Who Owned Baseball Yesterday (Aug 1st) – Updated Yearly #WOB Totals For 2014

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Ryan Vogelsong threw a complete game, facing the minimum into the 8th inning. He finished allowing 2 hits, 1 run, 1 walk and earning the 5-1 decision over the Mets.

Jordy Mercer reached base 3 times including a go ahead RBI double in the 9th, helping the Pirates come from behind to take the 9-4 final in Arizona.

Justin Verlander threw 8 strong innings, allowing just 2 runs and walking no Rockies batter as the Tigers prevailed 4-2.

David Murphy went 4 for 4 with a pair of doubles, two runs scored and two RBI as the Indians cruised to a 12-2 win over Texas.

They owned baseball on Aug 01, 2014.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Sonny Gray allowed one mistake over 7 terrific innings of 3 hits, no walk 7 strikeout ball. It was a solo homer and it was all the Royals needed to win, 1-0.

Doug Fister pitched 7 strong innings allowing just 2 earned runs in Washington’s 2-1 loss to Philadelphia.

Brian Dozier got base 4 times and scored 3 in Minnesota’s 10-8 loss to the White Sox

Matt Carpenter reached base 4 times, tripled and drove in 3 runs. But St. Louis fell 7-4 to Milwaukee

So Let factor in yesterday’s heroics into the year long WOB standings

2014 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter,

Andrew McCutchen, 8,

Paul Goldschmidt, 6,

Freddie Freeman, 5 1/2,

Dee Gordon, 5,

Troy Tulowitzki, 5,

Justin Upton, 4 1/2,

Starlin Castro, 4,

Jonathan Lucroy, 4,

Daniel Murphy, 4,

Hunter Pence, 3 1/2,

Pedro Alvarez, 2 1/2,

Scooter Gennett, 2 1/2,

Carlos Gomez, 2 1/2,

Giancarlo Stanton, 2 1/2,

David Wright, 2 1/2,

Christian Yelich, 2 1/2,

Charlie Blackmon, 2,

Ryan Braun, 2,

Allen Craig, 2,

Todd Frazier, 2,

Curtis Granderson, 2,

Billy Hamilton, 2,

Matt Holliday, 2,

Matt Kemp, 2,

Adam LaRoche, 2,

Casey McGehee, 2,

Michael Morse, 2,

Brayan Peña, 2,

A.J. Pollock, 2,

Aramis Ramirez, 2,

Hanley Ramirez, 2,

Ben Revere, 2,

Mark Reynolds, 2,

Anthony Rizzo, 2,

Seth Smith, 2,

Chase Utley, 2,

Scott Van Slyke, 2,

Nolan Arenado, 1 1/2,

Cody Asche, 1 1/2,

Brandon Belt, 1 1/2,

Emilio Bonifacio, 1 1/2,

Marlon Byrd, 1 1/2,

Corey Dickerson, 1 1/2,

Evan Gattis, 1 1/2,

Adrian Gonzalez, 1 1/2,

Josh Harrison, 1 1/2,

Ryan Ludwick, 1 1/2,

Starling Marte, 1 1/2,

Miguel Montero, 1 1/2,

Marcell Ozuna, 1 1/2,

Angel Pagan, 1 1/2,

Gerardo Parra, 1 1/2,

David Peralta, 1 1/2,

Yasiel Puig, 1 1/2,

Anthony Rendon, 1 1/2,

Jimmy Rollins, 1 1/2,

Joey Votto, 1 1/2,

Neil Walker, 1 1/2,

Ryan Zimmerman, 1 1/2,

2014 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Clayton Kershaw, 9,

Johnny Cueto, 7 1/2,

Madison Bumgarner, 5 1/2,

Zack Greinke, 5,

Cole Hamels, 5,

Homer Bailey, 4 1/2,

Tim Hudson, 4 1/2,

Tim Lincecum, 4 1/2,

Adam Wainwright, 4 1/2,

Henderson Alvarez, 4,

Mike Leake, 4,

Lance Lynn, 4,

Matt Garza, 3 1/2,

Stephen Strasburg, 3 1/2,

Julio Teheran, 3 1/2,

Bartolo Colon, 3,

Jacob deGrom, 3,

Jose Fernandez, 3,

Tom Koehler, 3,

Kyle Lohse, 3,

Hyun-Jin Ryu, 3,

Ryan Volgelsong, 3,

A. J. Burnett, 2 1/2,

Nathan Eovaldi, 2 1/2,

Doug Fister, 2 1/2

Charlie Morton, 2 1/2,

Tanner Roark, 2 1/2,

Tyson Ross, 2 1/2,

Matt Cain, 2,

Andrew Cashner, 2,

Yovani Gallardo, 2,

Roberto Hernandez, 2,

Ian Kennedy, 2,

Cliff Lee, 2,

Jeff Locke, 2,

Wade Miley, 2,

Wily Peralta, 2,

Jeff Samardzija, 2,

Alex Wood, 2,

Travis Wood, 2,

Josh Beckett, 1 1/2,

Gerrit Cole, 1 1/2,

Jesse Hahn, 1 1/2,

Jason Hammel, 1 1/2,

Aaron Harang, 1 1/2,

Zack Wheeler, 1 1/2,

Vance Worley, 1 1/2,

Jordan Zimmermann, 1 1/2,

2014 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Mike Trout ,6 1/2,

Jose Abreu, 6,

Edwin Encarnacion, 6,

Josh Donaldson, 5,

Michael Brantley, 4 1/2,

Miguel Cabrera, 4 1/2,

Kyle Seager, 4 1/2,

Brandon Moss, 4,

Carlos Santana, 4,

Adrian Beltre, 3,

Yoenis Cespedes, 3,

Nelson Cruz, 3,

Jacoby Ellsbury, 3,

Adam Jones, 3,

Salvador Perez, 3,

Ben Zobrist, 3,

Jose Bautista, 2 1/2,

Derek Jeter, 2 1/2,

Joe Mauer, 2 1/2,

David Murphy, 2 1/2,

Jose Reyes, 2 1/2,

Lonnie Chisenhall, 2,

Chris Davis, 2,

Brian Dozier, 2,

Brock Holt, 2,

John Jaso, 2,

Desmond Jennings, 2,

Ian Kinsler, 2,

Brian McCann, 2,

Derek Norris, 2,

Steve Pearce, 2,

Grady Sizemore, 2,

Dayan Viciedo, 2,

Jose Altuve, 1 1/2,

Xander Bogaerts, 1 1/2,

Asdrubal Cabrera, 1 1/2,

Melky Cabrera, 1 1/2,

Jason Castro, 1 1/2,

Brett Gardner, 1 1/2,

Matt Joyce, 1 1/2,

Leonys Martin, 1 1/2,

Logan Morrison, 1 1/2,

Eduardo Nunez, 1 1/2,

Rougned Odor, 1 1/2,

David Ortiz, 1 1/2,

Dustin Pedroia, 1 1/2,

A.J. Pierzynski, 1 1/2,

Albert Pujols, 1 1/2,

Alexei Ramirez, 1 1/2,

George Springer, 1 1/2,

Mike Zunino, 1 1/2,

2014 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Felix Hernandez, 9 1/2,

Corey Kluber, 6 1/2,

Chris Sale, 6 1/2,

David Price, 6,

Yu Darvish, 4 1/2,

Masahiro Tanaka, 4 1/2,

Mark Buehrle, 4,

Hisashi Iwakuma, 4,

Dallas Keuchel, 4,

John Lackey, 4,

Phil Hughes, 3 1/2,

Scott Kazmir, 3 1/2,

Jon Lester, 3 1/2,

Bud Norris, 3 1/2,

Jake Odorizzi, 3 1/2,

Rick Porecllo, 3 1/2,

Max Scherzer, 3 1/2,

Chris Tillman, 3 1/2,

Chris Archer, 3,

Roenis Elias, 3,

Jose Quintana, 3,

Yordano Ventura, 3,

Justin Verlander, 3,

Danny Duffy, 2 1/2,

Sonny Gray, 2 1/2,

Ubaldo Jimenez, 2 1/2,

Hiroki Kuroda, 2 1/2,

Justin Masterson, 2 1/2,

Garrett Richards, 2 1/2,

Marcus Stroman, 2 1/2,

Jesse Chavez, 2,

Alex Cobb, 2,

John Danks, 2,

Scott Feldman, 2,

Collin McHugh, 2,

Martin Perez, 2,

Tyler Skaggs, 2,

Jered Weaver, 2,

Jarred Cosart, 1 1/2,

Rubby De La Rosa, 1 1/2,

R.A. Dickey, 1 1/2,

James Shields, 1 1/2,

Jason Vargas, 1 1/2,

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2014 MLB,

Arismendy Alcantara, Nori Aoki, Jake Arrieta, Bronson Arroyo, Erick Aybar, Carlos Beltran, Jackie Bradley Jr., Jay Bruce, Clay Buchholz, Matt Carpenter, Nick Castellanos, Josh Collmenter, Hank Conger, Kevin Correia, Collin Cowgill, Brandon Crawford, Coco Crisp, Travis d’Arnaud, Khris Davis, Ike Davis, Rajai Davis, Jorge De La Rosa, Chris Denorfia, Odrisamer Despaigne, Matt Dominguez, Yunel Escobar, Andre Ethier, Gavin Floyd, Dexter Fowler, Dillon Gee, Kyle Gibson, Alex Gonzalez, Carlos Gonzalez, Gio Gonzalez, Miguel Gonzalez, Alex Gordon, Jeremy Guthrie, Jedd Gyorko, Adeiny Hechavarria, Jason Heyward, Eric Hosmer, Ryan Howard, Torii Hunter, Drew Hutchison, Omar Infante, Edwin Jackson, Howie Kendrick, Jason Kipnis, Mat Latos, Adam Lind, James Loney, Jordan Lyles, Manny Machado, Victor Martinez, John Mayberry Jr., Devin Mesoraco, Jordy Mercer, Shelby Miller, Tommy Millone, Mike Minor, Donnie Murphy, Wil Myers, Juan Nicasio, Lyle Overbay, Chris Owings, Brad Peacock, Glen Perkins, David Phelps, Yohan Pino, Gregory Polanco, Drew Pomeranz, Martin Prado, Josh Reddick, Rene Rivera, Brian Roberts, Shane Robinson, Stefan Romero, Robbie Ross Jr., Justin Ruggiano, Carlos Ruiz, Anibal Sanchez, Hector Sanchez, Jonathan Schoop, Matt Shoemaker, Alfredo Simon, Justin Smoak, Yangervis Solarte, Denard Span, Dan Straily, Eugenio Suarez, Nick Swisher, Josh Tomlin, Dan Uggla, Juan Uribe, Luis Valbuena, Michael Wacha, C.J. Wilson, Brandon Workman, Eric Young Jr.

Guys Who Owned Earned 1/2 A WOB 2014 MLB,

Dustin Ackley, Brett Anderson, J.P. Arencibia, Mike Aviles, Jeff Baker, Scott Baker, Mike Bolsinger, Peter Bourjos, Billy Butler, Lorenzo Cain, Kole Calhoun, Robinson Cano, , Chris Carter, Shin-Soo Choo, C. J. Cron, Brandon Cumpton, David DeJesus, Daniel Descalso, Sean Doolittle, Ryan Doumit, Adam Dunn, Adam Eaton, Ryan Flaherty, Tyler Flowers, Conor Gillaspie, Jonny Gomes, Yan Gomes, Didi Gregorius, Brandon Guyer, Brad Hand, Andrew Heaney, Raul Ibanez, Chris Johnson, Kevin Kiermaier, George Kottaras, Jason Kubel, Evan Longoria, Nick Markakis, Russell Martin, Brandon McCarthy, Nate McClouth, Jordy Mercer, Yadier Molina, Rafael Montero, Justin Morneau, Jimmy Nelson, Jonathon Niese, Hector Noesi, Ricky Nolasco, Vidal Nuno, Chris Parmelee, Jake Peavy, Jhonny Peralta, Trevor Plouffe, Buster Posey, Jose Ramirez, Colby Rasmus, Todd Redmond, Alex Rios, Wilin Rosario, Danny Salazar, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Gaby Sanchez, Ervin Santana, Hector Santiago, Michael Saunders, Jean Segura, Kurt Suzuki, Justin Turner, Mark Trumbo, Danny Valencia, Jonathan Villar, Tony Watson, Jayson Werth, Ryan Wheeler, Josh Willingham, Tom Wilhelmsen, Chris Young, .

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