Who Owned Baseball Yesterday (September.20th) – Updated Yearly ‘WOB’ Standings
Jon Lester pitched 7 strong innings, giving up just 1 run and striking out 8 as he earned his 15th win, 6-3 over Toronto, and clinched the AL East crown for the Red Sox.
Torii Hunter reached base 5 times, driving in 3 and scoring 2 as the Tigers moved closer to a Division Title with a 12-5 thrashing of the White Sox.
Jordan Zimmermann earned his 19th victory this season for the Nationals by tossing a 2 hit, 9 strikeout complete game shutout of the Marlins, 8-0.
Matt Adams got on base 4 times including a game tying single in the 7th and a go ahead homer in the 9th as the Cardinals won a wild game in Milwaukee, 7-6.
They all owned baseball on September 20, 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
Yasiel Puig – 7
Bryce Harper – 5 1/2
Brandon Belt – 5
Andrew McCutchen – 5
Buster Posey – 5
Shin-Soo Choo – 4
Carlos Gonzalez – 4
Brandon Phillips – 4
Justin Upton – 4
Freddie Freeman – 3
Hanley Ramirez – 3
Wilin Rosario – 3
Neil Walker – 3
Matt Adams – 2
Carlos Beltran – 2
Gregor Blanco – 2
Domonic Brown – 2
Jay Bruce – 2
Marlon Byrd – 2
Zack Cozart – 2
Michael Cuddyer – 2
Adam Eaton – 2
Todd Frazier – 2
Adrian Gonzalez – 2
Jonathan Lucroy – 2
Justin Morneau – 2 (1 NL, 1 AL)
Daniel Murphy – 2
Kirk Nieuwenhuis – 2
Angel Pagan – 2
Gerardo Parra – 2
Hunter Pence – 2
Martin Prado – 2
Nate Schierholtz – 2
Jose Tabata – 2
Troy Tulowitzki – 2
Joey Votto – 2
Rickie Weeks – 2
Leaders for the National League Pitcher
Clayton Kershaw – 10
Adam Wainwright – 10
Matt Harvey– 9
Zack Greinke – 7
Jose Fernandez – 6
Dillon Gee –5
Homer Bailey – 4
A.J. Burnett – 4
Patrick Corbin – 4
Mat Latos – 4
Cliff Lee – 4 (3 as pitcher, 1 as hitter)
Shelby Miller – 4
Bronson Arroyo – 3
Gerrit Cole – 3
Ricky Nolasco – 3
Matt Cain – 2
Andrew Cashner – 2
Jorge De La Rosa – 2
Jaime Garcia– 2
Gio Gonzalez – 2
Cole Hamels – 2
Tim Lincecum – 2
Mike Minor – 2
Wily Peralta – 2
Hyun-Jin Ryu – 2
Eric Stults – 2
Travis Wood – 2
Barry Zito – 2
Leaders for American League Hitter
Miguel Cabrera – 8
Chris Davis – 7
Robinson Cano – 5
Jacoby Ellsbury – 5
Torii Hunter – 5
Alfonso Soriano – 5 (4 AL and 1 NL)
Josh Donaldson – 4
Prince Fielder – 4
Adam Jones – 4
Mike Trout – 4
Jose Bautista – 3
Yoenis Cespedes – 3
Coco Crisp – 3
Stephen Drew – 3
Alex Gordon – 3
Evan Longoria – 3
Victor Martinez – 3
Brandon Moss – 3
A. J. Pierzynski – 3
Shane Victorino – 3
Adrian Beltre – 2
Billy Butler – 2
Travis Hafner – 2
J. J. Hardy – 2
Raul Ibanez – 2
Austin Jackson – 2
Desmond Jennings – 2
Howie Kendrick – 2
James Loney – 2
Justin Maxwell – 2
Mike Napoli – 2
Daniel Nava – 2
David Ortiz – 2
Josh Reddick – 2
Alex Rios – 2
Adam Rosales – 2
Nick Swisher – 2
Leaders for American League Pitcher
R.A. Dickey – 7
Matt Moore– 7
Yu Darvish – 6
Jon Lester –6
Max Scherzer – 6
Felix Hernandez – 5
Chris Sale – 5
Clay Buchholz – 4
Alex Cobb– 4
Derek Holland – 4
John Lackey – 4
Justin Masterson – 4
Jarrod Parker – 4
David Price – 4
Anibal Sanchez – 4
Chris Archer – 3
Mark Buehrle – 3
Jarred Cosart – 3
A.J. Griffin – 3
Jeremy Guthrie – 3
David Phelps – 3
C. J. Wilson – 3
Joe Blanton – 2
Bruce Chen – 2
Wei-Yin Chen – 2
John Danks – 2
Scott Feldman – 2
Doug Fister – 2
Hisashi Iwakuma – 2
Ubaldo Jimenez – 2
Corey Kluber – 2
Ivan Nova – 2
Andy Pettitte – 2
Jake Peavy – 2
CC Sabathia – 2
Ervin Santana – 2
Dan Straily – 2
Jason Vargas – 2
Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day:
Dustin Ackley, Andrew Albers, Pedro Alvarez, Alexi Amarista, Brett Anderson, J. P. Arencibia, Jake Arrieta, Alex Avila, Erick Aybar, Brandon Barnes, Scott Barnes, Brandon Beachy, Erik Bedard, Kyle Blanks, Jeremy Bonderman, Michael Brantley, Trevor Cahill, Lorenzo Cain, Alberto Callaspo, Matt Carpenter, Welington Castillo, Eric Chavez, Josh Collmenter, Tyler Colvin, Carlos Corporan, Allen Craig, Nelson Cruz, Johnny Cueto, Brandon Cumpton, Khris Davis, Wade Davis, Sam Deduno, Ryan Dempster, Chris Denorfria, Scott Diamond, Chris Dickerson, Matt Dominguez, Felix Doubront, Ryan Doumit, Adam Dunn, Mark Ellis, Nathan Eovaldi, Andre Ethier, Wilmer Flores, Dexter Fowler, David Freese, Freddy Galvis, Freddy Garcia, Matt Garza, Chad Gaudin, Yan Gomes, Miguel Gonzalez, Curtis Granderson, Didi Gregorius, Jason Grilli, Billy Hamilton, Josh Hamilton, Aaron Harang, Dan Haren, Adeiny Hechavarria, Jeremy Hellickson, Todd Helton, Chris Herrmann, Jason Heyward, Aaron Hicks, Aaron Hill, Matt Holliday, Eric Hosmer, Ryan Howard, Tim Hudson, Omar Infante, Edwin Jackson, Josh Johnson, Kelly Johnson, Matt Joyce, Scott Kazmir, Matt Kemp, Kyle Kendrick, Ian Kennedy, Ian Kinsler, Jason Kipnis, Pete Kozma, Hiroki Kuroda, Jeff Locke, Kyle Lohse, David Lough, Jed Lowrie, Lance Lynn, Manny Machado, Paul Maholm, Starling Marte, Joe Mauer, Brian McCann, Brandon McCarthy, Michael McKenry, Kris Medlen, Jordy Mercer, Devin Mesoraco, Will Middlebrooks, Wade Miley, Kendrys Morales, Mike Moustakas, Dioner Navarro, Chris Nelson, Jonathon Niese, Wil Nieves, Bud Norris, Eduardo Nunez, Lyle Overbay, Dustin Pedroia, Yusmeiro Petit, Josmil Pinto, Rick Porcello, Albert Pujols, Jose Quintana, Ryan Raburn, Alexei Ramirez, Anthony Rendon, Ben Revere, Mariano Rivera, Tanner Roark, Alex Rodriguez, Wandy Rodriguez, Sergio Romo, Cody Ross, Justin Ruggiano, Jeff Samardzija, Gaby Sanchez, Héctor Santiago, Josh Satin, Jordan Schafer, Marco Scutaro, Kyle Seager, Jean Segura, J. B. Shuck, Kevin Slowey, Burch Smith, Drew Smyly, Travis Snider, Drew Stubbs, Julio Teherán, Nick Tepesch, Chris Tillman, Matt Tuiasosopo, Juan Uribe, Luis Valbuena, Jordany Valdespin, Will Venable, Ryan Vogelsong, Edinson Volquez, Michael Wacha, Chien-Ming Wang, Adam Warren, Jake Westbrook, Zack Wheeler, Matt Wieters, David Wright, Chris Young, Delmon Young, Brad Ziegler, Ryan Zimmerman, Ben Zobrist

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