Wilmer Flores hit 2 of the Mets 8 homers, adding a double and 5 RBI in the wild 16-7 win in Philadelphia.

Rusney Castillo singled, doubled and homered, driving in all 5 of the Red Sox runs in a 5-4 victory over the White Sox.

Jon Lester took a shutout into the 9th. He finished with 8 2/3 innings, 6 hits and 1 run. While he did not get the win but the Cubs took the game 2-1 over Cleveland.

Nathan Eovaldi pitched 8 shutout innings, 4 hits and struck out 7. While he didn’t get the decision, he set up the Yankees 1-0 win over the Astros.

They all owned baseball on August 24, 2015

 

Earning 1/2 WOBs on losing efforts.

Ryan Howard went 2 for 5 including a 3 run homer but his Phillies lost to the Mets 16-7.

Jose Abreu homered and doubled in the White Sox 5-4 loss to Boston.

Corey Kluber pitched into the 8th, finishing with 11 strikeouts, 4 hits, 1 run and no walks. He got a no decision as the Cubs walked off against the Indians, 2-1.

To view the Yearly Leaders for Who Owned Baseball Standings, plus see who gained 1/2 WOB’s – Click the READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY ICON OR SCROLL DOWN.

 

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

2015 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter,

Andrew McCutchen, 7,

Paul Goldschmidt, 6 1/2,

Joey Votto, 6 1/2,

Giancarlo Stanton, 6,

Todd Frazier, 5 1/2,

Bryce Harper, 4 1/2,

Carlos Gonzalez, 4,

Randal Grichuk , 4,

Matt Kemp, 4,

Yasiel Puig, 4,

Nolan Arenado, 3 1/2,

Lucas Duda, 3 1/2,

Andre Ethier, 3 1/2,

Carlos Gomez, 3 1/2, [Brewers Only]

Buster Posey, 3 1/2,

Khris Davis, 3,

Matt Duffy, 3,

Freddie Freeman, 3,

Joc Pederson, 3,

Anthony Rizzo, 3,

Justin Upton, 3,

Kris Bryant, 2 1/2,

Zack Cozart, 2 1/2,

Howie Kendrick, 2 1/2,

Adam Lind, 2 1/2,

Derek Norris, 2 1/2,

Brandon Phillips, 2 1/2,

Kyle Schwarber, 2 1/2,

Brandon Belt, 2,

Jay Bruce, 2

Wilmer Flores, 2

Maikel Franco, 2,

Adrian Gonzalez, 2,

Yasmani Grandal, 2,

Curtis Granderson, 2,

Ryan Howard, 2

Martin Maldonado, 2,

Kirk Nieuwenhuis, 2,

Scott Van Slyke, 2,

Neil Walker, 2,

Ryan Braun, 1 1/2,

Marlon Byrd, 1 1/2,

Brandon Crawford, 1 1/2,

Dexter Fowler, 1 1/2,

Scooter Gennett, 1 1/2,

Dee Gordon, 1 1/2,

Billy Hamilton, 1 1/2,

Odubel Herrera, 1 1/2,

Jason Heyward, 1 1/2,

Cole Gillespie, 1 1/2,

Joe Panik, 1 1/2,

A.J. Pierzynski, 1 1/2,

Ben Revere, 1 1/2, [PHILLIES ONLY]

Jimmy Rollins, 1 1/2,

Addison Russell, 1 1/2,

Jorge Soler, 1 1/2,

Yasmany Tomas, 1 1/2,

Justin Turner, 1 1/2,

Kolten Wong, 1 1/2,

 

2015 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Clayton Kershaw, 9 1/2,

Jacob deGrom, 7 1/2,

Matt Harvey, 7,

Jake Arrieta, 6,

Shelby Miller, 6,

Johnny Cueto, 5 1/2, (REDS ONLY)

Zack Greinke, 5 1/2,

Mike Leake, 5 1/2, (5 with REDS, 1/2 with GIANTS)

Noah Syndergaard, 5 1/2,

Chris Heston, 5,

Max Scherzer, 5,

Andrew Cashner, 4,

John Lackey, 4,

Jon Lester, 4,

Jimmy Nelson, 4,

Jon Niese, 4,

Chase Anderson, 3 1/2,

Madison Bumgarner, 3 1/2,

Stephen Strasburg, 3 1/2,

Bartolo Colon, 3,

Cole Hamels, 3,

Jason Hammel, 3,

Francisco Liriano, 3,

Lance Lynn, 3,

Carlos Martinez, 3,

Michael Wacha, 3,

Jordan Zimmermann, 3,

Gerrit Cole, 2 1/2,

Anthony DeSclafani, 2 1/2,

Jaime Garcia, 2 1/2,

Aaron Harang, 2 1/2,

Tyson Ross, 2 1/2,

Chad Bettis, 2,

Mike Bolsinger, 2,

Welington Castillo, 2,

Josh Collmenter, 2,

Gio Gonzalez, 2,

Tim Lincecum, 2,

David Phelps, 2,

Travis Wood, 2,

Brett Anderson, 1 1/2,

Rubby De La Rosa, 1 1/2,

Raisel Iglesias, 1 1/2,

Kyle Kendrick, 1 1/2,

Tom Koehler, 1 1/2,

Mat Latos, 1 1/2,

Joe Ross, 1 1/2,

Julio Teheran, 1 1/2,

 

 

 

2015 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Mike Trout, 8 1/2,

Josh Donaldson, 6 1/2,

Miguel Cabrera, 5 1/2,

Adam Jones, 5 1/2

Mark Teixeira, 5,

Alex Rodriguez, 4 1/2,

Manny Machado, 4,

Albert Pujols, 4,

Jose Bautista, 3 1/2,

Nelson Cruz, 3 1/2,

Chris Davis, 3 1/2,

Edwin Encarnacion, 3 1/2,

Jose Altuve, 3,

Robinson Cano, 3,

Eric Hosmer, 3,

José Iglesias, 3,

Mitch Moreland, 3,

Hanley Ramirez, 3,

Preston Tucker, 3,

Jose Abreu, 2 1/2,

Michael Brantley, 2 1/2,

Lorenzo Cain, 2 1/2,

Kole Calhoun, 2 1/2,

Alex Gordon, 2 1/2,

Jason Kipnis, 2 1/2,

Brian McCann, 2 1/2,

David Ortiz, 2 1/2,

Steven Souza Jr., 2 1/2,

Xander Bogaerts, 2,

Jackie Bradley Jr., 2

Curt Casali, 2

Carlos Correa, 2,

Brian Dozier, 2,

Eduardo Escobar, 2,

Brett Gardner, 2

Ian Kinsler, 2,

Brett Lawrie, 2,

J. D. Martinez, 2,

Mike Moustakas, 2,

Trevor Plouffe, 2,

George Springer, 2,

Devon Travis, 2,

Erick Aybar, 1 1/2,

Mookie Betts, 1 1/2,

Nick Castellanos, 1 1/2,

Shin-Soo Choo, 1 1/2,

Aaron Hicks, 1 1/2,

Chris Iannetta, 1 1/2,

Evan Longoria, 1 1/2,

Mike Napoli, 1 1/2,

Dustin Pedroia, 1 1/2,

Colby Rasmus, 1 1/2,

Eddie Rosario, 1 1/2,

Kyle Seager, 1 1/2,

 

 

 

2015 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Sonny Gray, 9 1/2,

Corey Kluber, 8,

David Price, 7 1/2, (6 with Tigers. 1 1/2 with Blue Jays)

Chris Sale, 7,

Chris Archer, 6 1/2,

Dallas Keuchel, 6 1/2,

Scott Kazmir, 5 1/2

Edinson Volquez, 4 1/2,

Trevor Bauer, 4,

Mark Buehrle, 4,

Masahiro Tanaka, 4,

Carlos Carrasco, 3 1/2,

Wei-Yin Chen, 3 1/2,

Felix Hernandez, 3 1/2,

Colby Lewis, 3 1/2,

C.J. Wilson, 3 1/2,

R.A. Dickey, 3,

James Paxton, 3,

Michael Pineda, 3,

Hector Santiago, 3,

Taijuan Walker, 3,

Kevin Gausman, 2 1/2,

Kyle Gibson, 2 1/2,

Shane Greene, 2 1/2,

Ubaldo Jimenez, 2 1/2,

Lance McCullers, 2 1/2,

Mike Montgomery, 2 1/2,

Carlos Rodon, 2 1/2,

Eduardo Rodriguez, 2 1/2,

Anibal Sanchez, 2 1/2,

Clay Buchholz, 2,

Chi Chi Gonzalez, 2,

Jesse Hahn, 2,

Hisashi Iwakuma, 2,

Nathan Karns, 2,

Jake Odorizzi, 2,

Mike Pelfrey, 2,

Jose Quintana, 2,

Garrett Richards, 2,

Jeff Samardzjia, 2,

Matt Shoemaker, 2

Alfredo Simon, 2,

Jered Weaver, 2,

Cody Anderson, 1 1/2,

Aaron Brooks, 1 1/2,

Jesse Chavez, 1 1/2,

Johnny Cueto, 1 1/2, (ROYALS ONLY)

John Danks, 1 1/2,

Nathan Eovaldi, 1 1/2,

Yovani Gallardo, 1 1/2,

Kendall Graveman, 1 1/2,

Phil Hughes, 1 1/2,

Joe Kelly, 1 1/2,

Danny Salazar, 1 1/2,

Ervin Santana, 1 1/2,

Chris Tillman, 1 1/2,

 

 

 

 

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2015 MLB,

Matt Adams, Abraham Almonte, Yonder Alonso, Pedro Alvarez, Nori Aoki, Cody Asche, Mike Aviles, Carlos Beltran, Adrian Beltre, Charlie Blackmon, Kyle Blanks, A.J. Burnett, Billy Butler, Starlin Castro, Chris Carter, Rusney Castillo, Francisco Cervelli, Yoenis Cespedes [TIGERS ONLY], Yoenis Cespedes [METS ONLY], Chris Coghlan, C. J. Cron, Alejandro De Aza, Jorge De La Rosa, Stephen Drew, Danny Duffy, Adam Eaton, Roenis Elias, Jacoby Ellsbury, Marco Estrada, Scott Feldman, Prince Fielder, Mike Fiers, Yohan Flande, Hector Gomez, Miguel Gonzalez, Josh Hamilton, Dan Haren, Chase Headley, Andrew Heaney, Adeiny Hechavarria, Roberto Hernandez, Elian Herrera, Brock Holt, Tim Hudson, Torii Hunter, Drew Hutchinson, Travis Ishikawa, Taylor Jungmann, Kevin Kiermaier, Juan Lagares, DJ LeMahieu, Kyle Lobstein, Jeff Locke, Kyle Lohse, James Loney, Russell Martin, John Mayberry Jr., Steven Matz, James McCann, Michael McKenry, Wade Miley, Brad Miller, Tommy Milone, Yadier Molina, Kendrys Morales, Logan Morrison, Brandon Morrow, Charlie Morton, Daniel Murphy, Wil Myers, Aaron Nola, Rougned Odor, Marcell Ozuna, Angel Pagan, Jimmy Paredes, Manny Parra, Steve Pearce, Martín Pérez, Jace Peterson, Stephen Piscotty, A. J. Pollock, Aramis Ramirez, Erasmo Ramirez, J. T. Realmuto, Ben Revere [BLUE JAYS ONLY], Jose Reyes [BLUE JAYS ONLY], Clint Robinson, Jordan Schafer, Jean Segura, Marcus Semien, Travis Shaw, Justin Smoak, Jake Smolinski, Kurt Suzuki, Troy Tulowitzki, Dan Uggla, Luis Valbuena, Justin Verlander,  Ryan Vogelsong, Stephen Vogt, Tsuyoshi Wada, Adam Wainwright, David Wright, Steven Wright, Christian Yelich, Chris Young,

Guys Who Owned Baseball 1/2 A WOB 2015 MLB,

Alexi Amarista, Scott Baker, Chris Bassitt, Jason Bourgeois, Michael Bourn, Billy Burns, Mark Canha, Ezequiel Carrera, Chris Colabello, Alex Colome, Patrick Corbin, Jarred Cosart, Tyler, Cravy, Coco Crisp. Michael Cuddyer, Travis d’Arnaud, Ike Davis, Ian Desmond, Odrisamer Despaigne, Yunel Escobar, Ryan Flaherty, Jeff Francoeur, David Freese, Carlos Frias, Freddy Galvis, Avisail Garcia, Johnny Giavotella, Yan Gomes, Carlos Gomez [Astros Only], Jon Gray, Jeremy Guthrie, Franklin Gutierrez, J. A. Happ, Kyle Hendricks, Enrique Hernandez, Matt Holliday, Nick Hundley, Austin Jackson, Chris Johnson, Kelly Johnson, Matt Joyce, Adam LaRoche, Francisco Lindor, Jonathan LuCroy, Leonys Martin, Nick Martinez, Joe Mauer, Collin McHugh, Bryan Mitchell, Brandon Moss, J.R. Murphy, Daniel Norris, Vidal Nuno, Chris Owings, Gerardo Parra, Jake Peavy, Bryan Pena, Hunter Pence, David Peralta, Williams Perez, Martin Prado, Rick Porcello, Alexei Ramirez, Anthony Ranaudo, Anthony Recker, Josh Reddick, Jose Reyes [Rockies Only], Mark Reynolds, David Ross, Darin Ruf, Chris Rusin, Kyle Ryan, Aaron Sanchez, Miguel Sano, Jordan Schafer, Andrelton Simmons, Seth Smith, Yangervis Solarte, Nick Swisher, Ruben Tejada, Juan Uribe, Chase Utley, Danny Valencia, Jonathan Villar, Adam Warren, Mike Wright, Alex Wood, Ryan Zimmerman,

2015 WOB Totals for Players Who Changed Leagues,.

Johnny Cueto, 7, [5 1/2- Reds / 1 1/2 Royals]

Carlos Gomez, 4, [3 1/2 – Brewers / 1/2 Astros]

Ben Revere, 2 1/2 [ 1 1/2 – Phillies / 1 – Blue Jays]

Yoenis Cespedes, 2 [1 – Tigers / 1 – Mets ]

Jose Reyes, 1 1/2, [1 Blue Jays / 1/2 Rockies]

 

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