Yusei Kikuchi allowed one base runner through 5 and finished with 6 shutout innings, striking out 9 Oakland batters. The Mariners would drop the battle of the bullpen, 3-2 in 10.

Colin Moran homered in the Pirates 4-3 loss to the Cubs.

Luis Perdomo threw a pair of shutout innings to help stop the bleeding but it was too late as the Padres were blown out by the Rockies, 6-1.

George Springer drove in 3 runs including a 2 out, 9th inning go ahead 2 run home run that briefly put the Astros in position to win. Houston’s bullpen collapsed in the 9th and 10th to hand the Angels a 5-4 victory.

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