Who Owned Baseball Yesterday (May.16) – Updated Yearly ‘WOB’ Standings
Stephen Strasburg pitched into the 8th inning for the first time of his MLB career. He got the win as the Nationals beat the Padres, 6-2.
Travis Snider hit the go ahead homer and drove in another run and scoring one more in a game changing 6th inning. The Pirates beat the Brewers, 7-1.
Mitch Moreland hit the go ahead double off of Justin Verlander and hit another RBI double as the Rangers beat Detroit 10-4.
Yu Darvish pitched 8 innings, overcoming early struggles, to beat the Tigers and pick up his seventh win.
They all owned baseball on May 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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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
Bryce Harper – 4
Shin-Soo Choo – 3
Justin Upton – 3
Zack Cozart – 2
Brandon Phillips – 2
Buster Posey – 2
Wilin Rosario – 2
Troy Tulowitzki – 2
Leaders for the National League Pitcher
Clayton Kershaw – 4
Adam Wainwright – 4
Shelby Miller – 3
A.J. Burnett – 2
Jaime Garcia– 2
Gio Gonzalez – 2
Matt Harvey –2
Cliff Lee – 2
Travis Wood – 2
Barry Zito – 2
Leaders for American League Hitter
Miguel Cabrera – 2
Prince Fielder – 2
Travis Hafner – 2
Austin Jackson – 2
Justin Maxwell – 2
Leaders for American League Pitcher
Clay Buchholz – 4
Yu Darvish – 3
Jon Lester -3
Matt Moore– 3
Alex Cobb– 2
Felix Hernandez – 2
Derek Holland – 2
Justin Masterson – 2
Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day:
Alexi Amarista, Brett Anderson, J. P. Arencibia, Bronson Arroyo, Homer Bailey, Jose Bautista, Brandon Belt, Carlos Beltran, Adrian Beltre, Domonic Brown, Mark Buehrle, Madison Bumgarner, Lorenzo Cain, Robinson Cano, Yoenis Cespedes, Bartolo Colon, Patrick Corbin, Carlos Corporan, Chris Davis, Wade Davis, Jorge De La Rosa, Scott Diamond, R.A. Dickey, Stephen Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Edwin Encarnacion, Scott Feldman, Jose Fernandez, Paul Goldschmidt, Adrian Gonzalez, Carlos Gonzalez, Alex Gordon, Zack Greinke, A.J. Griffin, Jeremy Guthrie, Dan Haren, Adeiny Hechavarria, Aaron Hicks, Raul Ibanez, Adam Jones, Scott Kazmir, Howie Kendrick, Hiroki Kuroda, James Loney, Evan Longoria, Jed Lowrie, Lance Lynn, Manny Machado, Paul Maholm, Joe Mauer, Brian McCann, Andrew McCutchen, Michael McKenry, Will Middlebrooks, Mike Minor, Justin Morneau, Brandon Moss, Mike Napoli, Daniel Nava, Bud Norris, Lyle Overbay, Angel Pagan, Gerardo Parra, Andy Pettitte, A. J. Pierzynski, Albert Pujols, Wandy Rodriguez, Sergio Romo, Adam Rosales, CC Sabathia, Chris Sale, Anibal Sanchez, Gaby Sanchez, Ervin Santana, Marco Scutaro, James Shields, Andrelton Simmons, Drew Smyly, Travis Snider, Giancarlo Stanton, Stephen Strasburg, Drew Stubbs, Jose Tabata, Nick Tepesch, Chris Tillman, Matt Tuiasosopo, Jordany Valdespin, Jason Vargas, Will Venable, Edinson Volquez, Neil Walker, Rickie Weeks, Matt Wieters, Jake Westbrook, Matt Wieters, Ryan Zimmerman
# of Players who have been chosen for ‘WOB’ – and total for the team in parenthesis.
AL East
TOR – 5 (5)
BOS – 7 (12)
TB – 4 (7)
BAL – 5 (5)
NYY – 6 (7)
Total WOB AL East 27 (36)
AL Central
DET – 7 (11)
CLE – 4 (5)
MIN – 5 (6)
KC – 6 (6)
CWS – 3 (3)
Total WOB AL Central – 24 (31)
AL West
OAK – 7 (7)
TEX – 6 (10)
LAA – 3 (3)
HOU – 3 (4)
SEA – 3 (3)
It should be noted that only game was played on Mar.31 (TEX @ HOU) on opening day and 2 Astros took the honor.
Total AL West WOB Days – 22 (27)
Total WOB Awarded 94 (47 Days)
National League
NL East
ATL – 6 (8)
WSH – 6 (11)
PHI – 3 (4)
MIA – 3 (3)
NYM – 2 (3)
Total WOB NL East – 18 (29)
NL Central
STL – 5 (11)
PIT – 8 (9)
CIN – 4 (10)
MIL – 2 (3)
CHC – 2 (3)
Total WOB NL Central – 20 (36)
NL West
SF – 7 (9)
LAD – 3 (6)
ARI – 3 (3)
COL – 4 (6)
SD – 3 (3)
Total WOB NL West -21 (27)
47 Days Played = 92 WOB Awarded
Top 5 teams in the WOB Team Award Total Players
1. PIT – 8
T2 OAK – 7
T2 STL – 7
T2 SF – 7
T2 BOS -7
Total WOB Days – Team
1. DET – 12
T2. STL – 11
T2 .WSH – 11
T4. CIN – 10
T4. TEX – 10
Best 2 WOB Divisions
T1. AL East (36)
T1. NL Central (36)
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