Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts. 

Bryce Harper homered twice and collected a third hit but the Nationals lost to Seattle, 5-3.

Francisco Liriano threw 7 innings allowing just 2 runs. But the Pirates bullpen blew his lead and the Reds won 3-2.

Brett Gardner missed the cycle by a single, leading off the game with a homer and getting a double and a triple, scoring twice. It was in a losing cause as the Yankees lost 4-3 in Toronto.

Alex Cobb pitched well into the 7th inning, allowing 1 earned run and 1 walk. But the Rays bats were silent and lost to Boston, 3-0.

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

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,

Billy Hamilton, 3 1/2,

Josh Harrison, 3 1/2,

Matt Holliday,  3 1/2,

David Peralta, 3 1/2,

Buster Posey, 3 1/2,

Giancarlo Stanton, 3 1/2,

Jason Heyward, 3,

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,

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,

Marcell Ozuna, 2,

Brayan Peña, 2,

A.J. Pollock, 2,

Yasiel Puig, 2,

Hanley Ramirez, 2,

Ben Revere, 2,

Mark Reynolds, 2,

Anthony Rizzo, 2,

Pablo Sandoval, 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,

Angel Pagan,  1 1/2,

Gerardo Parra, 1 1/2,

Gregory Polanco, 1 1/2,

Anthony Rendon, 1 1/2,

Jimmy Rollins, 1 1/2,

Justin Ruggiano, 1 1/2,

Jorge Soler, 1 1/2,

Denard Span, 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,   12 1/2,

Johnny Cueto,  9,

Madison Bumgarner, 8 1/2,

Zack Greinke, 5 1/2,

Cole Hamels, 5 1/2,

Mike Leake,  5 1/2,

Stephen Strasburg,  5 1/2,

Homer Bailey,  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,

Alex Wood,  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,

Mike Minor, 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,

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,

Wily Peralta, 2,

Jeff Samardzija, 2,

Edinson Volquez, 2,

Zack Wheeler, 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,

Vidal Nuno,  1 1/2,

Jake Peavy,  1 1/2 (1 with Boston, 1/2 with San Francisco)

Vance Worley, 1 1/2,

Jordan Zimmermann, 1 1/2,

 

2014 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Mike Trout, 8 1/2,

Jose Abreu,   6 1/2,

Josh Donaldson,  6 1/2,

Edwin Encarnacion, 6 1/2,

Michael Brantley, 4 1/2,

Miguel Cabrera,  4 1/2,

Jacoby Ellsbury, 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,

Salvador Perez, 3,

Melky Cabrera, 2 1/2,

Desmond Jennings,  2 1/2,

Derek Jeter, 2 1/2,

Victor Martinez, 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,

Brett Gardner, 2,

Alex Gordon, 2,

Omar Infante,   2,

John Jaso,  2,

Ian Kinsler, 2,

Nick Markakis,  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,

Chris Carter,  1 1/2,

Jason Castro, 1 1/2,

Rajai Davis, 1 1/2,

Tyler Flowers, 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,

Phil Hughes,  5,

Yu Darvish, 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,

Clay Buchholz, 3 1/2,

Scott Feldman,  3 1/2,

Scott Kazmir, 3 1/2,

Bud Norris, 3 1/2,

Jake Odorizzi, 3 1/2,

Garrett Richards,  3 1/2,

Drew Smyly,  3 1/2 (1 1/2 with Tigers, 2 with Rays)

Jason Vargas, 3 1/2,

Roenis Elias,  3,

Sonny Gray, 3,

Hiroki Kuroda, 3,

Collin McHugh, 3,

Jose Quintana, 3,

Yordano Ventura,  3,

Justin Verlander,  3,

Jered Weaver,  3,

Alex Cobb, 2 1/2,

Danny Duffy, 2 1/2,

Ubaldo Jimenez, 2 1/2,

Justin Masterson, 2 1/2,

Jeff Samardzija, 2 1/2 (2 with Cubs, 1/2 with A’s.)

James Shields, 2 1/2,

Marcus Stroman, 2 1/2,

Jesse Chavez,  2,

John Danks,  2,

Jeremy Guthrie,  2,

Drew Hutchison, 2,

Martin Perez,   2,

Matt Shoemaker,  2,

Tyler Skaggs, 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, Sam Fuld, Dillon Gee, Kyle Gibson, Alex Gonzalez,  Carlos Gonzalez, Gio Gonzalez, Miguel Gonzalez, Brandon Guyer,  Dan Haren, Eric Hosmer, Ryan Howard, Torii Hunter, Edwin Jackson, Howie Kendrick, Jason Kipnis, Colby Lewis,  Adam Lind, Francisco Liriano,  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, Jonathon Niese,   Hector Noesi, Ricky Nolasco, Lyle Overbay, Chris Owings, Jimmy Paredes, 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, Anibal Sanchez,  Hector Sanchez, Ervin Santana,  Hector Santiago, Jordan Schafer, Jonathan Schoop, Alfredo Simon, Justin Smoak, Travis Snider, Yangervis Solarte, Denard Span, Dan Straily, Eugenio Suarez, Nick Swisher, Nick Tepesch, Josh Tomlin, Dan Uggla, Kennys Vargas, 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, J.A. Happ, Brad Hand, Bryce Harper,  Andrew Heaney, Jeremy Hellickson, Raul Ibanez, Ender Inciarte, Chris Johnson, Kevin Kiermaier, George Kottaras, Jason Kubel, Evan Longoria, Russell Martin, Nate McClouth, Jordy Mercer, Miles Mikolas, Yadier Molina, Juan Lagares, Jimmy Nelson, Chris Parmelee, 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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