Who Owned Baseball Yesterday (June 16th) – Updated Yearly “WOB” Standings
Kirk Nieuwenhuis launched a 3 run, bottom of the ninth, come from behind walk off home run to cap off a 4 run rally as the Mets stunned the Cubs, 4-3.
Ricky Nolasco pitched 7 innings letting up 3 hits and 1 run as the Marlins beat the Cardinals 7-3 and the worst team in baseball won a series against the best team in the game.
Josh Reddick was a double short of the cycle as he went 4-5 with a homer and a triple, driving in two, leading the A’s to a 10-2 blow out of the Mariners.
And Corey Kluber pitched 8 innings of shutout ball, striking out 8 and walking none, getting the 2-0 win for the Indians over the Nationals.
They all owned baseball on June 16th, 2013.
My explanation for “Who Owns Baseball” can be found here.
At the end of the year, we will tally up who owned baseball the most individual days and see how it compares to the final MVP and Cy Young vote.
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So let’s update the tally taking into account their heroics last night.
Players with Multiple Votes:
Leaders for the National League Hitter
Carlos Gonzalez – 4
Bryce Harper – 4
Shin-Soo Choo – 3
Brandon Phillips – 3
Buster Posey – 3
Yasiel Puig – 3
Justin Upton – 3
Brandon Belt – 2
Gregor Blanco – 2
Zack Cozart – 2
Andrew McCutchen – 2
Angel Pagan – 2
Wilin Rosario – 2
Troy Tulowitzki – 2
Leaders for the National League Pitcher
Adam Wainwright – 6
Clayton Kershaw – 5
Matt Harvey –3
Shelby Miller – 3
Bronson Arroyo – 2
A.J. Burnett – 2
Patrick Corbin – 2
Jorge De La Rosa – 2
Jaime Garcia– 2
Dillon Gee –2
Zack Greinke – 2
Cliff Lee – 2
Mike Minor – 2
Ricky Nolasco – 2
Eric Stults – 2
Travis Wood – 2
Barry Zito – 2
Leaders for American League Hitter
Miguel Cabrera – 4
Chris Davis – 4
Prince Fielder – 3
Josh Donaldson – 2
Jose Bautista – 2
Jacoby Ellsbury – 2
Travis Hafner – 2
Austin Jackson – 2
Desmond Jennings – 2
Howie Kendrick – 2
Justin Maxwell – 2
Brandon Moss – 2
Adam Rosales – 2
Mike Trout – 2
Leaders for American League Pitcher
Clay Buchholz – 4
Yu Darvish – 4
Matt Moore– 4
Alex Cobb– 3
R.A. Dickey – 3
Felix Hernandez – 3
Jon Lester -3
Justin Masterson – 3
David Phelps – 3
Jeremy Guthrie – 2
Derek Holland – 2
Corey Kluber – 2
CC Sabathia – 2
Chris Sale – 2
Anibal Sanchez – 2
Max Scherzer – 2
Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day:
Alexi Amarista, Brett Anderson, Chris Archer, J. P. Arencibia, Homer Bailey, Scott Barnes, Erik Bedard, Carlos Beltran, Adrian Beltre, Kyle Blanks, Domonic Brown, Mark Buehrle, Madison Bumgarner, Billy Butler, Lorenzo Cain, Matt Cain, Robinson Cano, Andrew Cashner, Yoenis Cespedes, Josh Collmenter, Bartolo Colon, Tyler Colvin, Carlos Corporan, Coco Crisp, Michael Cuddyer, Johnny Cueto, John Danks, Wade Davis, Sam Deduno, Scott Diamond, Chris Dickerson, Ryan Doumit, Stephen Drew, Adam Dunn, Edwin Encarnacion, Scott Feldman, Jose Fernandez, Dexter Fowler, Freddy Garcia, Yan Gomes, Adrian Gonzalez, Alex Gordon, A.J. Griffin, Jason Grilli, Aaron Harang, Dan Haren, Adeiny Hechavarria, Aaron Hicks, Raul Ibanez, Ubaldo Jimenez, Kelly Johnson, Adam Jones, Matt Joyce, Scott Kazmir, Jason Kipnis, Pete Kozma, Hiroki Kuroda, James Loney, Evan Longoria, Jed Lowrie, Jonathan Lucroy, Lance Lynn, Manny Machado, Paul Maholm, Starling Marte, Joe Mauer, Brian McCann, Brandon McCarthy, Michael McKenry, Will Middlebrooks, Justin Morneau, Mike Napoli, Daniel Nava, Dioner Navarro, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Bud Norris, Lyle Overbay, Jarrod Parker, Gerardo Parra, Jake Peavy, Andy Pettitte, A. J. Pierzynski, Albert Pujols, Josh Reddick, Anthony Rendon, Ben Revere, Wandy Rodriguez, Sergio Romo, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jeff Samardzija, Gaby Sanchez, Ervin Santana, Marco Scutaro, Kyle Seager, Jean Segura, James Shields, J. B. Shuck, Andrelton Simmons, Kevin Slowey, Drew Smyly, Travis Snider, Giancarlo Stanton, Drew Stubbs, Jose Tabata, Julio Teherán, Nick Tepesch, Chris Tillman, Matt Tuiasosopo, Luis Valbuena, Jordany Valdespin, Jason Vargas, Will Venable, Edinson Volquez, Joey Votto, Neil Walker, Adam Warren, Rickie Weeks, Jake Westbrook, Matt Wieters, C. J. Wilson, David Wright, Chris Young, Ryan Zimmerman
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