Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Francisco Liriano threw 6 shutout innings, striking out 8 in the Pirates 3-2 loss to the Cardinals.

Andrew McCutchen went 3-4 with a homer but the Pirates fell short to St. Louis, 3-2.

Scott Feldman pitched 7 innings, allowing just 3 runs and keeping the Astros in the game. But the A’s would erupt off of the Houston bullpen and pull away, 8-2.

Edwin Encarnacion launced a game tying double with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th that almost cleared the wall for a walk off homer. He stunned the Red Sox but they would come back to win, 4-3 in Toronto.

2014 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter,

Andrew McCutchen, 8 1/2,

Freddie Freeman, 7,

Paul Goldschmidt, 6,

Dee Gordon,  5,

Daniel Murphy,  5,

Troy Tulowitzki,  5,

Hunter Pence, 4 1/2,

Justin Upton,  4 1/2,

Starlin Castro,  4,

Jonathan Lucroy, 4,

Pedro Alvarez, 3 1/2,

Josh Harrison, 3 1/2,

David Peralta, 3 1/2,

Giancarlo Stanton, 3 1/2,

Michael Morse, 3,

Seth Smith, 3,

Chase Utley, 3,

Cody Asche, 2 1/2,

Todd Frazier, 2 1/2,

Scooter Gennett, 2 1/2,

Carlos Gomez,  2 1/2,

Billy Hamilton, 2 1/2,

Jason Heyward, 2 1/2,

Matt Holliday,  2 1/2,

Aramis Ramirez,  2 1/2,

David Wright, 2 1/2,

Christian Yelich, 2 1/2,

Nolan Arenado, 2,

Charlie Blackmon, 2,

Ryan Braun,  2,

Marlon Byrd,  2,

Allen Craig, 2,

Carl Crawford, 2,

Lucas Duda, 2,

Adrian Gonzalez, 2,

Curtis Granderson, 2,

Jedd Gyorko, 2,

Adeiny Hechavarria, 2,

Matt Kemp, 2,

Adam LaRoche, 2,

Ryan Ludwick, 2,

Starling Marte,   2,

Casey McGehee, 2,

Brayan Peña, 2,

A.J. Pollock, 2,

Yasiel Puig, 2,

Hanley Ramirez, 2,

Ben Revere, 2,

Mark Reynolds, 2,

Anthony Rizzo, 2,

Scott Van Slyke, 2,

Brandon Belt,  1 1/2,

Emilio Bonifacio,  1 1/2,

Corey Dickerson, 1 1/2,

Evan Gattis, 1 1/2,

Miguel Montero, 1 1/2,

Marcell Ozuna, 1 1/2,

Angel Pagan,  1 1/2,

Gerardo Parra, 1 1/2,

Gregory Polanco, 1 1/2,

Buster Posey, 1 1/2,

Anthony Rendon, 1 1/2,

Jimmy Rollins, 1 1/2,

Justin Ruggiano, 1 1/2

Juan Uribe, 1 1/2,

Luis Valbuena, 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,   11 1/2,

Johnny Cueto,  9,

Madison Bumgarner, 7 1/2,

Zack Greinke, 5 1/2,

Cole Hamels, 5 1/2,

Stephen Strasburg,  5 1/2,

Homer Bailey,  5,

Mike Leake,  5,

Tim Hudson,  4 1/2,

Tim Lincecum, 4 1/2,

Adam Wainwright, 4 1/2,

Henderson Alvarez, 4,

Bartolo Colon, 4,

Jacob deGrom, 4,

Yovani Gallardo, 4,

Lance Lynn, 4,

A.J. Burnett, 3 1/2,

Nathan Eovaldi, 3 1/2,

Matt Garza, 3 1/2,

Justin Masterson,  3 1/2 ( 1 in NL, 2 1/2 in AL)

Julio Teheran, 3 1/2,

Jose Fernandez,  3,

Tom Koehler,  3,

Kyle Lohse, 3,

Tyson Ross, 3,

Hyun-Jin Ryu,  3,

Ryan Volgelsong, 3,

Jake Arrieta, 2 1/2,

Jarred Cosart, 2 1/2 (1 in NL and 1 1/2 in AL),

Doug Fister, 2 1/2,

Charlie Morton, 2 1/2,

Tanner Roark,  2 1/2,

Alex Wood,  2 1/2,

Matt Cain, 2,

Andrew Cashner, 2,

Jorge De La Rosa, 2,

Aaron Harang, 2,

Roberto Hernandez, 2,

Ian Kennedy, 2,

Cliff Lee, 2,

Jeff Locke, 2,

Wade Miley,  2,

Mike Minor, 2,

Wily Peralta, 2,

Jeff Samardzija, 2,

Travis Wood, 2,

Josh Beckett, 1 1/2,

Gerrit Cole,  1 1/2,

Jesse Hahn, 1 1/2,

Jason Hammel,  1 1/2,

Mat Latos, 1 1/2,

Shelby Miller, 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, 7 1/2,

Jose Abreu,   6 1/2,

Edwin Encarnacion, 6 1/2,

Josh Donaldson,  6,

Michael Brantley, 4 1/2,

Miguel Cabrera,  4 1/2,

Carlos Santana, 4 1/2,

Kyle Seager,  4 1/2,

Adam Jones, 4,

Brandon Moss,  4,

Ben Zobrist, 4,

Jose Bautista, 3 1/2,

Adrian Beltre, 3 1/2,

Joe Mauer,  3 1/2,

David Murphy,  3 1/2,

David Ortiz, 3 1/2,

Jose Altuve, 3,

Carlos Beltran, 3,

Yoenis Cespedes, 3,

Nelson Cruz, 3,

Jacoby Ellsbury, 3,

Salvador Perez, 3,

Melky Cabrera, 2 1/2,

Desmond Jennings,  2 1/2,

Derek Jeter, 2 1/2,

Dustin Pedroia,  2 1/2,

Jose Reyes, 2 1/2,

Lonnie Chisenhall, 2,

Chris Davis, 2,

Brian Dozier, 2,

Brock Holt, 2,

Omar Infante,   2,

John Jaso,  2,

Ian Kinsler, 2,

Nick Markakis,  2,

Victor Martinez, 2,

Brian McCann, 2,

Derek Norris, 2,

Steve Pearce, 2,

Albert Pujols,   2,

Josh Reddick, 2,

Grady Sizemore, 2,

Dayan Viciedo, 2,

Dustin Ackley, 1 1/2,

Xander Bogaerts, 1 1/2,

Billy Butler, 1 1/2,

Asdrubal Cabrera, 1 1/2,

Kole Calhoun, 1 1/2,

Robinson Cano, 1 1/2,

Jason Castro, 1 1/2,

Rajai Davis, 1 1/2,

Tyler Flowers, 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,

A.J. Pierzynski, 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,

Chris Sale,  8,

Corey Kluber, 7 1/2,

David Price,  7 1/2, (6 with Tampa Bay, 1 1/2 with Detroit.)

Hisashi Iwakuma, 6 1/2,

Max Scherzer, 5 1/2,

Yu Darvish, 4 1/2,

Phil Hughes,  4 1/2,

Dallas Keuchel,  4 1/2,

Jon Lester,  4 1/2 ( 3 1/2 with Boston. 1 with Oakland)

Rick Porecllo,  4 1/2,

Masahiro Tanaka,  4 1/2,

Chris Tillman, 4 1/2,

Chris Archer,    4,

Mark Buehrle,   4,

John Lackey,  4,

Scott Kazmir, 3 1/2,

Bud Norris, 3 1/2,

Jake Odorizzi, 3 1/2,

Garrett Richards,  3 1/2,

Jason Vargas, 3 1/2,

Roenis Elias,  3,

Sonny Gray, 3,

Jose Quintana, 3,

Yordano Ventura,  3,

Justin Verlander,  3,

Clay Buchholz, 2 1/2,

Danny Duffy, 2 1/2,

Scott Feldman,  2 1/2,

Hiroki Kuroda, 2 1/2,

Ubaldo Jimenez, 2 1/2,

Justin Masterson, 2 1/2,

James Shields, 2 1/2,

Drew Smyly,  2 1/2 (1 1/2 with Tigers, 1 with Rays)

Marcus Stroman, 2 1/2,

Jesse Chavez,  2,

Alex Cobb, 2,

John Danks,  2,

Jeremy Guthrie,  2,

Drew Hutchison, 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,

Brandon McCarthy, 1 1/2,

Brett Oberholtzer, 1 1/2,

C.J. Wilson, 1 1/2,

Brandon Workman, 1 1/2,

 

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2014 MLB,

Arismendy Alcantara, Nori Aoki, Oswaldo Arcia,  Bronson Arroyo, Erick Aybar, Javier Baez, Jackie Bradley Jr., Jay Bruce, Matt Carpenter, Chris Carter,  Santiago Casilla, Nick Castellanos,  Shin-Soo Choo, Josh Collmenter, Hank Conger, Kevin Correia,  Collin Cowgill, Brandon Crawford, Coco Crisp, Michael Cuddyer, Travis d’Arnaud, Khris Davis, Ike Davis, Chris Denorfia, Odrisamer Despaigne, Matt Dominguez, Adam Eaton, Eduardo Escobar,  Yunel Escobar, Andre Ethier, Mike Fiers, Gavin Floyd, Dexter Fowler, Dillon Gee, Kyle Gibson, Alex Gonzalez,  Carlos Gonzalez, Gio Gonzalez, Miguel Gonzalez, Alex Gordon, Dan Haren, Eric Hosmer, Ryan Howard, Torii Hunter, Edwin Jackson, Howie Kendrick, Jason Kipnis, Colby Lewis,  Adam Lind, James Loney, Jordan Lyles, Manny Machado,  John Mayberry Jr., Devin Mesoraco, Jordy Mercer,  Tommy Millone, Rafael Montero,  Kendrys Morales, Justin Morneau,  Donnie Murphy,  Wil Myers, Juan Nicasio,  Hector Noesi, Vidal Nuno,  Lyle Overbay, Chris Owings, Brad Peacock, Glen Perkins, David Phelps, Yohan Pino, Trevor Plouffe,  Drew Pomeranz, Martin Prado, Rene Rivera, Brian Roberts, Shane Robinson, Stefen Romero, Robbie Ross Jr.,  Carlos Ruiz, Pablo Sandoval, Anibal Sanchez,  Hector Sanchez, Ervin Santana,  Hector Santiago, Jonathan Schoop, Matt Shoemaker,  Alfredo Simon, Justin Smoak, Travis Snider, Yangervis Solarte, Denard Span, Dan Straily, Eugenio Suarez, Nick Swisher, Nick Tepesch, Josh Tomlin, Dan Uggla, Kennys Vargas, Edinson Volquez, Michael Wacha,Tsuyoshi Wada, Jerome Williams, Delmon Young, Eric Young Jr.

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

Matt Adams, Yonder Alonso, Brett Anderson, J.P. Arencibia, Mike Aviles, Jeff Baker, Scott Baker, Gregor Blanco, Mike Bolsinger, Peter Bourjos, Lorenzo Cain, Alberto Callaspo, Carlos Carrasco, Francisco Cervelli, C.J. Cron, Brandon Cumpton,  David DeJesus, Daniel Descalso, Sean Doolittle, Ryan Doumit, Adam Dunn, Ryan Flaherty, Nate Freiman, Avisail Garcia, Conor Gillaspie, Jonny Gomes, Yan Gomes, Didi Gregorius, Brandon Guyer, J.A. Happ, Brad Hand,  Andrew Heaney, Jeremy Hellickson, Raul Ibanez, Chris Johnson, Kevin Kiermaier, George Kottaras, Jason Kubel, Francisco Liriano, Evan Longoria, Russell Martin, Nate McClouth, Jordy Mercer, Miles Mikolas, Yadier Molina, Juan Lagares, Jimmy Nelson, Jonathon Niese, Ricky Nolasco, Chris Parmelee, Jake Peavy, Jhonny Peralta, Jose Ramirez, Colby Rasmus, Todd Redmond, Alex Rios, Wilin Rosario, Danny Salazar, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Gaby Sanchez, Michael Saunders, Skip Schumaker, Jean Segura, Eric Stults, Kurt Suzuki, Justin Turner, Mark Trumbo, Danny Valencia, Jonathan Villar, Zach Walters, Tony Watson, Jayson Werth, Ryan Wheeler,  Josh Willingham,  Tom Wilhelmsen, Chris Young, .

 

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