Who Owned Baseball – Updated for June 26, 2021

Michael Ainsworth

EARNING FULL WOB’s

Luis Castillo shut out the Braves over 7 innings, striking out 6 along the way, to earn the 4-1 decision for the Reds.

Eduardo Escobar went 4 for 5 with a home run, driving in 5, as the Diamondbacks bombed the Padres, 10-1.

Joey Gallo homered twice and walked twice to help the Rangers bomb the Royals, 8-0.

Kyle Gibson struck out 10 in 7 scoreless innings, allowing 2 hits and 1 walk as the Rangers blanked Kansas City, 8-0

EARNING 1/2 WOB’s

Zach Eflin pitched 6 strong innings, allowing 1 run and 1 walk, but the Phillies bullpen failed again, allowing the Mets to walk off 4-3 winners.

DJ LeMahieu went 4 for 5 with a homer and 2 RBI but the Yankees 9th inning rally in Boston fell short as they were doubled up, 4-2.

Webster Rivas got 3 hits and scored the Padres only run in the 10-1 pounding by Arizona.

Framber Valdez pitched 6 innings, allowing 3 runs and did not walk a batter. The Astros dropped the opener to the Tigers but his outing allowed the bullpen to be rested and ready for the 3-2 victory in the nightcap.

National League Hitter Fernando Tatís Jr. – 5 ½ Manny Machado – 3 ½ Adam Duvall- 3 Buster Posey – 3 Tyler Naquin – 3 Kyle Schwarber – 3 Jesse Winker – 3 Nolan Arenado – 2 ½ Nick Castellanos – 2 ½ Eduardo Escobar – 2 ½ Rhys Hoskins – 2 ½ Joc Pederson – 2 ½ Ronald Acuña Jr.– 2 Charlie Blackmon – 2 Kris Bryant –2 Freddie Freeman – 2 Paul Goldschmidt – 2 Ketel Marte – 2 Omar Narvaez – 2 David Peralta – 2 Austin Riley – 2 Jean Segura – 2 Trevor Story – 2 Justin Turner – 2 Joey Votto – 2 Willy Adames – 1 ½ – Brandon Belt – 1 ½ Paul Dejong – 1 ½ Wilmer Flores – 1 ½ Avisail Garcia – 1 ½ Starling Marte – 1 ½ Ryan McMahon – 1 ½  Tyler O’Neill – 1 ½ Gregory Polanco – 1 ½ J. T. Realmuto – 1 ½ Miguel Rojas – 1 ½ Chris Taylor – 1 ½

American League Hitters Bo Bichette – 4 ½ Vladimir Guerrero Jr. –  4 Giancarlo Stanton – 4 Ramon Laureano – 3 ½ Cedric Mullins – 3 ½ Jared Walsh – 3 Joey Wendle – 3 Adolis García – 2 ½ Mitch Haniger – 2 ½ Trey Mancini – 2 ½ Austin Meadows – 2 ½ Shohei Ohtani – 2 ½ Marcus Semien – 2 ½ Jose Abreu – 2 Jose Altuve – 2 Randy Arozarena – 2 Michael Brantley – 2 Nelson Cruz – 2 DJ LeMahieu – 2 J. D. Martinez – 2 Matt Olson – 2 Salvador Perez – 2 Jose Ramirez – 2 Mike Trout – 2 Alex Bregman – 1 ½ Byron Buxton– 1 ½ Rafael Devers – 1 ½ Corey Dickerson – 1 ½ Josh Donaldson – 1 ½ Joey Gallo – 1 ½ Aaron Judge – 1 ½ Nate Lowe – 1 ½ Yermin Mercedes – 1 ½ Sean Murphy – 1 ½ Rob Refsnyder – 1 ½ Jonathan Schoop – 1 ½ Nick Solak – 1 ½

National League Pitchers Brandon Woodruff – 6 ½ Jacob deGrom – 5 ½ Zack Wheeler – 5 ½ Trevor Bauer–  4 Yu Darvish – 4 Adam Wainwright – 4 Sandy Alcantara – 3 ½ Corbin Burnes – 3 ½ Pablo Lopez – 3 ½ Charlie Morton – 3 ½ Aaron Nola – 3 ½ Freddy Peralta  – 3 ½ Walker Buehler – 3 German Marquez – 3 Joe Musgrove – 3 Max Scherzer – 3 Adbert Alzolay – 2 ½ Anthony DeSclafani – 2 ½ Kevin Gausman – 2 ½ Austin Gomber – 2 ½ Trevor Rogers  –  2 ½ Madison Bumgarner – 2 Luis Castillo – 2 Erick Fedde – 2 Sonny Gray – 2 Clayton Kershaw – 2 Tyler Mahle – 2 ,Marcus Stroman – 2 Julio Urias – 2 Ryan Weathers – 2 Ian Anderson – 1 ½ Caleb Smith – 1 ½ Joe Ross – 1 ½ Antonio Senzatela – 1 ½ Huascar Ynoa – 1 ½

American League Pitchers Tyler Glasnow – 6 Aaron Civale – 5 ½ Gerrit Cole – 5 Sean Manaea – 4 ½ Yusei Kikuchi – 4 John Means – 4 Zach Plesac – 4 Carlos Rodon – 3 ½ Kyle Gibson – 3 Zack Greinke – 3 Cole Irvin – 3 Lance Lynn –3 Nathan Eovaldi – 2 ½ Mike Foltynewicz – 2 ½ Lucas Giolito – 2 ½ Lance McCullers Jr. – 2 ½ Nick Pivetta – 2 ½ Framber Valdez – 2 ½ Chris Bassitt – 2 Jose Berrios – 2 Zach Eflin – 2 Corey Kluber – 2 Mike Minor – 2 Casey Mize –  2 Jose Urquidy – 2 Danny Duffy – 1 ½ J. A. Happ – 1 ½ Dean Kremer – 1 1/2 Michael Pineda – 1 ½ Robbie Ray – 1 ½ Ryan Yarbrough – 1 ½ Bruce Zimmerman – 1 ½

American League Combined WOB (Hitter and Pitcher) Shohei Ohtani – 3 ½  (2 ½ Hitter, 1 Pitcher)

1 WOB Jesus Aguilar, Ozzie Albies, Pete Alonso, Willy Adames, Kohei Arihara, Luis Arraez, Akil Baddoo, Javier Baez, 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., Alex Cobb, Patrick Corbin, Brandon Crawford, Johnny Cueto, Charlie Culberson, Bobby Dalbec, Zach Davies, Alex Dickerson, Hunter Dozier, Dane Dunning, Tommy Edman, Kent Emanuel, Josh Fleming, Chris Flexen, Ty France,  Max Fried, Josh Fuentes, Freddy Galvis, John Gant, Luis Garcia, Domingo German, Yan Gomes, Chi Chi Gonzalez , Yasmani Grandal, Jon Gray, Randal Grichuk, Yuli Gurriel, Eric Haase, Billy Hamilton, Ian Happ, Andrew Heaney, Guillermo Heredia, Teoscar Hernandez, Odubel Herrera, Kyle Higashioka, Rich Hill, Eric Hosmer, Jonathan India, Cristian Javier, Jakob Junis, James Kaprielian, Jarred Kelenic, Merrill Kelly, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Michael King, Nick Madrigal, Sean Manaea, Carlos Martinez, Steven Matz, Dustin May, James McCann, Reese McGuire, Triston McKenzie, Wade Miley, Jordan Montgomery, Ryan Mountcastle, Mike Moustakas, Wil Myers, Josh Naylor, Jake Odorizzi, Shohei Ohtani (As Pitcher), Marcel Ozuna, Chris Paddack, Joe Panik, Tommy Pham, Franmil Reyes, Garrett Richards, Josh Rojas, Darrin Ruf, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Patrick Sandoval, Miguel Sano, Corey Seager, Pavin Smith, Drew Smyly, Max Stassi, Eugenio Suarez, Jose Suarez, Dansby Swanson, Tyrone Taylor, Kyle Tucker, Spencer Turnbull, Trea Turner, Jose Urena, Gio Urshela, Vince Velasquez, Michael Wacha, Taijuan Walker, Taylor Ward, Trevor Williams, Alex Wood, Mike Zunino

½ WOB Logan Allen, Brett Anderson, Tim Anderson, Tyler Anderson, Jake Arrieta, Jaime Barria, Josh Bell, Matthew Boyd, Bobby Bradley, Lewis Brinson, Mark Cahna, Willie Calhoun, Dylan Carlson, Harold Castro, Kole Calhoun, Willie Calhoun, Griffin Canning, William Contreras, Carlos Correa, Wade Davis, Ross Detwiler, Matt Duffy, Paolo Espino, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Bailey Falter, Mike Fiers, Jack Flaherty, David Fletcher, Wander Franco, Freddie Freeman, Michael Fulmer, Zac Gallen, Ben Gamel, Kyle Gibson, Andres Gimenez, Marco Gonzales, Robbie Grossman, Deolis Guerra, Ryne Harper, Josh Harrison, Cesar Hernandez, Luke Jackson, Travis Jankowski, Ryan Jeffers, Carson Kelly, Tony Kemp, Max Kepler, Dallas Keuchel, Justin Lawrence, Francisco Lindor, Jorge Lopez, Brandon Lowe, Alek Manoah, Luis Madero, Matt Manning, Jose Marmolejos, J. D. Martinez, Nick Maton, Shane McClanahan, Brad Miller, Frankie Montas, Colin Moran, Max Muncy, Sean Murphy, Omar Navarez, Rougned Odor, Josh Osich, David Peterson, Josh Reddick, Webster Rivas, Amed Rosario, Gary Sanchez, Carlos Santana, Anthony Santander, Brady Singer, Tarek Skubal, Burch Smith, Jorge Soler, Juan Soto, Stephen Strasburg, Drew Steckenrider, Myles Straw, Ross Stripling, Cole Sulser, Raimel Tapia, Rowdy Tellez, Trent Thornton, Luis Torrens,  Taylor Widener, Justin Williams, Kolten Wong

Who Owned Baseball – September 27, 2020

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Let’s see who owned baseball on September 27, 2020.

For an explanation of how WOB works, click here.

Earning Full WOBs:

Madison Bumgarner threw 5 shutout innings to give the Diamondbacks a series ending 11-3 blow out victory of Colorado.

Frankie Montas allowed 2 unearned runs while striking out 13 Mariners in 6 innings to earn the 6-2 decision for Oakland.

A. J. Pollock collected 9 total bases as he homered twice and the Dodgers shutout the Angels 5-0.

Carlos Santana reached base 4 times, including a home run, driving in 4 to help the surging Indians beat the Pirates, 8-6.

Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Pete Alonso homered twice and doubled but the Mets finished the season being bombed by the Nationals, 15-5.

Zach Eflin tried his best to keep the Phillies alive with 2 2/3 innings of 1 hit shutout relief. But the damage was done as they were blanked by Tampa Bay, 5-0.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. went 4 for 4 with a homer and 3 runs scored but the Blue Jays fell short to Baltimore, 7-5.

Rich Hill pitched into the 6th, allowing 2 hits and 1 run over 5 2/3 innings but the Twins bullpen dropped the 5-3 game to the Reds.

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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
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
Pete Alonso – 2 1/2
Charlie Blackmon – 2 1/2
Freddie Freeman – 2 1/2
Bryce Harper – 2 1/2
Marcell Ozuna – 2 1/2
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
Frankie Montas – 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
Rich Hill – 1 1/2
Lance McCullers Jr. – 1 1/2
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
Zach Eflin – 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 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, Madison Bumgarner, 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, Jack Flaherty, Todd Frazier, Max Fried, Leury García, Kyle Gibson, Erik González, Brian Goodwin, Phil Gosselin, Didi Gregorius, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Kiké Hernández, Kyle Higashioka, 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, A. J. Pollock, Jurickson Profar, Albert Pujols, Wilson Ramos, J. T. Realmuto, Victor Reyes, Anthony Rizzo, Tanner Roark, Luis Robert, Miguel Rojas, Sixto Sánchez, Carlos Santana, 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, 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

Who Owned Baseball – April 28, 2019

Let’s see owned baseball on April 28, 2019

Earning Full WOBs:

Ozzie Albies got 3 hits, 2 of them homers, to help the Braves come from behind against the Rockies, 8-7.

Zach Eflin threw a complete game, allowing 7 hits while walking no Miami batters for the 5-1 Philadelphia victory.

Kyle Gibson struck out 6 Tigers and walking none over 7 solid innings to give the Twins a 4-1 win.

Hunter Pence singled, doubled and homered, driving in 4 and scoring 3 times as the Rangers rolled in Seattle, 14-1.

Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Chris Bassitt struck out 9 Blue Jays in 7 innings, allowing 3 hits and 1 run. The A’s bullpen would collapse in extra innings allowing Toronto to walk off as 5-4 winners.

Melky Cabrera homered twice and added a singled and a double but the Pirates were edged by the Dodgers, 7-6.

Jon Duplantier came out of the bullpen in extra innings to throw 4 shutout frames, allowing 1 hit, 2 walks and striking out 4 Cubs. He did not factor into the decision in the Diamondbacks 6-5 loss in 15 innings.

Daniel Vogelbach reached base 3 times but the rest of the Mariners were silenced in the 14-1 drubbing by the Rangers.

For an explanation of how WOB works, click here.

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