Who Owned Baseball Yesterday (August.14th) – Updated Yearly ‘WOB’ Standings
Aaron Hill singled home the tying run in the 9th and the winning run in the 14th inning, completing the the Diamondbacks’ sweep of the Orioles, 5-4.
Francisco Liriano snapped the Pirates losing streak in a big way, defeating the Cardinals 5-1 with a complete game effort, with just 4 hits and one run.
Alfonso Soriano for the second straight night hit a pair of homers. He drove in 7 runs and doubled and walked, driving the Yankees to an 11-3 thrashing of the Angels.
Jarred Cosart pitched 6 shutout innings in Oakland, setting the Astros up for a 2-1 extra inning victory.
They all owned baseball on August 14, 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.
To view the Yearly Leaders for Who Owned Baseball Standings – Click the READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY ICON.
To View The List of just the nightly winners (WOB dedicated Page) starting from Mar.31/2013 – today click here
So let’s update the tally taking into account their heroics last night.
Players with Multiple Votes:
Leaders for the National League Hitter
Yasiel Puig – 7
Bryce Harper – 5 1/2
Buster Posey – 5
Brandon Belt – 4
Carlos Gonzalez – 4
Andrew McCutchen – 4
Justin Upton – 4
Shin-Soo Choo – 3
Brandon Phillips – 3
Gregor Blanco – 2
Domonic Brown – 2
Marlon Byrd – 2
Zack Cozart – 2
Michael Cuddyer – 2
Freddie Freeman – 2
Adrian Gonzalez – 2
Kirk Nieuwenhuis – 2
Angel Pagan – 2
Hanley Ramirez – 2
Wilin Rosario – 2
Troy Tulowitzki – 2
Neil Walker – 2
Rickie Weeks – 2
Leaders for the National League Pitcher
Matt Harvey– 9
Clayton Kershaw – 9
Adam Wainwright – 7
Jose Fernandez – 5
Zack Greinke – 5
Dillon Gee –4
Bronson Arroyo – 3
A.J. Burnett – 3
Patrick Corbin – 3
Cliff Lee – 3
Shelby Miller – 3
Homer Bailey – 2
Matt Cain – 2
Jorge De La Rosa – 2
Jaime Garcia– 2
Gio Gonzalez – 2
Cole Hamels – 2
Mat Latos – 2
Tim Lincecum – 2
Mike Minor – 2
Ricky Nolasco – 2
Wily Peralta – 2
Hyun-Jin Ryu – 2
Eric Stults – 2
Travis Wood – 2
Barry Zito – 2
Leaders for American League Hitter
Chris Davis – 7
Jacoby Ellsbury – 4
Prince Fielder – 4
Adam Jones – 4
Mike Trout – 4
Jose Bautista – 3
Robinson Cano – 3
Yoenis Cespedes – 3
Josh Donaldson – 3
Stephen Drew – 3
Alex Gordon – 3
Victor Martinez – 3
Alfonso Soriano – 3 (2 AL and 1 NL)
Adrian Beltre – 2
Billy Butler – 2
Travis Hafner – 2
Torii Hunter – 2
Raul Ibanez – 2
Austin Jackson – 2
Desmond Jennings – 2
Howie Kendrick – 2
Evan Longoria – 2
Justin Maxwell – 2
Brandon Moss – 2
Mike Napoli – 2
Daniel Nava – 2
A. J. Pierzynski – 2
Josh Reddick – 2
Alex Rios – 2
Adam Rosales – 2
Leaders for American League Pitcher
Matt Moore– 7
Yu Darvish – 6
R.A. Dickey – 5
Felix Hernandez – 5
Clay Buchholz – 4
Derek Holland – 4
Justin Masterson – 4
David Price – 4
Max Scherzer – 4
Mark Buehrle – 3
Alex Cobb– 3
Jarred Cosart – 3
Jeremy Guthrie – 3
Jon Lester -3
David Phelps – 3
Chris Sale – 3
Anibal Sanchez – 3
C. J. Wilson – 3
Chris Archer – 2
Joe Blanton – 2
A.J. Griffin – 2
Ubaldo Jimenez – 2
Corey Kluber – 2
John Lackey – 2
CC Sabathia – 2
Ervin Santana – 2
Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day:
Andrew Albers, Pedro Alvarez, Alexi Amarista, Brett Anderson, J. P. Arencibia, Alex Avila, Brandon Barnes, Scott Barnes, Brandon Beachy, Erik Bedard, Carlos Beltran, Kyle Blanks, Jeremy Bonderman, Michael Brantley, Lorenzo Cain, Alberto Callaspo, Andrew Cashner, Eric Chavez, Bruce Chen, Wei-Yin Chen, Lonnie Chisenhall, Gerrit Cole, Josh Collmenter, Tyler Colvin, Carlos Corporan, Coco Crisp, Nelson Cruz, Johnny Cueto, Brandon Cumpton, John Danks, Wade Davis, Sam Deduno, Ryan Dempster, Chris Denorfria, Scott Diamond, Chris Dickerson, Matt Dominguez, Felix Doubront, Ryan Doumit, Adam Dunn, Adam Eaton, Mark Ellis, Nathan Eovaldi, Scott Feldman, Doug Fister, Wilmer Flores, Dexter Fowler, Todd Frazier, David Freese, Freddy Garcia, Matt Garza, Chad Gaudin, Yan Gomes, Curtis Granderson, Didi Gregorius, Jason Grilli, Aaron Harang, J. J. Hardy, Dan Haren, Adeiny Hechavarria, Jeremy Hellickson, Jason Heyward, Aaron Hicks, Aaron Hill, Eric Hosmer, Ryan Howard, Tim Hudson, Edwin Jackson, Josh Johnson, Kelly Johnson, Matt Joyce, Scott Kazmir, Matt Kemp, Kyle Kendrick, Jason Kipnis, Pete Kozma, Hiroki Kuroda, James Loney, David Lough, Jed Lowrie, Jonathan Lucroy, Lance Lynn, Manny Machado, Paul Maholm, Starling Marte, Joe Mauer, Brian McCann, Brandon McCarthy, Michael McKenry, Jordy Mercer, Devin Mesoraco, Will Middlebrooks, Wade Miley, Kendrys Morales, Justin Morneau, Mike Moustakas, Daniel Murphy, Dioner Navarro, Wil Nieves, Bud Norris, Ivan Nova, Eduardo Nunez, Brett Oberholtzer, David Ortiz, Lyle Overbay, Jarrod Parker, Gerardo Parra, Jake Peavy, Dustin Pedroia, Andy Pettitte, Martin Prado, Albert Pujols, Anthony Rendon, Ben Revere, Mariano Rivera,Wandy Rodriguez, Sergio Romo, Cody Ross, Justin Ruggiano, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jeff Samardzija, Gaby Sanchez, Héctor Santiago, Josh Satin, Nate Schierholtz, Marco Scutaro, Kyle Seager, Jean Segura, J. B. Shuck, Kevin Slowey, Drew Smyly, Travis Snider, Dan Straily, Drew Stubbs, Jose Tabata, Julio Teherán, Nick Tepesch, Chris Tillman, Matt Tuiasosopo, Luis Valbuena, Jordany Valdespin, Jason Vargas, Will Venable, Shane Victorino, Edinson Volquez, Joey Votto, Chien-Ming Wang, Adam Warren, Jake Westbrook, Matt Wieters, David Wright, Chris Young, Delmon Young, Ryan Zimmerman
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