Who Owned Baseball May 4, 2015 (Daily AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2015 #WOB Standings
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R. A Dickey kept Toronto in the game with 8 strong innings, allowing 3 hits, 3 walks and just 1 run. He got the decision as the Blue Jays came back against the Yankees , 3-1.
Madison Bumgarner threw a no hitter into the 7th and finished with 7 1/3 shutout innings, allowing just 2 hits, 1 walk and struck out 6 Padres for the 2-0 win in San Francisco.
Jordan Schafer reached base 4 times, doubled, scored 2 and drove in 2 as the Twins came from behind to beat Oakland, 8-7.
Hector Gomez became the first batter to ever triple and homer off of Clayton Kershaw in the same game, sparking lowly Milwaukee’s shocking come from behind, 4-3 win over the Dodgers.
They all owned baseball on May 4, 2015.
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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.
Dallas Keuchel tried to extend the Astros winning streak by pitching shutout ball into the 8th. He would finish with 8 innings, 1 run and 8 strikeouts and get a no decision as Texas won in the 9th, 2-1.
Tyson Ross pitched well over 7 innings, allowing only 2 runs and keeping the Padres in the game. But Bumgarner and the Giants would prevail, 2-0.
Stephen Vogt got 3 hits including a first inning grand slam and a double and drove in 5 in Oakland’s 8-7 loss in Minnesota.
Addison Russell got 2 hits, including a homer, in the Cubs 10-9 loss to the Cardinals.
So Let’s factor in yesterday’s heroics into the year long WOB standings
2015 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter,
Freddie Freeman, 2,
Giancarlo Stanton, 2,
Zack Cozart, 1 1/2,
Odubel Herrera, 1 1/2,
Matt Kemp, 1 1/2,
Andrew McCutchen, 1 1/2,
Joey Votto, 1 1/2,
2015 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,
Johnny Cueto, 2 1/2,
Josh Collmenter, 2,
Anthony DeSclafani, 2,
Matt Harvey, 2,
Francisco Liriano, 2,
Jacob deGrom, 1 1/2,
Zack Greinke, 1 1/2,
Chris Heston, 1 1/2,
Mike Leake, 1 1/2,
Jimmy Nelson, 1 1/2,
Tyson Ross, 1 1/2,
Max Scherzer, 1 1/2,
2015 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,
Miguel Cabrera, 3,
Xander Bogaerts, 2,
Michael Brantley, 2,
Nelson Cruz, 2,
Jose Iglesias, 2,
Steven Souza Jr., 2,
Devon Travis, 2,
Josh Donaldson, 1 1/2,
Hanley Ramirez, 1 1/2,
Mike Trout, 1 1/2,
2015 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,
Sonny Gray, 4 1/2,
Chris Archer, 2 1/2,
Dallas Keuchel, 2 1/2,
Shane Greene, 2,
Scott Kazmir, 2,
David Price, 2,
Alfredo Simon, 2,
Nathan Karns, 1 1/2,
James Paxton, 1 1/2,
Edinson Volquez, 1 1/2,
C. J. Wilson, 1 1/2,
Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2015 MLB,
Matt Adams, Jose Altuve, Chase Anderson, Nolan Arenado, Jake Arrieta, Mookie Betts, Kyle Blanks, Ryan Braun, A. J. Burnett, Lorenzo Cain, Robinson Cano, Andrew Cashner, Starlin Castro, Wei-Yin Chen, R. A. Dickey, Lucas Duda, Danny Duffy, Jacoby Ellsbury, Edwin Encarnacion, Kyle Gibson, Hector Gomez, Adrian Gonzalez, Jason Hammel, Aaron Harang, Adeiny Hechavarria, Felix Hernandez, Elian Herrera, Jason Heyward, Tim Hudson, Adam Jones, Joe Kelly, Kevin Kiermaier, Corey Kluber, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Tim Lincecum, Tommy Milone, Brandon Morrow, Daniel Murphy, Wil Myers, Jonathon Niese, Derek Norris, Jake Odorizzi, Marcell Ozuna, Angel Pagan, Jimmy Paredes, Steve Pearce, Joc Pederson, David Phelps, Anthony Rizzo, Alex Rodriguez, Jimmy Rollins, Hector Santiago, Jordan Schafer, Jean Segura, Jorge Soler, Stephen Strasburg, Kurt Suzuki, Masahiro Tanaka, Mark Teixeira, Dan Uggla, Justin Upton, Luis Valbuena, Scott Van Slyke, Adam Wainwright, Taijuan Walker, Travis Wood, Kolten Wong, David Wright,
Guys Who Owned Earned
1/2 A WOB 2015 MLB,
Jose Abreu, Pedro Alvarez, Cody Asche, Scott Baker, Trevor Bauer, Kole Calhoun, Jarred Cosart, Michael Cuddyer, Khris Davis, Rubby De La Rosa, Odrisamer Despaigne, Scott Feldman, Avisail Garcia, Billy Hamilton, Roberto Hernandez, Howie Kendrick, Clayton Kershaw, Colby Lewis, Adam Lind, Manny Machado, Wade Miley, Logan Morrison, Brandon Moss, John Ryan Murphy, Daniel Norris, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Brandon Phillips, A. J. Pierzynski, Trevor Plouffe, Buster Posey, David Ross, Darin Ruf, Addison Russell, Chris Sale, Anibal Sanchez, Marcus Semien, Jordan Schafer, Andrelton Simmons, Seth Smith, Yangervis Solarte, Chase Utley, Stephen Vogt,
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